Amazon kids’ TV pilot review: Table 58, Niko and the Sword of Light, Just Add Magic

We’ve written before on why kids are important to VOD companies and how Netflix and Amazon are vying to win them over, but while Netflix continues to focus on spin-off series from DreamWorks Animation, it’s to Amazon’s credit that they … Read More

VOD film review: Life Itself (2015)

Director: Steve James Cast: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Marlene Iglitzen, Gene Siskel Certificate: 15 Watch Life Itself online in the UK: Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play

The story … Read More

Netflix UK review: The Eichmann Show (BBC)

If you told someone now that less than 80 years ago, a group of humans systemically murdered millions of people because of their race, would you believe them? For years after the end of World War II, even those in … Read More

Amazon pilot review: Mad Dogs and Salem Rogers: Model of the Year 1998

Hot on the heels of Transparent’s Golden Globe win, Amazon is back with its new season of TV pilots – available for free to customers and non-customers alike. Feedback from viewers is then used to decide which to commission as … Read More

VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 3 (spoiler-free)

Warning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers.

What do you think of when you hear the word “Broadchurch”? Pretty beaches? A sad Olivia Colman? Desirable houses? Superb drama? Episode 3 of Season 2 delivers on … Read More

UK TV VOD review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 12 (Show Stoppers)

The tricksy thing about American Horror Story is that, from the first episode of each reboot, no one is safe: at any point, any character can die, any character can fall in love, any character can fall from grace and … Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Fighter

A knock-out cast give The Fighter’s conventional script a wallop of compassion. Read More

VOD film review: If I Stay

The relationship between the human couple may not always engage, but their relationship with music does.Read More

VOD film review: Before I Go to Sleep

Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are engaging in this enjoyable, if forgettable, thriller.Read More

UK VOD TV review: Togetherness Episode 1

There are few words that are less arousing than “take the baby monitor with you”. It’s a truth that Michelle (Melanie Lynskey) and Brett (Mark Duplass) are trying to come to terms with, as their marriage hits a mid-life crisis … Read More