I understand the importance nakedness has for his character (here’s hoping he wears cheap clothes come transformation time) but the show’s producers also clearly understood how a buff, naked man was a welcome series attribute given its original BBC Three home. Nakedness has long been a feature of post-watershed dramas (Desperate Romantics and The Tudors both fine examples of flesh-filled romps) and Tovey’s buttocks have been called into action on several occasions in the first two episodes already, so I would be surprised if they didn’t say hello again in the future....

I missed last week’s episode so had to catch up on the Beeb’s iPlayer service. Watching a couple of episodes of the show on the trot gave me flavour for what viewing the series on DVD might be like and it did enhance the experience further. Both episodes segued wonderfully into each other, the fifth of the series the set-up to the barnstorming finale. Unfortunately, the effects department let itself down again here giving a final wolfy incarnation that was more cartoon than CGI....

Has everyone who wants the episode’s big reveal to remain a secret gone elsewhere? Good. Does she know Mitchell is a vampire or has he blissfully walked into her world of redemption? Is she, in fact, genuinely trying to help these poor unfortunates that she promises to save or is she actually a little more like her key stooge, a little less enamoured with demons and ghouls and decidedly keen on all things God?...

In its fourth season, Saul has found its footing quickly and maintained the same high level of quality. To long time fans ofThe X-Files, Vince Gilligan was a beloved writer of the FOX series in its prime, and their interest in Vince as an X-Files alumnus over the years remained strong. Gilligan has been able to use the status he enjoys by bringing in other alumni to Breaking Bad,by bringing in figures like John Shiban, and Thomas Schnauz....

Nacho is a character with a good moral compass, but he’s just gotten himself caught deeper and deeper in a bad situation. Nacho has seen his boss and his family come under crossfire in the past, but this latest season of Better Call Saul puts Nacho in his most dangerous situation yet. Changing winds in the drug cartel effect Nacho in major ways and even though he’s been resilient in the past, it suddenly looks like he may not make it out of this season alive....

The movie was directed by Peter Hewitt, taking over from Excellent Adventure’s Stephen Herek. And he’s been chatting with Bloody Disgusting, along with William Sadler (who, of course, played the Grim Reaper) about the movie. In particular, the ending of the film, which saw Bill & Ted save the world, sing God Gave Rock & Roll To You, and leave us with a montage of newspaper and magazine headlines to fill in the rest of the story....

It’s also a pleasure to see the real details of pirate life. If you want your ship to go faster, scrape all the crud off the bottom of her. I’m not conversant with the tradition of the “fuck tent,” being under the impression that the men would be too busy with the aforementioned crud, but what can I say? I guess every ship has its little traditions, as Black Sails likes to point out....

Blended is slightly better. Not by much, but reteaming with the excellent Drew Barrymore for the third time (the first being the aforementioned and excellent The Wedding Singer and the second the decidedly mediocre 50 First Dates) is a shuffle of feet in the right direction. So then: Blended is better than Grown Ups 2. It’s slightly more entertaining, but as a consequence, just a little bit more frustrating. For in the ingredients here is a better film than the one we get....

A Return To Normalcy What people really mean when they say this is that there are aspects about this ‘thing’ that work, and aspects that don’t. That they don’t say this is because it doesn’t compute that something can be both be loved and hated, that it can exist in an equal state of adulation and contempt. But it can, of course. All of which hopefully explains away the somewhat inconsistent tone that these Boardwalk Empire reviews have had over the course of this first season....

2.8 Two Boats And A Lifeguard No, it hasn’t. But it is on its way. In this, the eighth of twelve episodes, we find ourselves moving into the season’s climactic sequences and major battles are definitely brewing. The lines have been drawn, old alliances severed and new partnerships formed. The strongest break has been generational, between Jimmy and Nucky, Al and Torrio and Rothstein and Lucky and Meyer. The problem with the rising generation was a simple one, they were too stupid....

