Box Sets
Looking for your next binge? Box Set reviews will tell you whether a show’s worth watching, without spoiling the end for you – a handy guide to the best TV box sets on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, DVD and more.
Criminal Season 2 review: Brilliantly simple, rivetingly complex
September 16, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Netflix’s superbly acted, sharply streamlined crime procedural is rivetingly complex telly.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: The Duchess
September 12, 2020 | Sophie Davies
Katherine Ryan takes her bold, unapologetic persona into the real world with this uneven sitcom.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Outcry
September 8, 2020 | Helen Archer
This tough-to-watch documentary is a reminder that wrongful conviction can happen to anyone.Read More
Why Away should be your next box set
September 6, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Netflix’s open-hearted space voyage is a winningly old-school ensemble drama.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Down to Earth with Zac Efron
August 31, 2020 | Chris Bryant
Zac Efron’s exploration of global issues leaves science up in the air.Read More
BFI Player review: Mark Jenkin Short Films
August 30, 2020 | Laurence Boyce
This quartet of Mark Jenkin’s shorts is a striking snapshot of a playful, impassioned and pointedly political filmmaker.Read More
Why Netflix’s Fear City should be your next box set
August 30, 2020 | Victoria Curatolo
The latest documentary series to hit Netflix is Fear City: New York vs the Mafia, a close look at five Mafia families that controlled the city of New York throughout the 1970s and and 1980s – and the FBI informants … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Cobra Kai Season 1
August 28, 2020 | Ivan Radford
This endearingly nostalgic, if occasionally uneven, follow-up to The Karate Kid delivers an entertaining punch.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Cobra Kai Season 2
August 28, 2020 | Ivan Radford
This likeable second season loses some momentum but still packs a fun punch and some impressive action.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Dirty John Season 2
August 25, 2020 | Helen Archer
Amanda Peet is fantastic in this study of the murderous effect that power imbalances can have.Read More
