Bacurau (Amazon Prime, 18) Verdict: Genre-defying but terrific Rating: Who You Think I Am (Curzon Home Cinema, 15) Verdict: Sexy and beguiling Rating: The Host (various streaming platforms, 15) Verdict: Psycho rip-off Rating: The pick of this week’s homestreaming options is a pair of foreign-language films. The strange but compelling Bacurau, plunging us into the … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: An evil genius stroking a fluffy white cat? That’s so old hat! By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 01:54 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 01:54 BST, 16 April 2020 Devs (BBC2) Rating: Rebuilding Notre Dame (BBC4) Rating: There’s no helping some people. They head directly for trouble … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent (ITV) Rating: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Celebrity Special (ITV) Rating: We needed that. Britain’s Got Talent (ITV) is back, and the show was bursting with superb upbeat acts to send the nation’s spirits surging. BGT can be a ruthless spectacle — in years gone by the judges have shattered … Read more
Trolls World Tour (Rakuten TV, U) Verdict: Inventive and fun Rating: The Iron Mask (various streaming platforms, 12A) Verdict: A spectacular mess Rating: There’s no snobbery quite like music snobbery. Dare to profess an admiration for the work of Phil Collins or Bono, let alone Justin Bieber, and in some circles you will be treated … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Is that creature a Red Dwarf alien — or Judi Dench in Cats? By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 01:59 BST, 10 April 2020 | Updated: 01:59 BST, 10 April 2020 Red Dwarf: The Promised Land (Dave) Red Dwarf (Dave), the sci-fi sitcom that’s been running almost since … Read more
London Kills Rating: Putin: A Russian Spy Story Rating: Yikes, the gaffer isn’t looking too good. DI Bradford was sweaty, shiny-skinned and unshaven, as London Kills (BBC1) returned. The gruff detective has a sackful of secrets in his private life — is coronavirus one of them? His teenage daughter Carly discovered the truth on an … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Our Girl’s Kabul kit… make-up as thick as a bulletproof vest! By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 01:57 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 01:57 GMT, 25 March 2020 Our Girl (BBC One) Rating: Back in Time for the Corner Shop (BBC Two) Rating: Gone Girl returned to … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: It takes a rare superpower to make superheroes super dull… Published: 01:45 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 20 March 2020 Mark Kermode’s Secrets Of Cinema: Superheroes (BBC4) Rating: Meet The Richardsons (Dave) Rating: There’s a great TV programme to be made about the obsession of the … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: An ITV sitcom to make even Victor Meldrew laugh? I don’t believe it! By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:52 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 01:53 GMT, 19 March 2020 Kate & Koji Rating: Feel Good Rating: Beyond any argument, what ITV does well is costume … Read more
The problem with Belgravia is that it is not Downton Abbey South, which is what everyone wants it to be, even though we are pretending we don’t. We are feigning an interest in this new set of characters, we are assuming a position that we are culturally open to new artistic experiences, even as our … Read more