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The Monster of Florence, Netflix review - dramatisation of notorious Italian serial killer mysteryMonday, 27 October 2025
The problem with making TV dramas about unsolved real-life murder mysteries is that they’re still unsolved, unless the film-makers decide to invent a fictional denouement. This might well trigger an avalanche of legal and ethical objections. Read more... |
The Diplomat, Season 3, Netflix review - Ambassador Kate Wyler becomes America's Second LadyWednesday, 22 October 2025
The return of this entertaining political drama is always welcome, though its soap-tinged mix of transatlantic politics and volatile personal relationships is beginning to look a little too genteel for our current age of ever-worsening crises. Read more... |
The Perfect Neighbor, Netflix review - Florida found-footage documentary is a harrowing watchTuesday, 21 October 2025
Another day, another shooting: this is Florida, USA, where the "Stand Your Ground" self-defence law allows people to use lethal force when they perceive a threat to their lives. The idea may be shocking to Britons, but such laws have become prevalent in America, even though they may be providing cover for straight-up murder. Read more... |
Murder Before Evensong, Acorn TV review - death comes to the picturesque village of ChamptonFriday, 03 October 2025
Rockin’ vicar the Rev Richard Coles is not only a C of E priest and former member of Bronski Beat and The Communards, but also a purveyor of crime fiction in the shape of his Canon Clement mysteries. The first of these was Murder Before Evensong, and now it has arrived on Acorn TV, where they do a lot of this sort of thing. Read more... |
Black Rabbit, Netflix review - grime and punishment in New York CityTuesday, 30 September 2025
They say no good deed goes unpunished, so when New York restaurateur Jake Friedken (Jude Law) allowed his wayward and star-crossed brother Vince (Jason Bateman) back into his life, he might have expected to experience a little turbulence. Instead, he finds himself engulfed in a hair-raising struggle to save his career and even his life. Read more... |
The Hack, ITV review - plodding anatomy of twin UK scandalsMonday, 29 September 2025
The latest instalment of the ITV drama department’s attempts at trial by television is another anatomy of a scandal, but with little of the emotive power of Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Read more... |
Slow Horses, Series 5, Apple TV+ review - terror, trauma and impeccable comic timingWednesday, 24 September 2025
Fifth time around, Slow Horses continues to show the rest of the field a clean pair of heels. Or hooves. The adventures of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) and his peculiar little band of secret service misfits have come to exert a fierce stranglehold on the viewing public. Horses must be perilously close to being officially declared a cult. Read more... |
Coldwater, ITV1 review - horror and black comedy in the HighlandsTuesday, 23 September 2025
Scripted by Belfast-born playwright David Ireland, Coldwater is a smart and addictive thriller, which manages to squeeze some fresh twists out of its murderous narrative. It also benefits hugely from an excellent cast firing on all cylinders, while also reaping the benefits of its Scottish rural locations. Read more... |
I Fought the Law, ITVX review - how an 800-year-old law was challenged and changedSaturday, 06 September 2025
ITV continues its passion for docudramas about injustice, which you can’t blame it for after the rip-roaring success of Mr Bates vs the Post Office. The issue in I Fought the Law is, from one angle, of national (even International) importance, though compared to the persecution of hundreds of innocent postmasters, some of whom committed suicide, its cause is a rarer bird. Read more... |
The Paper, Sky Max review - a spinoff of the US Office worth waiting 20 years forThursday, 04 September 2025
Fans of the US version of The Office may wonder what happened to the assorted oddballs of Dunder Mifflin, proud creators of paper products in Scranton, Pennsylvania. They will be none the wiser after watching the pilot episode of The Paper, though they will certainly want to stick around for this very welcome spinoff. Read more... |
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