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.
True Crime Tuesdays: The Widower
August 3, 2021 | Helen Archer
NBC’s Dateline moves into prestige TV territory with this haunting true crime documentary about Thomas Randolph.Read More
Apple TV+ review: Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
August 1, 2021 | David Farnor
This entertaining, enthusiastic and insightful docuseries is catnip for music geeks everywhere.Read More
Why Black Summer should be your next box set
August 1, 2021 | Chris Bryant
Netflix’s underrated zombie drama is an artistic, realistic descent into bloody chaos.Read More
UK TV review: Loki Season 1 (spoilers)
July 28, 2021 | David Farnor
Loki’s first season goes out on a temporary blip more than a bang.Read More
Disney+ UK TV review: Meet Spidey and His Amazing Friends
July 25, 2021 | Matthew Turner
Spider-Man teams up with his super-powered friends in this entertaining series of shorts for kids.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Masters of the Universe: Revelation Part 1
July 21, 2021 | Charlie Brigden
He-Man’s return is mostly a load of old bones, but elevated by Bear McCreary’s superior score.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime
July 20, 2021 | Helen Archer
This Netflix true crime series is a strange beast. Directed by Eliza Capai, it features the first interview with Elize Matsunaga, who, in 2016, was found guilty of killing and dismembering her husband, Marcos, heir to a multi-million dollar food … Read More
Uprising review: A powerful portrait of tragedy and legacy
July 20, 2021 | David Farnor
Steve McQueen and James Rogan’s account of the New Cross fire in 1981 is vivid and powerful portrait of tragedy and legacy.Read More
Why Katla should be your next box set
July 18, 2021 | Helen Archer
Baltasar Kormákur’s sinister, atmospheric Icelandic thriller is a glacial but gripping mystery.Read More
Why you should be watching This Way Up
July 14, 2021 | David Farnor
Aisling Bea shines in this funny, thoughtful, complex and charming tale of a woman rebuilding her life.Read More
