UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 2

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Penny Dreadful is one of TV’s most literary shows – but every now and then, it’s also one of the most predictable. John Logan’s series trades in novels and legends, twisting them together into unfamiliar shapes … Read More

Catch Up TV reviews: Powers, Grayson Perry, Killer Women

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.  

(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our … Read More

UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 6 (Best Laid Schemes)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“How did she forgive you?” goads Black Jack in Episode 6 of Outlander Season 2 – and it’s telling that this isn’t the question any of us have been thinking during this second run. If anything, … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Chelsea

“I’m finally getting to do the exact kind of show I’ve always wanted to do,” declares Chelsea Handler proudly, as she begins her new talk show, Chelsea, on Netflix. She talks throughout the first three episodes of the programme about … Read More

Top running gags from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Update: Season 15 arrives on Netflix UK on 1st February 2022

There aren’t many shows that are more than 10 seasons in and still turning out instant classic episodes on a regular basis, but as viewers of FXX’s long-running flagship … Read More

Teen Wolf TV series lands on Netflix UK

Teen Wolf the TV series has landed on Netflix UK.

MTV’s show first aired back in 2011 in the US and had its debut in the UK on Sky Living. While the series has gone to be renewed for … Read More

VOD film review: The Hunt

Mads Mikkelsen is devastatingly brilliant in Thomas Vinterberg’s brilliantly devastating drama.Read More

VOD film review: Kill Command

A slick indie sci-fi with enough smarts to keep things simple.Read More

UK TV recap: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 11

Warning: This contains spoilers. This week’s episode was hotly anticipated amongst genre fans, promising both Western-style genre fun and the appearance of D.C.’s iconic gunslinger Jonah Hex, whose reputation is in need of a spot of rehab, after the disastrous … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (14th May)

Heard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.

Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s I Am Divine, … Read More