The best TV shows this week: the return of Master of None
Aziz Ansari takes a trip to Italy in his charming Netflix show, while Jaime Winstone nails Barbara Windsor on BBC1
February 2017
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Patriots Day review – gripping account of the Boston marathon bombings
The narrative pulse of this tense thriller about real-life events is strong enough to override Mark Wahlberg’s irritating heroics as a fictional cop
November 2016
First look review
Patriots Day review: Boston marathon bombing movie is tense yet respectful
The latest collaboration between Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg is a moving and compelling homage to a city and its spirit, as well as a gripping procedural
August 2016
TV & radio catch up guide
Catch-up and download: from I Love Dick to the Quietus Podcast
TV review
I Love Dick review – I can't get enough, please can we have more?
May 2016
The Darkness review – Kevin Bacon stars in hokey hex horror full of typical tropes
Five best moments
Kevin Bacon: five best moments
December 2015
Shooting survivors and celebrities join activists in call to end gun violence
Gun control group Everytown releases video ahead of the third anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school
October 2015
30 minutes with …
Kevin Bacon on facial hair, strange things he’s found in the woods and Gogglebox
Learning about Towie, Take Me Out and Paul Daniels is all in a day’s work for the Cop Car star. Just don’t ask him about moustaches
September 2015
First look review
Black Mass review - compelling true crime drama is mighty comeback for Johnny Depp
Stream on
New on Amazon in September: Hand of God, Up, Toy Story 1-3
July 2015
Toronto film festival 2015 to premiere Oscar hopefuls Freeheld and Stonewall
Festival reveals premieres of new films from Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Bryan Cranston – and Michael Moore
May 2015
Johnny Depp gets violent in face-stomping new Black Mass trailer
The Oscar-nominated actor takes on the role of gangster Whitey Bulger in a gritty new biopic
January 2015
Sundance 2015 review – Cop Car: Kevin Bacon in a minimalist joyride out of childhood
Bacon plays a crooked cop – complete with creepy moustache – on the tail of two 8-year-olds, in a striking film from newcomer Jon Watts
November 2014
Your next box set
The Following box set review – Kevin Bacon’s gory slice of horror
Edward Tew: Bacon’s weary FBI man locks horns with James Purefoy’s charismatic, serial-killing cult leader in this gruesome thriller
July 2014
Playing six degrees of Kevin Bacon with HBO's The Leftovers
The Leftovers name drops famous people who mysteriously disappeared. What connects them? Kevin Bacon, of course
March 2014
Viral video chart
Viral Video Chart: Kevin Bacon, Game of Thrones and Pharrell Williams
The Following star makes a Footloose entrance, a singing nun wows The Voice, and mesmerising magic tricks for dogs. By Janette Owen
Viral video chart
Viral Video Chart: Justin Bieber, Lena Dunham and Kevin Bacon
Girls in the garden of Eden, kissing with confidence, bitcoin banter and Barack Obama between two ferns. By Janette Owen
Have you been watching?
Have you been watching ... The Following?
Edward Tew: The Sky Atlantic crime drama is the flipside to the more highbrow True Detective – full as it is of garrottings, good-looking psychopaths and Kevin Bacon's face
February 2014
Readers recommend
Readers recommend: songs about holes
Chasms to caves, plugholes to sinkholes, mind your gap and fill this weeks' hungry void with your nominations, says Peter Kimpton
