Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
12 Days of Netflix: El Camino Christmas
December 14, 2017 | Matthew Turner
El Camino Christmas assembles all the right ingredients for a cracking thriller, but has no idea what to do with them.Read More
Great Scott! The timeless writing of Back to the Future
December 14, 2017 | Mark Harrison
Nimbly scripted and endlessly entertaining, Back to the Future is, simply, a perfect film.Read More
12 Days of Netflix: A Christmas Prince
December 13, 2017 | David Farnor
Netflix’s first original Christmas movie is so cheerfully formulaic that resistance is futile.Read More
VOD film review: The Stolen
December 12, 2017 | Matthew Turner
Alice Eve stars as a widow searching for her baby in this engaging New Zealand revenge western.Read More
VOD film review: The Emoji Movie
December 11, 2017 | Matthew Turner
Atrocious plotting, shocking product placement, a lack of laughs. There are, literally, no words.Read More
VOD film review: Your Name
December 11, 2017 | David Farnor
This body-swapping, coming-of-age epic is one of the most beautiful animations you’ve ever seen.Read More
VOD film review: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
December 10, 2017 | David Farnor
Hellboy II cements Del Toro’s position as a phenomenal force of cinema and imagination: uncompromising, uncanny and unbelievable.Read More
VOD film review: Life
December 8, 2017 | David Farnor
Grim and gripping, Life is a lean, mean sci-fi horror that brings new terror to old tricks.Read More
VOD film review: Girls Trip
December 5, 2017 | Andrew Jones
One of the funniest films of 2017.Read More
VOD film review: The Wall
December 4, 2017 | David Farnor
This inventive, single-location war film is a gripping, suspenseful thriller.Read More
