VOD film review: Frances Ha

Greta Gerwig is a delight in this optimistic tale of friendship and failing to grow up.Read More

VOD TV review: Homeland Season 3 Episode 12 (The Star)

Photo: Didier Baverel/SHOWTIME

This review contains spoilers.

“I’m just so f*cking sad.”

That’s Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) at the end of Season 3 of Homeland. The queen of the Cry Face hasn’t had much chance to display her facial … Read More

Homeland Season 3: Every line of dialogue spoken by Chris Brody

Chris Brody. Everyone’s favourite non-existent Homeland character.

Played by Jackson Pace, the son of is-he-isn’t-he soldier/terrorist Nicholas Brody’s path couldn’t be more different to that of his sister, Dana (Morgan Saylor). After trying to commit suicide, she went running off … Read More

Netflix film review: Fireplace for Your Home

Director: George Ford Cast: Fire, Wood Certificate: PG Watch Fireplace for Your Home online in the UK: Netflix UK

Warning: This review contains spoilers.

Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, man has dreamed of controlling fire. That deadly, ephemeral … Read More

Netflix UK / VOD film review: Upstream Colour

Director: Shane Carruth Cast: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth Certificate: 12 Watch Upstream Color online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Curzon Home Cinema

Shane Carruth blew brains when he popped up out of … Read More

VOD film review: Fill the Void

Director: Rama Burshtein Cast: Hadas Yaron, Hila Feldman, Razia Israeli, Yiftach Klein Certificate: U Watch online: Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) / Amazon Instant Video / Google PlayK

“Maybe everything happened so I marry him.”

That’s Shira (Yaran) … Read More

VOD film review: Child’s Pose

Director: Calin Peter Netzer Cast: Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache,Natasa Raab Certificate: 15 Watch Child’s Pose online in the UK: Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play

A boy’s best friend is his mother. That’s something Cornelia (Gheorghiu) … Read More

Virgin boasts fastest broadband in UK, says Netflix

Good news for Virgin Media customers: you have the fastest broadband in the UK, according to Netflix.

The internet TV provider’s latest sped test shows that Britain’s broadband is accelerating. Indeed, broadband speeds in the UK were at an average … Read More

Despicable Me 2 breaks sales records to become best-selling digital title ever

Despicable Me 2 has broken sales records to become the best-selling digital title ever in its first week.

Universal announced this week that the animated sequel, starring Steve Carrell as super-villain-turned-unwitting-father-of-three Gru, has stormed the home entertainment market, generating $80 … Read More

VOD film review: Pain & Gain

Director: Michael Bay Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris Certificate: 15 Watch Pain & Gain online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play

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