It's a dark, unsettling Christmas treat to watch slumped in front of the log fire.

Rating: 4/5 -- One felt almost personally affronted, so strong were the emotions evoked. Full Review

Director Julian Jarrold does a particularly fine job of creating the kind of atmosphere that mixes well-constructed anticipation with a certain strain of enjoyable dread, and in the leading role, Toby Jones is simply terrific. Full Review

Let's just say that Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution isn't like anything you'd expect as it adds a layer of psychological hopelessness to the whodunit -- nor is it anything you should miss. Full Review

There are... several flashbacks to World War I which add to the authentic feel to the time period portrayed. While I realize this is not a documentary, when a drama pays attention to historical details it can broaden our understanding of historical events Full Review

It's so good in every respect that it really doesn't need the plot alone to keep me engaged avidly. Full Review

Rating: 4/5 -- It's also a sad rumination on how destructive World War I was to the people who survived it, as well as a scathing indictment of misogynistic legal practices that allow women to suffer in order to obtain the desired results. Full Review