First look Amazon TV review: Alpha House Season 2

Amazon’s original comedy series returns for a second season. Does it get our vote?

Alpha House returns for a second season this weekend on Amazon Prime Instant Video. The political comedy was Amazon’s first original TV series, but it’s far … Read More

VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 10 (In the Forest of the Night)

In The Forest of the Night sees The Doctor find Earth taken over by trees. Our review of Episode 10 of Season 8…

What is Doctor Who? Frankly, given that this is a series about a face-changing alien who can … Read More

UK VOD review: Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 7 (Friendless Child)

Nucky (Steve Buscemi) finally comes face to face with Charlie Luciano (Vincent Piazza) and Meyer Lansky (Anatol Yusef) this week, on a train track illuminated by headlights. Staring down the barrel of a gun, Nucky faces his biggest challenge yet. … Read More

The spooky true tales behind American Horror Story

We pick apart the true events behind one of TV’s spookiest series.

Peppered with intertextuality drawn from both fact and fiction, American Horror Story is an anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the chaps responsible for the … Read More

Sky TV review: The Knick Episode 2

The first episode of The Knick ended with shots of the newly electrified hospital bathed in artificial light; a sure (and somewhat obvious) sign of turn-of-the-century optimism if ever there was one. But as the second episode, “Mr Paris Shoes”, … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain Season 1, Episode 6

Weakness and evolution are the two driving forces behind The Strain: the weakness of human biology and the evolution of the species to superior, deadly monsters. It’s that process of alienation, literally making other people alien, that gives the series … Read More

UK TV review: The Leftovers Episode 6 (Guest)

Struggling along through the mystery’s haze of uncertainty, sometimes tempted to tune out altogether, at other times haunted by the guilt of contemplating doing so, The Leftovers isn’t exactly an easy watch. But with Episode 6, The Leftovers has done … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

As a new-fangled little gadget called “television” sweeps 1950s America, circuses and their respective sideshows are on the verge of a steep decline. American Horror Story: Freak Show explores the consequences of the struggle between the old world and the … Read More

UK VOD review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 2

And breathe.

Inevitably, after the high tension of Episode 1, things were always going to calm down for the next. Don’t get too comfortable, though, as the chills of last week do return and we’re not totally devoid of danger, … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 2 (spoiler-free)

While marginally better than its pilot, Gotham continues to experience some growing pains in its second episode, curiously titled Selina Kyle.

We say curiously titled, as the titular character doesn’t become the episode’s focus until the final 15 minutes. Even … Read More