UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 4 (Where’s the Dignity?)

As Edmund Blackadder once told his faithful dogsbody Baldrick, it’s the way of the world that the abused always kick downwards. And so it is with The Knick.

As we open in a bar in the rough end of … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain Season 1, Episode 8

The Strain is one of those shows that you can rely upon to be unreliable. When it’s slaying vampires, it’s buff. When it’s recounting the Holocaust, it’s bunkum. Episode 8 sees our survivors struggling to fight off a wave of … Read More

UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 8 (The Separation of Crows)

“The Sons of Anarchy have a duty. A mission.”

The Separation of Crows is one of Sons’ ‘lighting the fuse’ episodes. In the weeks to come, fans may look back at moments of it and realise the gravity of each … Read More

UK TV review: The Leftovers Episode 8

“Now get me a fucking cigarette.”

That’s Patti to Kevin Garvey in Episode 8 of The Leftovers, an episode that sees the Guilty Remnant cult leader strapped to a chair in the woods.

Who by? We suspect the police … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 3 (Edward Mordrake Part 1)

The Halloween episode of Freak Show is upon us, which means – if history is doomed to repeat itself – a wind of change is about to blow through the carnival. Previous Halloween specials (Season 1’s two-parter Halloween, Season 2’s … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 4 (Arkham)

Even though we’re yet to be wowed by Gotham, Arkham is generally one of the stronger episodes the series has produced so far.

While last week we ventured into camp territory with a vigilante who sent people to their … Read More

UK VOD review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 4 (Slabtown)

If you’ve been wondering just what has happened to Beth (Emily Kinney), then Slabtown will answer all your questions. Fortunately, she escaped the cannibal camp of Terminus, but waking up on the top floor of a former Atlanta hospital isn’t … Read More

UK TV review: Constantine Episode 2

“I don’t seek answers to questions that needn’t be asked.”

That’s how John Constantine defines himself in Episode 2 of Constantine. After the decision to axe his female sidekick (Liv) for a new one (Zed) in the programme’s pilot, the … Read More

UK VOD review: Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 8 (Eldorado)

In a thrilling season finale, Boardwalk Empire bows out, not in a flurry of gunfire and blood, but in an act of redemption. It’s what this season has been plugging away at the whole time: what can you do to … Read More

VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 11 (Dark Water)

Doctor Who finales are tricky things. In the old days, they didn’t really bother having them at all, bar the occasional attempt to do a bigger-than-usual story… but usually, by then, they’d run out of money to do their ambitions … Read More