Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 3

This season begins where Season Two left off, in the aftermath of a mid-air plane collision, caused by a grieving air-traffic controller. With the tragedy affecting the whole community (some more than others), out of the sombre tone comes the … Read More

Dollhouse: Looking back at Joss Whedon’s flawed dystopia

Joss Whedon’s disturbing dystopian series is a flawed but interesting watch.Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: Vikings Season 1, Episode 3

“You landed in the kingdom of Northumbria…”

Dialogue doesn’t get much better than that in Vikings, the History Channel’s slightly trashy take on Scandinavia’s spiky-headed past. Episode Three, Dispossessed, marks a big step forward for the show, as nuance lands … Read More

Amazon Prime TV Review: The Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 2

The Walking Dead continues its first season with Guts. It’s a suitable name for Episode Two – it’s full of the stuff. And sadly, not that much else.

After literally riding into town to save the day, only to hide … Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: The Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 1

It’s not often you like a character who says almost nothing at all. Then again, it’s not often you see The Walking Dead. Frank Darabont’s series, based on the graphic novels by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, starts … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 2

For Season Two of Breaking Bad, the episode count almost doubles to a more conventional 13 episodes so you might think the writers would take their collective foot off the gas. Thankfully, they don’t, so we get to hang out … Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: Vikings Season 1, Episode 2

“All things begin and end with stories…”

That’s Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) rousing the troops before they sail West. Why? To reach England of course, a land of untold riches. Or so the stories say – whoever wrote them has clearly … Read More

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Looking back at Season 1

Once you’ve started streaming Season 1 of Buffy, you won’t stop. Ever.Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: Vikings Season 1, Episode 1

For those in the UK currently experiencing Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms, LOVEFiLM Instant’s Vikings may seem like a natural substitute. On the surface, it is. There are mountains. There are swords. There are Gods. And, most importantly, there are … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 1

Even though season one of AMC’s Breaking Bad is only seven episodes long, it quickly sets the tone for this darkly comedic drama set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bryan Cranston is Walter White, a 50-year old, under-achieving high school chemistry … Read More