Amazon Prime Video TV review: Transparent Season 2 (Episodes 6 to 10)

10

Rating

Warning: This contains mild spoilers.

“What is being queer, if it’s not questioning everything?” argues Ali in the second half of Transparent Season 2. “We can make our own rules. Be open and brave.”

Gaby Hoffmann’s daughter has always been … Read More

Amazon Prime Video TV review: Transparent Season 2 (Episodes 1 to 5)

10

Rating

A little over a year ago, Amazon released Transparent, a show about a father who comes out as a mother to his children. We declared it the best TV series of 2014. The Golden Globes agreed with us, making it … Read More

UK TV review: Catastrophe Season 2

10

Rating

“Quite possibly the best comedy you’ll see all year” is how we described Season 1 of Catastrophe, which aired on Channel 4 at the beginning of the year. Now, before 2015 is over, the show has already returned for a … Read More

UK VOD TV review: This Is England ’90 (Episodes 3 and 4)

7.7

Rating

Episodes 3 and 4 of This Is England ’90, suitably titled Autumn and Winter, do exactly what many viewers expected. Where Spring and Summer displayed the boisterous bond the group feels, even when apart, the final two episodes do what … Read More

UK VOD TV review: This Is England ’90 (Episodes 1 and 2)

8

Rating

Beaten, bloodied and back for more, the This Is England gang return to screens to welcome in a new culture, a new life and a new decade.

Shane Meadow’s wild drama reignites in Spring 1990, and the gang aren’t … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Narcos (Episodes 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)

10

Rating

The second half of Netflix’s new series continues charting Pablo Escobar’s war against domestic and foreign law enforcement, numerous anti-trafficking agencies, rival gangs and public perception. Narcos has a flair for stylised analysis, providing insight into motives, PR and the … Read More

Netflix TV review: Narcos (Episodes 2 to 5)

9

Rating

Tony Montana famously said “if you want a war, you got a war”. Pablo Escobar actually fought one. Continuing its rich blend of truth and past-tense fear-mongering, Narcos Season 1 lives up to the standards the fellow Netflix Originals have … Read More

First look Netflix UK TV review: Narcos

8.7

Rating

“Magic realism is defined as what happens when a highly detailed realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe. There is a reason magic realism was born in Colombia.”

Narcos follows the 80s cocaine boom from the very … Read More

UK TV review: The Enfield Haunting (Episode 2 and 3)

7.3

Rating

A moving finale to a scary mini-series.Read More

UK TV review: The Enfield Haunting (Episode 1)

8

Rating

Practical effects and a convincing cast make this real haunting truly scaryRead More