VOD film review: Quartet (2012)

Director: Dustin Hoffman Cast: Tom Courtenay, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins Certificate: 12 Watch Quartet online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

“Old age … Read More

UK TV review: Dollhouse Season 2

Big ideas meet crushing pessimism in Dollhouse’s rough but fascinating second run.Read More

VOD film review: Breathe In

Director: Drake Doremus Cast: Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce Certificate: 15 Watch Breathe In online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

“I don’t want to be living a life where I’m … Read More

Interview: BFI Digital Director Edward Humphrey on the BFI Player, short films and the changing world of on-demand

The BFI Player launches today at 9pm in the UK. Offering 1,000 titles to people around the country, it provides a paid platform for independent and British films to reach a wider audience – and also makes available for the … Read More

VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 2, 0-8-4)

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The team travel to Peru to investigate an artefact that may be out of this world and run into more than they bargained for in 0-8-4, when an old flame of Agent Coulson turns … Read More

Infographic: Much Ado About The Whedonverse

With Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing out on DVD and Blu-ray this week – and out on VOD the week before, for all you cool people – part of the fun of watching Whedon take on Shakespeare is spotting … Read More

VOD TV review: Downton Abbey Season 4, Episode 1

After the death of Matthew Crawley, nothing is the same at Downton Abbey. The whole family is in mourning, but life must go on and the pressures of work and how to run the estate are being hidden behind a … Read More

VOD film review: Wayland’s Song

Director: Richard Jobson Cast: Michael Nardone, Alan McKenna, Orla Brady, Hannah Lederer Watch online: blinkbox, iTunes

“You don’t talk much.” That’s Nathalie (Lederer) to Wayland (Nardone) near the start of Richard Jobson’s British thriller. She’s right. A guy who returns … Read More

VOD TV review: Homeland Season 3, Episode 1 (Tin Man Down)

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“It’s 58 days since the attack on Langley in which 219 Americans lost their lives… It is plain that the Central Intelligence Agency is crippled. How can the CIA protect this … Read More

15 TV shows to replace Breaking Bad

Twitching uncontrollably? Missing not being able to breathe for 60 minutes? Wishing you could be constantly surprised by everything that happens? Tempted to shave your hair and grow a goatee?

Then you’ve got Breaking Bad withdrawal. It’s a serious condition … Read More