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.L.D. (Episode 1)
October 4, 2013 | Neil Brazier
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
October 3, 2013 | David Farnor
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
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 16 (Felina)
September 30, 2013 | Andrew Jones
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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 Pearson
Back 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 Butlin
As 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 Bayles
The 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
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 15 (Granite State)
September 23, 2013 | Andrew Jones
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Ozymandias was the king of Breaking Bad episodes. It was full of tension, upping the ante and getting to the point where Walter White’s last stand became a close inevitability. … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Copper Season 1 Episode 2 (Husbands and Fathers)
September 18, 2013 | David Farnor
Copper wastes no time in shaking things up in its second episode. After last week’s predictable opener, which saw Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) investigate the death of a young girl and find – much to shock of everyone in … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 14 (Ozymandias)
September 16, 2013 | Andrew Jones
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“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand / Half sunk, a shattered visage lies…” – Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Everything … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Copper Season 1, Episode 1
September 13, 2013 | David Farnor
Meet Copper. He’s a maverick. A wild card. A guy not afraid to break the rules. He has messy hair. He wears a hat – but damn it, he always gets results. Sound familiar? Good. Because while BBC America’s TV … Read More
