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

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