Reviews
Reviews of the latest series from the small screen and streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.
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ReviewsPretend It’s a City
Ten years on from the documentary Public Speaking, Martin Scorsese reunites with Fran Lebowitz for Netflix series Pretend It's a City, where the righteous raconteur espouses on more of her personal philosophies and bugbears Read more »| 28 Jan 2021 -
FilmWhat to Watch: Film & TV in December 2020
The best of December's new releases, from David Fincher's Mank to Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology Read more »| 01 Dec 2020 -
ReviewsThe Letter for the King
You'll forget The Letter for the King as soon as Netflix pushes the trailer for its next new series Read more »| 31 Mar 2020 -
ReviewsHunters
Hunters – which sees a diverse band of Holocaust survivors hunting Nazis in 70s America – tries to have and do it all Read more »| 27 Mar 2020 -
ReviewsNoughts + Crosses
The series about racial inequality loses its appeal as it zeroes in on a rushed, clichéd star-crossed romance Read more »| 26 Mar 2020 -
ReviewsThe Trip to Greece
Coogan and Brydon's final fine-dining fling brings familiar warmth and palpable pathos Read more »| 25 Mar 2020
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ReviewsFeel Good
The caustic new dramedy from standup Mae Martin offers a sweet, relatable glimpse into queer love Read more »| 19 Mar 2020 -
ReviewsI Am Not Okay With This
Stranger Things meets The End of the F***ing World (and probably anything else you’ve ever seen) in this hugely derivative yet entertaining teen drama Read more »| 21 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsLocke & Key
Where Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez’s graphic novel had blood and guts, Netflix swap in teenybopper romances and faux scares Read more »| 18 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsCheer
Netflix docuseries Cheer showcases the risks and rewards of competitive cheerleading through Navarro College’s pursuit of their 14th national title in Daytona Beach, Florida Read more »| 13 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsUnbelievable
Netflix mini-series Unbelievable interlinks the stories of a teen rape victim and two detectives on the hunt for a serial rapist, showing how the predominantly male system of US law enforcement is rotten Read more »| 11 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsThe Good Place: Season 4
The Good Place's last episode delivers a near-perfect conclusion to the fantasy comedy Read more »| 10 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsBojack Horseman: Season 6, Part 2
Bojack Horseman sends off its central characters almost too neatly, but its tone is near-perfect: the choice to continue living, trying, failing, and starting over is conveyed with cynicism, humour, and hope Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsYou: Season 2
The second season of You is another slice of slick, trashy entertainment which occasionally gets a bit too close to reflecting the sort of attitudes it's aiming to mock Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsThe Outsider
The latest Stephen King adaptation opens strongly, but signs of the writer’s predilection for left field plot turns suggest it won’t end that way… [Three episodes watched for review] Read more »| 17 Jan 2020