VOD film review: 13 Assassins

Seven Samurai with attitude? Home Alone with swords? 13 Assassins is violent, epic and fantastic.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Reappraising The Killing Season 3

Returning for a 10-episode third season, AMC’s The Killing appears to have paused, evaluated and recalculated as efficiently as its lead character – the relentless Detective Sarah Linden. Where the first two seasons had a tendency to drag and twist … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2 finale (Episode 13, Mizumono)

As the net closes tighter around Hannibal and his network of trappers, once again the circle widens to re-admit Kade Purnell (Cynthia Nixon), who, having got wind of Will and Jack’s sting, is coming to stop these two vigilantes in … Read More

VOD film review: The Double

Jesse Eisenberg is excellently awkward in Richard Ayoade’s enjoyable twisted comic drama.Read More

VOD film review: Ironclad 2

Director: Jonathan English Cast: Tom Rhys Harries, Tom Austen Certificate: 15 Watch Ironclad 2 online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Amazon Instant Video

Several years ago, a hacking, slashing epic with a camp sense of … Read More

Case Notes: A recap of Scandal Season 1 and 2

The glossiest, most dramatic Washington-based show is back on our screens. That’s right – after months without her, Olivia Pope – Washington’s premiere fixer – returns for more Scandal with her team of “gladiators in suits”, defending the un-defendable in … Read More

VOD film review: Believe

Director: David Scheinmann Cast: Jack Smith, Natascha McElhone, Brian Cox, Toby Stephens Certificate: PG Watch Believe online in the UK: N/A

Who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned sports drama about a young underdog trying to achieve their dream? That was … Read More

VOD film review: Noah

Ambitious, confident and vividly human, Aronofsky’s Noah is a thrilling, shocking, daringly unique piece of cinema.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Divergent

Director: Neil Burger Cast: Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Theo James Certificate: 12 Watch Divergent online in the UK: Netflix UK / Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Rakuten TV / Google Play / Amazon Instant Video

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VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 4 (Death Is Not the End)

At the rate things are going, this entire season of True Blood could be fitted into a week. Given that a good year has elapsed since the end of Seasons 6, the locals must be desperate for some drama. And … Read More