VOD film review: Hall Pass

This unfunny comedy tries to paper over any inconsistencies with toilet humour.Read More

UK iTunes review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 9 (What a Piece of Work Is Man)

The title of Sons of Anarchy Season 7 Episode 9 alludes to both major events the episode contains. It also mirrors its success – brutal and darkly clever. Sutter and co. produce an episode that not only contains one of … Read More

VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 12 (Death in Heaven)

All week, it’s been hard to ignore a particular strain of Doctor Who fans, running about with their hands in the ears, shouting “la la la” at everybody mentioning that The Master is now a woman. Whether down to deep-rooted … Read More

UK TV review: Constantine Episode 3

“It’s magic. And not the Copperfield kind,” says Constantine, after using a playing card to trick his way past a security guard. Breaking and entering? A psychic piece of paper? The series really settles into its role of dark Doctor … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Virunga

“I have accepted to give the best of myself, so that wildlife can be safeguarded beyond all pressure,” says Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo, a warden of Virunga National Park.

The park is one of the only refuges in the world … Read More

VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 2 (Sara)

First of all, it’s going to be impossible to talk about this week’s episode of Arrow without revealing a pretty major SPOILER, so please don’t read this if you’re not completely up to date, Arrow-wise.

Still here? Right then. Last … Read More

VOD film review: Mystery Road

Dry, dirty and daringly quiet, this Western takes you out back and delivers a mighty punch.Read More

VOD film review: Leviathan

Andrei Zvyagintsev’s gripping crime drama is the bleak tale of one man standing up to a corrupt system of power.Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 4 (Where’s the Dignity?)

As Edmund Blackadder once told his faithful dogsbody Baldrick, it’s the way of the world that the abused always kick downwards. And so it is with The Knick.

As we open in a bar in the rough end of … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain Season 1, Episode 8

The Strain is one of those shows that you can rely upon to be unreliable. When it’s slaying vampires, it’s buff. When it’s recounting the Holocaust, it’s bunkum. Episode 8 sees our survivors struggling to fight off a wave of … Read More