Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Marley & Me
January 27, 2018 | David FarnorAny emotional soon goes walkies from this heavy-handed weepie.Read More
Netflix UK film review: A Futile and Stupid Gesture
January 26, 2018 | Andrew JonesThis well-acted National Lampoon biopic winds up too conventional to scratch the surface.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Grave Encounters (2011)
January 26, 2018 | Anton BitelThe Vicious Brothers’ debut gets every beat of its found-footage premise right.Read More
VOD film review: Wind River
January 23, 2018 | Mike WilliamsTaylor Sheridan’s directorial debut is a sombre, shocking, visceral piece of cinema.Read More
VOD film review: Borg vs McEnroe
January 22, 2018 | David FarnorThis smashing sports biopic is hit home by a pair of ace performances.Read More
VOD film review: A Cure for Wellness
January 20, 2018 | David FarnorGore Verbinski’s slippery horror is enjoyably silly and genuinely creepy.Read More
VOD film review: A Ghost Story
January 20, 2018 | David FarnorThis profound tale of a timeless bond between two souls is a love story in the most haunting sense. Read More
MUBI UK film review: Lover for a Day
January 20, 2018 | Ryan GumbleyPhilippe Garrel’s intimate study of infidelity is timeless in the best sense of the word.Read More
VOD film review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge
January 19, 2018 | David FarnorThis attempted reboot of the Pirates franchise is too anchored in its own past.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Final Year
January 19, 2018 | Matthew TurnerGreg Barker’s engaging and respectful doc about Obama’s final year in the White House is blindsided by its depressing ending.Read More