Reviews

The Duffer Brothers glorious ode to nostalgic excess finally wraps up its divisive fourth season with an epic spectacle that arguably works so well precisely because of the failings of Volume 1…  

Paul Verhoeven's 'biographical' tale of a 17th century lesbian nun who Jesus speaks through lacks much of the shock value it would have had back in the day, but still tells a compelling tale bursting with trademark sex and violence.  

Chris Pratt ditches his more goofy MCU/Jurassic persona for some gritty Navy SEAL revenge and The Terminal List defies its meh title to provide above-meh entertainment.  

The Sam Elliott-led Yellowstone prequel takes the show to its natural origins, as a full-blown, dirty, bloody Western.  

A triptych of lives laid bare in this fascinating peek behind the curtain of power, showing who truly wears the trousers in the White House…  

The Devialet Dione is big, beefy and bold with the eye-catching ORB acting as a centre channel. It's at the top end of the single device solutions for Dolby Atmos TV audio and will have to prove its worth against a serious rival...  

The second of Sergio Leone's 'spaghetti trilogy' comes to 4K Blu-ray newly graded, we take a look and fall in love all over again.  

We take a look at the Spaghetti Western that launched careers and a whole new direction for the genre, newly remastered in native 4K.  

Back with a bang, Westworld Season 4 launches with a hell of a premiere episode, introducing all the familiar favourites who will have you chomping at the bit for more.  

Samsung debuts its QD-OLED technology in the S95B and it's a stunner. With superb colour volume, panel uniformity and brightness, is this the TV to beat in 2022? Let's find out...  

New Exposure products don’t happen terribly often and the 3510 replaces a product that was a true modern classic. Can it meet expectations and do you need one?  

Mildly amusing and hardly offensive, Man from Toronto rides on Woody Harrelson and your appreciation of Kevin Hart's schtick, from the director of The Hitman's Bodyguard... and its sequel.  

If a bunch of great TV shows weren't enough to get you onto Paramount Plus, then maybe Mike Judge's Beavis & Butthead will do the job, on another time-and-space-defying quest to score.  

The latest Rega integrated is more than a simple replacement for what went before, it’s a very significant shift in the company’s design philosophy. Is it any good though?  

This colourful, fictionalised look at the making of The Godfather playfully recreates the violent birth of Coppola's epic, and the very real threats to its existence.  

Nicolas Roeg's 1976 David Bowie sci-fi, The Man Who Fell to Earth, gets a somewhat unexpected sequel TV series, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, which is also somewhat unexpectedly good.  

UPDATED 22-JUN-2022: We take an early look at what could be the best new Trek in decades, boasting Original Series vibes with a charismatic Captain and a welcomly refreshing episodic format, hoping to put things back on course.  

UPDATED 22-JUN-2022: Over 20 years after Halo: Combat Evolved first launched, and we finally get a big budget adaptation following the fabled Master Chief, but is it all that we've been waiting for?  

One of Paramount's best ongoing shows, Taylor Sheridan's Kevin Costner-starring modern western Yellowstone, finally drops its seasons somewhere in the UK where we can watch them.  

Luis Bunuel’s Oscar and Bafta winning surrealist comedy on the absurdities of the upper classes is now an even sharper satire in 4K from Studiocanal…  

Pixar gives us a sort-of origin story for one of its most beloved characters and delivers a much more grown up and interesting tale that sadly never pulses with that traditional Pixar magic.  

A 72 year old Jeff Bridges reinforces his legendary status by going on the run as a former spy with a shady past, in this cracking, fabulously tense, 6-episode thriller.  

A welcome change of gear for Jeremy Renner as he takes the reins of this gritty crime drama.  

This year’s breakout Sundance darling arrives on Apple TV+ and delivers almost entirely on its premise of being a feelgood dramady that wears its heart firmly on its sleeve.  

Top Gun 2 took so long to come out that director Joseph Kosinski and star Miles Teller had the time to make a whole new movie, with style and dark mystery almost beating the Netflix odds.  

The latest member of the Grado family looks in keeping with the rest of the company’s products but there are some intriguing changes to the recipe. Does it make for an irresistible result?  

Custom PC builder Cyberpower showcases its Infinity X127 RTX Gaming PC featuring RTX3070 Ti graphics, i7-12700KF CPU, 16GB RAM and lighting fast 1TB SSD.  

Live out your very own horror story, with this well-polished and immersive survival experience where your choices, rather than your combat skills, will decide who lives and who dies.  

After the superb performance of the Concept 30 standmount, it seemed only logical to take a look at its larger sibling too. Is the Concept 50 as effortlessly brilliant?  

The LG Eclair takes the 'size matters' argument and flips it - size does indeed matter here but it's the smaller footprint that may prove to be the selling point for gaming, music and TV fans that are short on space. Does a smaller size mean a reduced audio stature though?  

Matt Reeves' visually arresting, indulgently epic take on The Batman wields Fincher/Seven vibes to finally put the Detective back into Detective Comics.  

The first Dalek cinematic adventure comes to 4K UHD showcasing an image that is probably better than when it was originally shown in theatres.  

The finale of the blockbuster dino-franchise, while bringing back some much-welcomed familiar faces, ignores all the interesting set-up of the previous entry and falls back on tired old storytelling tropes, reliant on some admittedly extraordinary set pieces and little else.  

Breakdown gets a remake in all but name, with this Gerard Butler vehicle a pretty watchable no-frills quiet Friday-night-in thriller.  

For All Mankind reached a tremendous conclusion with Season 2's finale, affording a snapshot of a future that Season 3 is clearly going to build tensely towards.  

The Bowers & Wilkins Panorama 3 is an expensive all in one soundbar solution that claims a simple set-up and high-quality Dolby Atmos sound, so does it succeed? Let's find out...  

Marvel's second Ms Marvel is sparkly and spunky, infusing heartfelt social and family situations - born out of relatable cultural constraints - with a little bit of superpowered mayhem.  

Charmingly generic but stuffed full of heart, this Sandler/Netflix combo may be seemingly sponsored by the NBA, but that doesn’t stop it being a disarming and glorious warm hug of a sports movie.  

David Simon's spiritual successor to The Wire catches us up with life on the streets of Baltimore in this new 6-part miniseries.  

Joachim Trier’s wonderfully tender and heartfelt drama pulls off one of the most difficult things in all of cinema… to show what it really feels like to be human…