Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Shudder UK film review: Prom Night (1980)
October 26, 2018 | Anton Bitel
Though derivative, Paul Lynch’s Canadian revenge slasher ends up dancing to its own tunes.Read More
Amazon UK film review: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
October 26, 2018 | Martyn Conterio
A thoroughly charming and hopeful comedy-drama celebrating the life of cartoonist John Callahan.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Dovlatov
October 26, 2018 | David Farnor
Netflix’s slow period Russian drama is a compelling portrait of a writer struggling for freedom and recognition.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Shirkers
October 25, 2018 | David Farnor
This dazzlingly personal meta-documentary is a cult classic literally in the making.Read More
VOD film review: Been So Long
October 24, 2018 | David Farnor
Michaela Coel shines in this likeable, open-hearted musical set in modern day London.Read More
VOD film review: Snowpiercer
October 23, 2018 | David Farnor
Bong Joon-ho’s dazzling and daft dystopian satire is chillingly relevant, even years after its release.Read More
VOD film review: The Dark
October 22, 2018 | Josh Slater-Williams
The Dark is an admirably unique spin on the undead that doesn’t quite overcome its structural issues.Read More
LFF 2018 film reviews: Yours in Sisterhood, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, If Beale Street Could Talk, Only You, Stan & Ollie, Benjamin, Shadow, Joy
October 21, 2018 | David Farnor
From Netflix’s Outlaw King, Roma and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs to Amazon’s Life Itself and Suspiria, the big VOD players are all rolling into town for the London Film Festival this October. We head to Leicester Square to round … Read More
MUBI UK film review: Touch Me Not
October 19, 2018 | Rachel Bowles
This informative exploration of sex, self and intimacy is a difficult but worthwhile watch.Read More
LFF 2018 film reviews: Museum, Capernaum, Birds of Passage, The Fight
October 19, 2018 | David Farnor
From Netflix’s Outlaw King, Roma and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs to Amazon’s Life Itself and Suspiria, the big VOD players are all rolling into town for the London Film Festival this October. We head to Leicester Square to round … Read More
