Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 1

It’s rare to see a TV show find itself as quickly as 2003’s Arrested Development did. The story of Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, as a deadpan genius) trying to keep his family’s housing business afloat when his father, George Sr. … Read More

Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 3

The truncated final broadcast season of Arrested Development can be split into two halves in terms of plot and quality.

The first six episodes deal with Michael (Jason Bateman) falling for beautiful British girl Rita Leeds (a game Charlize Theron), … Read More

Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 2

Season Two of Arrested Development gleefully starts where Season One stopped – and finds even more juice in the narcissistic fruit that makes up the lifestyle of the Bluths.

Finding out the further quirks of each character, and what the … Read More

VOD film review: Submarine

Richard Ayoade’s gently hilarious directorial debut is quality naval gazing cinema. Read More

VOD film review: 3:10 to Yuma

Explosive yet character-driven, this Western has energy to spare.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Tabloid

Director: Errol Morris Cast: Joyce McKinney Certificate: 15

“Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess…” Thus starts the biopic of Joyce McKinney, an odd, bubbly and likeable sixty-something with an outrageous past. Tabloid is a tale of … Read More

VOD film review: Death Proof

Quentin Tarantino’s fifth movie spends all day barking but never bites.Read More

VOD film review: The American

Anton Corbijn sticks to his sedated guns for this gorgeously atmospheric assassin drama.Read More

VOD film review: Michael Clayton

Director: Tony Gilroy Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack Certificate: 15 Watch Michael Clayton online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

Who is Michael Clayton? Part lawyer, … Read More

Amazon Prime film review: The Counterfeiters

Director: Stefan Ruzowitsky Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl Certificate: 15 Watch The Counterfeiters online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

Based upon the memoirs of survivor Adolf … Read More