KNOCK KNOCK (2015)
[usr 3.0] With Knock Knock, director Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) progresses from “torture porn” to psychological torture, but with a premise straight out...
HUMANS – series one, episode four
[usr 4.0] After last week featured a few sloppy moments creeping in, episode four tightened things up brilliantly, pulling several of the show’s strands...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.3 – ‘Maybe Tomorrow’
[usr 3.5] We were firmly in David Lynch territory this week on True Detective, as a blue-lit dream sequence paid direct homage to Twin...
HANNIBAL, 3.5 – ‘Contorno’
[usr 4.5] A while ago, I chimed in on a Facebook debate among friends about whether Anthony Hopkins or Mads Mikkelsen is the better...
TERMINATOR GENISYS (2015)
[usr 2.5] Fairly early into Terminator Genisys, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Pops utters this line to Emilia Clarke’s Sarah Connor: “This is a meaningless gesture. To...
JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL (2015)
[usr 3.0] A seven-part adaptation of the acclaimed fantasy novel by Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is, by all accounts, an impressively...
HUMANS – series one, episode three
[usr 3.0] After two very strong openings, the third instalment of Humans sees a few cracks in the veneer, and a few contrivances starting...
THE AVENGERS – The Complete Series Five
[usr 4.0] Patrick Macnee was The Avengers. He was there at the very beginning when Sydney Newman, ABC’s Head of Drama, cancelled a crime...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.2 – ‘Night Finds You’
[usr 3.5] Oh, Ray, say it ain’t so! Just as I was beginning to warm to the depressed Detective Velcoro (Colin Farrell), with his...
HANNIBAL, 3.4 – ‘Aperitivo’
[usr 4.0] The news that NBC has decided not to renew Hannibal for a fourth season is disappointing but no surprise. Frankly, it’s remarkable...
MINIONS (2015)
[usr 2.5] The question Minions needed to answer was whether the cute Despicable Me critters are compelling and amusing enough to carry their own film. It’s...
SLOW WEST (2015)
[usr 4.0] The Britop music scene’s produced some curious turn-ups in recent years. Brian Cox from D:Ream, now better known as a celebrity physicist;...