Amazon Prime TV review: Boss Season 2

Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, is not a good man. He is not an honest man. He is not a healthy man.

When Starz’s Boss debuted its first season in 2011, the reaction was minimal; a small cable … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2 Episode 9 (Shiizakana)

Last week’s episode was a carnival of the animals, but in Episode 9, with a stripped back cast of characters, we are granted a personal audience in front of a smaller court from the animal kingdom. This week, Hannibal is … Read More

VOD TV recap: 24: Live Another Day Episode 9

This contains spoilers.

Let it never be said that 24 doesn’t know how to mix it up. So far, Live Another Day has delivered a versatile blend of stupidity, sentiment, action and more stupidity. After last week’s unexpectedly moving farewell … Read More

Sky Atlantic TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 1 Episode 7 (Possession)

Claustrophobia isn’t simply the fear of enclosed spaces; it’s a powerful reaction to being contained within them. Sufferers often report an inability to breathe, as if oxygen is running out. Penny Dreadful knows how to do claustrophobia. Almost the entirety … Read More

UK TV review: Why The Shield is a TV milestone

The best anti-hero on the small screen since Walter White – but this came first.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Monty Python: Almost The Truth (Lawyers Cut)

A detailed, yet accessible, history of Monty Python, you won’t find many better comedy documentaries around.Read More

Netflix TV review: Orange Is the New Black Season 2 (Episode 13)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“It’s turned into fucking Riker’s round here.” Wanda isn’t wrong about that. The Season 2 finale is packed with twists and turns, none of them very moral and most of them involving things occurring in prison … Read More

Netflix binge review: Orange Is the New Black Season 2 (Episode 11, 12)

Introducing intermittent moments of self-awareness and a crippling tension, Episode 11 of OITNB Season 2 represents the calm before the storm. Episode 12, meanwhile, is the storm. It achieves this through subtle, creeping tricks of the trade… like an actual, … Read More

Sky Atlantic TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 1 Episode 6 (What Death Can Join Together)

“Do you know the word ‘vampire’? It is not familiar to you in some way?” Van Helsing (David Warner) asks Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway).

It’s only after six episodes that Penny Dreadful finally drops the “v” word, but it really … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2 Episode 8 (Su-zakana)

As the events of last episode seemingly put a halt on the hunt for the Ripper, we are introduced to some strange new story lines in Episode 8.

Will’s methods to catch and expose his prey are adjusting; in … Read More