VOD TV review: Downton Abbey Season 4, Episode 2

In Episode 2 of Downton’s new season, we focus more on the servants’ quarters. Carson suddenly has a love interest and his old partner, now fully recuperated, is off to pastures new, with or without a goodbye from his old … Read More

VOD film review: Quartet (2012)

Director: Dustin Hoffman Cast: Tom Courtenay, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins Certificate: 12 Watch Quartet online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

“Old age … Read More

UK TV review: Dollhouse Season 2

Big ideas meet crushing pessimism in Dollhouse’s rough but fascinating second run.Read More

VOD film review: Breathe In

Director: Drake Doremus Cast: Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce Certificate: 15 Watch Breathe In online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

“I don’t want to be living a life where I’m … Read More

VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 2, 0-8-4)

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The team travel to Peru to investigate an artefact that may be out of this world and run into more than they bargained for in 0-8-4, when an old flame of Agent Coulson turns … Read More

VOD TV review: Downton Abbey Season 4, Episode 1

After the death of Matthew Crawley, nothing is the same at Downton Abbey. The whole family is in mourning, but life must go on and the pressures of work and how to run the estate are being hidden behind a … Read More

VOD film review: Wayland’s Song

Director: Richard Jobson Cast: Michael Nardone, Alan McKenna, Orla Brady, Hannah Lederer Watch online: blinkbox, iTunes

“You don’t talk much.” That’s Nathalie (Lederer) to Wayland (Nardone) near the start of Richard Jobson’s British thriller. She’s right. A guy who returns … Read More

VOD TV review: Homeland Season 3, Episode 1 (Tin Man Down)

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“It’s 58 days since the attack on Langley in which 219 Americans lost their lives… It is plain that the Central Intelligence Agency is crippled. How can the CIA protect this … Read More

VOD film review: Downloaded

Director: Alex Winters Cast: Sean Parker, Shawn Fanning, Noel Gallagher Watch online: iTunes

Alex Winters, of Bill & Ted fame, takes on the story of Napster in Downloaded, a documentary that looks at the origin of the service, its rise … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Gambit (2012)

Director: Michael Hoffman Cast: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci Watch Gambit online in the UK: Netflix UK

A woman gets up to answer the door in her hotel. She talks to the concierge, turns the lights off … Read More