We start off the end of our saga in that bizarre near future where Walt sort of looks like the Dad from Malcolm in the Middle with a beard. Scraggily Walt has returned to his derelict former home to collect his little vile of ricin, last seen almost spilt in Lidia’s hot lemon water. The fanatics are already abuzz about who the ricin could be meant for, but I’m not too concerned....

5.11 Confessions However, in a move that’s proving to be typical of the furious pace of this half-season, a scene that may have provided the basis for an entire episode in previous seasons (this is the show that spent a whole hour with Walt and Jesse hunting for a fly, remember), was over before it even really began. Jesse casually dismissed Hank’s come-on with a sarcastic reminder of their previous, brutal interview/one–way beatdown, then the pair were interrupted by the timely arrival of Saul, who moved quickly to disperse any potential rebellion from Jesse in typically rambunctious fashion....

This Britannia review contains spoilers. It’s a question of accuracy. “Game Of Thrones on drugs” as some have labelled Britannia, wouldn’t really be a dreamier, more blurred-around-the-edges version of the HBO show in which characters visit the underworld and converse with badgers. In reality, Game Of Thrones on drugs would be a solid hour of the Night’s Watch eating Jammy Dodgers and laughing at their boots, or Daenerys Targaryen flying her dragons non-stop up the M1 to start a band with Mani from The Stone Roses because she’s suddenly realised she’s the greatest drummer of all time....

£232,648. There was something hypnotic about episode four’s repetition of the exact sum of money Roz Demichelis stole from her employer. Several times, she specified the precise amount. £232,648 – the weight of her sin, the price of her life. He did break one, just as Roz savvily predicted he would. With the guilt of Vernon Oyenusi’s death on his conscience, and wanting to save a life rather than watch it wasted, he broke the seal of the confessional....

Justice Determined that his realm sees a new era of justice, Arthur orders Colfur and Mackintosh’s character, Ewan, who was the victim’s brother, back to Camelot, in order to oversee the trial and administer justice. The scene is set for a courtroom drama Dark Ages style. Fear and justice are the main themes of the episode, but whereas Arthur aims to win the hearts and minds of the people through justice, Morgan aims to do it with fear....

Set against the backdrop of fictional Kirke University, Campus’ sense of humour romps merrily through the boundaries of taste and decency, demonstrating a level of enjoyment in rude words usually reserved to seven year olds who’ve just learnt the word ‘cock’. It’s a bit weird, a bit smart and more than a bit funny, which is to say that lots of people probably aren’t going to like it. Well, more fool them....

7.15 Reckoning I mean, Castle is guilty of attempted murder. Neither we nor the NYPD doubt that. But rather than file charges, they decide to reward him by giving him back the access they stripped him of for very good reason in Bad Santa by calling it “community service.” Frankly, given the real-life trouble the NYPD has been in lately, I’m surprised they didn’t object to being made out to be even more ridiculous and preferential than they actually are....

7.3 Clear And Present Danger After Caskett’s conversation last week about putting off talking about the wedding for a month, it seemed that what we were going to get was going to be four weeks of tension and pain—which honestly, would have made emotional sense for these two characters and what they’ve been through since they put the issue of Joanna Beckett’s murder behind them near the end of last season....

Now that Eddie has shown he can take over Mike’s daughter Lily, it’s time for the twin takeover in this week’s installment of Channel Zero entitled “Guest of Honor.” This week’s episode depicts the depth and breadth not only of how many kids are affected by Candle Cove but how involved Mrs. Booth is and why. But Eddie’s not finished with Lily yet, nor, it appears, is the Toothchild....

The film opens with Conor bopping about in the back of a fancy car. Hip and happening music is playing, and the iconography of Las Vegas is spliced in between Conor’s in-transit dance moves. It feels like one of those little montage thingies they show before a sporting fixture. This sense, that you’re watching the preamble to an event rather than an actual feature film, recurs throughout Notorious. I’ll come back to that in a bit....