VOD film review: In Bloom (Birds Eye View Film Festival)

Directors: Simon Gross, Nana Ekvtimishvili Cast: Lika Babluani, Mariam Bokeria Watch In Bloom online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema

Coming-of-age stories are nothing new. After all, growing up is a universal thing. In the UK last year, indie dramas … Read More

VOD TV review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 17 (Turn, Turn, Turn)

To coincide with the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the agents have to deal with the ramifications of what is happening inside their own agency – and you can be sure there’ll be treachery afoot!

After seeing the … Read More

Amazon Prime Video film review: Rabbit Hole

Director: John Cameron Mitchell Cast: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Miles Teller Certificate: 15 Watch Rabbit Hole online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

Grief. A source of inspiration for all … Read More

TV review: Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 4 (Oathkeeper) – spoilers

Warning: This review contains spoilers.

If you speak to anyone who watched Episode 4 of Game of Thrones Season 4, they will mention one of two things. Which of these is mentioned first will depend on whether they have read … Read More

Mean Girls: How the web made fetch happen

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of everyone’s favourite high school movie: Mean Girls. Of course, any fan will already be aware of that. Why? Because The Internet.

Tina Fey’s comedy has been the popular girl in the teen flick … Read More

VOD film review: Big Bad Wolves

This provocative, gripping and darkly funny thriller blows and blows until your nerves fall down.Read More

VOD film review: All Is Lost

Unfolding in near silence, this powerful study of powerhouse resilience is a moving, riveting, ruthless watch.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Fargo Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

“Some roads you shouldn’t go down. Maps used to say ‘There be dragons’…”

It’s safe to say that when the words “Fargo” and “TV show” were uttered, everyone did their best Marge Gunderson impression and collectively exhaled: “Oh, nah”. A … Read More

UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2 (A Day’s Work)

It’s Valentine’s Day 1969 and, as far as our advertising executive’s lives go, the game has changed. Struggling against their old ideals and their own success, the heavy-drinking colleagues navigate the inter-office politics with the same misunderstandings and grudges they … Read More

UK TV review: The Trip to Italy

“Rob can’t read poetry in his own voice because he lacks conviction.”

That’s Steve Coogan, playing Steve Coogan, talking about Rob Brydon, playing Rob Brydon. It’s par for the course for The Trip to Italy, the follow-up to 2010’s The … Read More