12 Days of Netflix: Holiday Joy

This well performed teen Christmas flick is sadly lacking in substance.Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 5 (Episodes 3 and 4)

Warning: This contains spoilers for Episode 3 and 4. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review of Vikings Season 5’s opening episodes.

How do you sum up a memorable historical figure in a single image? Vikings Season 5 gives us … Read More

What’s on UK TV this Christmas? Your 2017 catch-up guide

Christmas is here – and so is the age-old battle for the remote control in the living room. Except that these days, Britain has put the strictly scheduled past behind them. Now, we use catch-up services to keep up-to-date with … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Jean-Claude Van Johnson

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Amazon’s new action comedy series. That premise alone might immediately grab your attention, or it might turn you off, but there’s a twist to the self-aware show: this version of Can … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Wormwood

A dizzying deconstruction of memory, facts and documentary filmmaking itself.Read More

UK TV review: The Night of the Doctor (2013 minisode)

“I’m a Doctor. But probably not the one you were expecting.” With those words, Paul McGann wowed Doctor Who fans back in 2013, when he returned to the TARDIS for a one-off special.

The Night of the Doctor, a short … Read More

12 Days of Netflix: Miss Me This Christmas

This dire romance is truly dreadful.Read More

The Weekly MUBI Digest | 23rd December

This weekend sees MUBI premiere its latest exclusive acquisition – Ava – but there’s a typically diverse selection to accompany it, from Alain Gomes’ stunning Felicite (read our full review here) to Sidney Lumet’s The Anderson Tapes.

What’s new, coming … Read More

Dave Chappelle doubles down with two Netflix specials for New Year

“My parents did just well enough that I could grow up poor around white people…”

Dave Chapelle is doubling down on his plans for the New Year, with not just one but two Netflix specials.

The comic, who is stepping … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: The Grand Tour, Season 2 (Episode 2 and 3)

It’s taken a whole season, but The Grand Tour may have just found its top gear – in more ways than one. Amazon’s motoring series has often struggled to find its sweet spot between its own thing and rehashing the … Read More