VOD TV review: Arrow Season 3, Episode 1 (The Calm) – spoiler-free

A few months have passed since the events of Arrow’s sensational Season 2 finale, but as the title of the episode indicates, things are about to kick off again. As befits an opening episode, The Calm has the responsibility of … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 3

Up until now, the most interesting thing about The Knick has been its complete lack of decorum in showing the messy side of medicine at the turn of the century. Vials full of coagulated blood, scalpels sticking out of patients’ … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain Season 1, Episode 7

“We kill The Master and all the other creatures die? That makes no biological sense!”

The Strain continues it’s oddly down-to-Earth mix of modern science and old-school critters in Episode 8. Finally addressing the idea of its big bad head-on, … Read More

Sky TV review: The Flash Season 1 Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

The cinematic universes for our favourite comic book heroes are continually expanding, and with Arrow now having established itself as superior superhero television over the past couple of years, it’s unsurprising that the popular notion has spread to the small … Read More

UK VOD review: The Leftovers Episode 7 (Solace for Tired Feet)

After two stand-out standalone chapters, The Leftovers returns to the old multi-stranded drudgery this week, but the show remains an engaging watch.

We return to – yes – the Garvey family in Episode 7, with all the problems that … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 2 (spoiler-free)

Underneath the veneer of greasepaint and stage smiles, Freak Show is a season of binaries. Innocence and experience, naivety and corruption, life and death, darkness and light, pleasure and pain are all played against two juxtaposing and integral backdrops: the … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 3 (spoiler-free)

The awkward clash between Gotham’s gritty realism and its cartoonish elements becomes yet more glaring in The Balloonman, easily the weakest episode of the series thus far.

The title refers to Gotham’s first vigilante, who bumps off criminals by … Read More

UK VOD review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 3

The tension returns full throttle this week, thanks once again to the survivors’ biggest enemy: man. With the undead, you know what you’re getting: brain hungry monsters who only want to end you in the most gruesome of ways. With … Read More

UK TV review: Constantine Episode 1

Constantine is being released in the UK straight to Amazon Prime Instant Video – with a new episode available every Saturday, within 24 hours of US broadcast.

“My name is John Constantine. And I’m an exorcist.”

The TV series Constantine … Read More

UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 7 (and where to watch it online)

The best thing any entertainment can be is self-aware. If the writers know their audience well enough to predict their feelings and reactions, they can do anything. If those writers happen to include Kurt Sutter, then things get really interesting. … Read More