VOD film review: The Dark Knight Rises

Big and loud, this unsubtle final outing for Nolan’s Batman concludes the heck out of an ambitious trilogy.Read More

VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 11 (Dark Water)

Doctor Who finales are tricky things. In the old days, they didn’t really bother having them at all, bar the occasional attempt to do a bigger-than-usual story… but usually, by then, they’d run out of money to do their ambitions … Read More

VOD film review: Green Zone

Paul Greengrass is great at asking big questions, but his war thriller is better at blowing stuff up. Read More

VOD TV review: Arrow Season 3, Episode 1 (The Calm) – spoiler-free

A few months have passed since the events of Arrow’s sensational Season 2 finale, but as the title of the episode indicates, things are about to kick off again. As befits an opening episode, The Calm has the responsibility of … Read More

VOD film review: Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show

This light, likeable documentary finds insight into the world of TV writers and producers.Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 3

Up until now, the most interesting thing about The Knick has been its complete lack of decorum in showing the messy side of medicine at the turn of the century. Vials full of coagulated blood, scalpels sticking out of patients’ … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Red Tails

Director: Anthony Hemingway Cast: David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Nate Parker Certificate: 12A Watch Red Tails online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

There’s a thin line between … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain Season 1, Episode 7

“We kill The Master and all the other creatures die? That makes no biological sense!”

The Strain continues it’s oddly down-to-Earth mix of modern science and old-school critters in Episode 8. Finally addressing the idea of its big bad head-on, … Read More

Sky TV review: The Flash Season 1 Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

The cinematic universes for our favourite comic book heroes are continually expanding, and with Arrow now having established itself as superior superhero television over the past couple of years, it’s unsurprising that the popular notion has spread to the small … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Warm Bodies

It looks like it wants to eat your brain – but really this undead take on Romeo and Juliet just wants a cuddle.Read More