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.
Up: Looking back at Michael Apted’s groundbreaking series
January 10, 2021 | David Farnor
There are lots of documentaries that claim to be groundbreaking. The Up series genuinely is. Following 14 British people since 1964, when they were just seven years old, the show went on to check back in on each one every … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: History of Swear Words
January 5, 2021 | David Farnor
Nic Cage presents this amusing, informative and unabashedly foul-mouthed docuseries.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Cobra Kai Season 3
January 1, 2021 | David Farnor
This repetitive third bout for the Karate Kid spin-off still hasn’t lost its energetic charm.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: The (Holiday) Movies That Made Us
December 28, 2020 | David Farnor
Netflix’s nostalgic making-of series is an entertaining, interesting romp through film history.Read More
UK TV review: Black Narcissus (2020)
December 27, 2020 | David Farnor
This vibrant tale of desire and doubt is an atmospheric echo of Powell and Pressburger’s iconic adaptation.Read More
Why Fast & Furious: Spy Racers should be on your watchlist
December 27, 2020 | David Farnor
This small screen spin-off of the motoring franchise swiftly finds its own entertaining gear.Read More
Disney+ TV review: The Mandalorian Season 2
December 24, 2020 | Nathanael Smith
The space Western’s thrilling second chapter is undermined by its franchise links.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: The Wilds
December 13, 2020 | David Farnor
More thoughtful than thrilling, this well acted young adult mystery is a compelling ensemble drama.Read More
Why The Undoing should be your next box set
December 6, 2020 | David Farnor
Would you ever suspect Hugh Grant of committing murder? That’s the question at the heart of The Undoing, David E Kelley’s crime thriller for HBO and Sky Atlantic. Based on the 2014 novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz, the answer may … Read More
Why The Good Lord Bird should be your next box set
December 6, 2020 | David Farnor
Ethan Hawke is astonishing in this timely, telling abolitionist romp.Read More
