VOD film review: Stolen

Director: Simon West Cast: Nic Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston Malin Akerman Certificate: 15 Watch Stolen online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

“Save a purple crayon for daddy.” “As … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 4

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Let’s face it: if you’re in a position to watch Season Four of multi-award-winning Breaking Bad, you hardly need coaxing to reach your mouse and click the button below.

Part two of Season Five (the … Read More

VOD film review: Good Vibrations

This infectiously upbeat music biopic will ring in your ears for days.Read More

VOD film review: The Place Beyond the Pines

Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper are excellent in this quiet, thoughtful and stunning epic of fathers and sons.Read More

VOD film review: Side Effects

An addictive, entertaining thriller that should come with its own warning label.Read More

VOD film review: Rust and Bone

An anti-Free Willy that’s nasty and depressing – but strangely, wonderfully uplifting.Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: The Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 3

“Tell it to the frogs.” It sounds silly, but Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) means it when she says it to Shane (Jon Bernthal). Why? Because she’s just been reunited with her husband, Rick (Andrew Lincoln).

Yes, only three episodes into … Read More

VOD film review: A Late Quartet

Director: Yaron Zilberman Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Imogen Poots, Nina Lee Certificate: 15 Watch A Late Quartet online in the UK: BBC iPlayer / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

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VOD film review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

A darkly fun, but disappointingly formulaic comedyRead More

Netflix review: The Killing (US) – Season One

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Who killed Rosie Larsen? This is the question that drives The Killing and its protagonist, Detective Sarah Linden (Mirieille Enos). Her new partner, ex-undercover Narc Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman), is assigned to the case, while she is tasked … Read More