Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Netflix’s Mudbound: A marvellous, weighty piece of cinema
November 17, 2017 | David FarnorPeriod tales rarely feel so relevant as this marvellous, weighty piece of filmmaking, which offers a rallying cry for empathy.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
November 16, 2017 | David FarnorMore workmanlike than wonderful, The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is an empty, pointy-haired affair.Read More
VOD film review: Felicite
November 14, 2017 | Rachel BowlesNewcomer Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu delivers a career-defining performance in this poetic, kinetic Congolese musical drama.Read More
byNWR film review: Hot Thrills and Warm Chills
November 14, 2017 | Ryan GumbleyThe bizarre slice of American exploitation offers a cinematic experience you’ve never had before.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring A Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
November 14, 2017 | Andrew JonesJim Carrey’s profound behind-the-scenes doc is a bizarre study of art, artist, life, the universe and what anything even means.Read More
VOD film review: A Caribbean Dream
November 11, 2017 | David FarnorShakespeare heads to Barbados for this colourful, novel take on a familiar comedy.Read More
YouTube Premium film review: Kedi
November 11, 2017 | Matthew TurnerThe free-roaming cats of Istanbul are the subject of this charming, sweet-natured and thoughtful documentary.Read More
VOD film review: Marjorie Prime
November 10, 2017 | Matthew TurnerJon Hamm plays a holographic facsimile of a deceased husband in this moving and thoughtful drama.Read More
VOD film review: Chameleon
November 10, 2017 | Mike WilliamsThis chilling Chilean thriller is an eye-opening spiral into the human psyche.Read More
byNWR film review: The Nest of Cuckoo Birds
November 10, 2017 | Ryan GumbleyAs far as low-budget, badly-acted exploitation movies go, this lost 1965 film is one of the best.Read More