Prevenge: movie review

Despite what might be implied by its title, Prevenge will still no doubt present something unexpected to most: the first pregnant serial killer the big screen has ever seen. Gore, horror and psychopathy meet the viewer through a deadpan, blacker than coal, comedic lens.

Prevenge review

Prevenge review: Alice Lowe writes, directs and stars in this comedy slasher about an unborn foetus with murder on its mind...

Preview: Prevenge

Featuring a cast primarily made up of TVO regulars, and with Alice Lowe writing and directing as well as leading that incredible cast, we were naturally very keen to see it. Our editor, Paul Holmes, shares his thoughts below...

It takes quite a script to make Bradley Walsh seem mannered, and the likes of Kayvan Novak, Jamie Demetriou and Keith Allen vanish into the background, and I can only surmise that the actors fancied a spot of filming in the sun. Neil Webster and Charlie Skelton's sitcom told of an undercover reporter on the run on a Spanish island.

Review: The Last Sparks of Sundown

TVO can only hope that the film's initial run - at one admittedly fantastic cinema in that there London - is followed up with a wider release, perhaps buoyed by the presence of Miles Jupp, Kayvan Novak and the voice of British TV legend Geoffrey Palmer as the tale's not-so-humble narrator. If, in this world of web-cam superstars we need to get a little slaggy to sell a movie to audiences, so be it: because this is a film that audiences should see. And hopefully, most of you will.

Final episode of the sun-splashed sitcom-slash-showreel for Kayvan Novak. Brutus's bar is to be snapped up by a property developer, resulting in a handsome handout for Brutus and a looming eviction notice for Woody. Luckily for him, small-time boat tour operator Pirate Pete has a problem with an overly competitive rival and is willing to lavish lucre on anyone able to uncover evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Less luckily, a plot by actual pirates to nobble the investigative reporter seems to be afoot.

Kayvan Novak's favourite TV

The actor, comedian and prankster on a childhood love of CHiPs and his early-era Neighbours expertise.

SunTrap should be ClapTrap as it is a mirthless mess

A talented cast led by Bradley Walsh and Kayvan Novak are lumbered with lines so bad they have no chance of salvaging this show.

Radio Times review

Kayvan Novak's chirpy ex-hack Woody embarks on another silly caper about a drugs set-up culminating in various high jinks in a funeral parlour. Meanwhile, his old colleague, Bradley Walsh's bar owner Brutus, has to deal with the arrival of his ex-wife, who's none too pleased to discover that her erstwhile (and very much alive) spouse faked his suicide to escape marriage and alimony.

But not even a deliciously angry Tracy-Ann Oberman can entirely rescue an instalment that has a sprinkling of good moments but one or two duff ones. I've seen later episodes and can promise that it picks up.