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VOD film review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Aardman)
April 10, 2014 | Jo BromilowDirector: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt Cast: Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Martin Freeman, Brian Blessed, Lenny Henry, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven Certificate: U
Carving their own plasticine niche in the creature feature and prison break genre, the … Read More
VOD film review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
April 7, 2014 | David FarnorPeter Jackson’s ambitious expansion of The Hobbit brings exciting scale to the tiny adventure.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 3 Episode 3 (His Last Vow)
January 13, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This review contains mild spoilers.
“The problems of your past are your business. The problems of your future are my privilege.”
It’s hard to know exactly how you would react to the news that the woman you’ve just married … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 3 Episode 2 (The Sign of Three)
January 6, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This review contains mild spoilers.
We all know what to expect from a wedding, just as we all know what to expect from an episode of Sherlock, but The Sign of Three skipped the old, blue and borrowed and … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Holmes Season 3, Episode 1 (The Empty Hearse)
January 2, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This review contains mild spoilers.
How did Sherlock fake his death? The Empty Hearse, the first episode of Season Three, finally gives us some answers. In fact, it gives us three. And, along the way, throws in an appearance … Read More
Molly and Mycroft: The unsung heroes of BBC’s Sherlock
January 1, 2014 | David FarnorWe look back at Season 1 and 2 of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ modern-day reboot
It’s a three-patch problem.
That’s how Sherlock Holmes described his first case in A Study in Pink. That throwaway line set the tone for … Read More
VOD film review: Saving Santa
December 1, 2013 | David FarnorSome rescuing still required.Read More
VOD film review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
November 12, 2013 | David FarnorThe Hobbit goes there and back and there and back and there and back again in an unexpectedly messy trek.Read More
VOD film review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition
November 11, 2013 | Ian LoringDirector: Peter Jackson Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Aidan Gillen, James Nesbitt, Sylvester McCoy Certificate: 12
With the middle installment of Peter Jackson’s new trilogy soon to be upon us, the big man settles back into his Extended … Read More