Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Studio 54
June 23, 2018 | Mike Williams
This documentary about the iconic titular nightclub is a comprehensive and emotionally taut account of the rise and death of disco culture.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Hellbound: Hellraiser II
June 22, 2018 | Anton Bitel
The first (and best) Hellraiser sequel takes us to an Escher-like underworld of surrealist psychodramas.Read More
VOD film review: In the Fade
June 22, 2018 | Matthew Turner
Diane Kruger delivers a career-best performance in this devastating German drama based on real-life race-hate attacks.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Kill Bill Volume 2
June 17, 2018 | David Farnor
Tarantino’s rip-roaring rampage of revenge ends with a whimper rather than a bang.Read More
VOD film review: Black Panther
June 16, 2018 | David Farnor
This momentous pop culture milestone wears its importance with a gripping weight and infectious excitement.Read More
VOD film review: Kill Bill Volume 1
June 16, 2018 | David Farnor
This sword-swinging, rip-roaring revenge flick is the most Tarantino film that Tarantino ever Tarantinoed.Read More
VOD film review: Godzilla (1998)
June 15, 2018 | Mark Harrison
Even if size does matter, this Hollywood remake doesn’t know what to do with it.Read More
VOD film review: The Housemaid (Cô Hâu Gái)
June 13, 2018 | Anton Bitel
Derek Nguyen’s feature debut is a horror whose duplicitous gothic taps right into the contradictions of colonialism.Read More
The Shape of Water: A charmingly old-fashioned Hollywood romance
June 12, 2018 | David Farnor
There’s nothing fishy about this gorgeously old-school Hollywood romance, which just so happens to star a giant fish monster.Read More
VOD film review: Loveless
June 11, 2018 | Anton Bitel
In Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film of wintry loss, the lack of love in a disintegrating family gives way to a more haunting absence.Read More
