TV
Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.LD (Episode 3, The Asset)
October 15, 2013 | Neil BrazierPhoto: Walt Disney, All rights reserved.
Taking a more supernatural turn this week, a S.H.I.E.L.D outrigger is transporting precious cargo to a more secure location when the entire lorry and its convoy protection are lifted off the ground and thrown … Read More
UK TV review: Dollhouse Season 2
October 10, 2013 | Philip W BaylesBig ideas meet crushing pessimism in Dollhouse’s rough but fascinating second run.Read More
VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 2, 0-8-4)
October 9, 2013 | Neil BrazierPhoto: Walt Disney, All rights reserved.
The team travel to Peru to investigate an artefact that may be out of this world and run into more than they bargained for in 0-8-4, when an old flame of Agent Coulson turns … Read More
VOD TV review: Homeland Season 3, Episode 1 (Tin Man Down)
October 7, 2013 | David FarnorPhoto: (C) 2011 FX Networks LLC. All Rights Reserved
“It’s 58 days since the attack on Langley in which 219 Americans lost their lives… It is plain that the Central Intelligence Agency is crippled. How can the CIA protect this … Read More
VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 1)
October 4, 2013 | Neil BrazierDepending on whether you saw Avengers (Assemble) in the cinema or watched it at home, you’ll have a different interpretation of the fate of Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg). Either way, Nick Fury said he died for the Avengers – to … Read More
Amazon Prime / Blu-ray review: The Walking Dead Season 3
October 3, 2013 | David FarnorIf you had to pick a TV series that would make it to a third season, The Walking Dead probably wouldn’t be it. After 20 odd episodes of zombies, what could another 16 possibly have to offer? More zombies? That’s … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 16 (Felina)
September 30, 2013 | Andrew JonesPhoto: © 2013 Sony Pictures Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Well, it’s over. Breaking Bad, the show no one wanted, then the show no one watched, now the show no one wants to finish, is finally over.
The story found … Read More
Why Firefly is the greatest TV show of all time
September 28, 2013 | Selina PearsonBack in 2002, long before Avengers assembled and cabins were in woods, Joss Whedon took a break from dusting vampires and began a cult following that spread across the ether – on the internet, through word of mouth and DVD … Read More
Why Entourage is the greatest TV show of all time
September 27, 2013 | James ButlinAs fans count down the days to Breaking Bad’s finale, we debate which TV show really is the greatest of all time – and tell you where you can watch them online. Today, James makes the case for Entourage.
It all … Read More
Why The West Wing is the greatest TV show of all time
September 26, 2013 | Philip W BaylesThe beginning of the 2000’s was, in the eyes of many, a dark time in American politics. The attacks on 9/11 made the country increasingly isolationist and paranoid. President George W. Bush had dragged the US into illegal wars in … Read More