VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 8 (finale)

Warning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers.

“Where to, sir?”

That’s how Broadchurch ends – and you wish that was how it began. Chris Chibnall’s second season revealed itself in the final episode to … Read More

First look review: House of Cards Season 3 (Episode 1 and 2)

President Francis Underwood. Season 3 picks up where Season 2 left off, with Kevin Spacey’s ruthlessly pragmatic anti-hero sitting in the Oval Office as the most powerful man in the world.

Episode 1 (or Chapter 27) exists as a slow-paced, … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Episode 4 (Hero)

If you can’t beat them, join them. That’s the lesson learned by many TV characters over the years. Jimmy McGill isn’t most TV characters.

This week’s opening flashback sees McGill back in his “Slipping Jimmy” days, conning unsuspecting schmucks out … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 11 (The Distance)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

The Walking Dead continues its shuffling pace in The Distance, as the group deal with their trust issues surrounding newcomer Aaron (Ross Marquand). After making himself known to the survivors, he promises sanctuary and safety and … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 6

So, how do you follow that? How does anyone bounce back after discovering their supposed beloved partner has a new beloved partner already?

Historically, Hannah would have hid in her room and stuck a cotton bud in her ear/cut her … Read More

UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 5 (Crows)

Read our reviews of each episode of Season 1 here.

Whoever said Wolf Hall was boring? The ratings may have dropped for the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels, but the penultimate episode of the season is its busiest yet.

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UK VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 11

Warning: This contains spoilers for Episode 11 of The Flash.

Although it’s only 11 episodes into its maiden season, The Flash has gone out of its way to roll out a bevy of comic book villains for our hero to … Read More

UK VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 11 (Midnight City)

After showing us the severity of Oliver’s post-cliff-hanger injuries last week, it would have been a bit lame if the show had brought him back to Starling City just one episode later, so Midnight City duly shows us just how … Read More

Amazon Prime UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 1 (Mercenary)

Warning: This contains spoilers for Season 1 and 2 of Vikings.

“When will I die?” asks Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) at the start of Season 3 of Vikings.

It’s an ominous question for any main character to ask, especially in … Read More

VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 7

Warning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers.

Closing speeches are a gift for films and TV series. Dramatic. Rousing. Full of heightened emotion and theatrical rhetoric. Episode 7 of Broadchurch Season 2 impresses, then, by … Read More