VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 7

As assured as The Flash has been in its opening batch of episodes, it’s very easy to draw similarities with other superhero TV fare. For good or ill, the show that always keeps cropping up in these conversations is Smallville … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain Season 1 finale (Episode 13 – The Master)

“The world is not what it was one week ago. What will it be one week from now?”

That’s Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) getting his voiceover on once more for the finale of The Strain. It feels like a long … Read More

UK TV review: American Horror Story Freak Show (Episode 8)

A search party for the beloved Ma Petite (Jyoti Amge) is in full swing following the opening credits of Episode 8. Ma hasn’t dominated any of Season 4’s major plot arcs, and yet her presumed death fractures the camp in … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 9 (Harvey Dent)

Last week’s hour of Gotham saw some positive repercussions from Gordon’s stand against the mob two weeks prior; Detectives Allen and Montoya joined Team Gordon, and even Captain Essen and Harvey Bullock found the good within themselves. In Harvey Dent, … Read More

UK TV review: Constantine Episode 7 (Blessed Are the Damned)

“Who are we to question the gifts we are given from the Lord?”

Constantine has impressed several times already in Season 1, mostly thanks to Matt Ryan’s fantastic portrayal of John. The show’s best moments, though, have been when it … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Sons of Anarchy Finale Ride, Episode 12 (Red Rose)

Sons of Anarchy’s penultimate episode explores the idea that Jax Teller’s vengeance has consumed him to the point where there is little human left. Sutter’s superb characters have reached a milestone in their existence whereby their previous actions, having decided … Read More

VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 6

Rather than tease the mystery for a couple of episodes, Guilty gets straight on with the business of deciding whether or not Roy actually killed Sara, as was hinted at by his cliff-hanging dream sequence last week.

After he … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 8 (Working Late a Lot)

After the frantic brilliance of ‘Get the Rope’, and the myriad of intrigue and character development it raised, the eighth episode of The Knick was always going to feel like coming down from a high. But while it can’t match … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain Episode 12 (Last Rites)

12 episodes in and has The Strain found its pulse yet? That this is even a question that needs asking in a 13-episode season is a sign of how uneven Guillermo del Toro’s story has been on screen.

Nonetheless, … Read More

UK TV review: Constantine Episode 6

“You didn’t tell me last night you had a boyfriend.” “Yes, I did.”

What does a not-very-nice exorcist do when he’s not exorcising? Not very nice things. That includes sleeping with women behind their blokes’ backs, Episode 6 of Constantine … Read More