Amazon Prime TV review: Crossing Lines (Episode 1 and 2)

Amazon’s new acquisition, Crossing Lines, sees William Fichtner – of Drive Angry, Heat and Elysium fame – as Carl Hickman, a former New York detective hiding out in Amsterdam with an injured hand but a deductive mind. Hickman’s brilliance is called … Read More

VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 4, Eye Spy)

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Opening with over a dozen men all dressed in grey suits and creepy red masks, Episode Four introduces a darker tone to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This week, a former protégé of Coulson appears … Read More

VOD TV review: Homeland Season 3, Episode 3 (Tower of David)

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Welcome back, Brody. All is forgiven. Well, you know, except for the terrorism and stuff.

That was the point we had reached with Homeland, a show that used to be about … Read More

VOD TV review: Homeland Season 3, Episode 2 (Uh… Oh… Ah…)

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Uh. Oh. Ah. Not just the title of Episode 2 of Homeland Season 3, but the noise you’ll make while watching it. After an intriguing start to the new run, which … Read More

VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.LD (Episode 3, The Asset)

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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

Big 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)

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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)

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“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)

Depending 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

UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 3

If 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