Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Raw
August 13, 2017 | Mark HarrisonA grisly and undefinable coming-of-age fable.Read More
Superhero Sundays: Superman: Doomsday
August 13, 2017 | Matthew TurnerThe Man of Steel faces his greatest challenge in this action-packed, super-violent and powerfully emotional adventure based on a classic comics story.Read More
VOD film review: Tom of Finland
August 12, 2017 | Matthew TurnerAn entertaining but curiously tame biopic of huge influential Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Bitter Feast (2010)
August 11, 2017 | Anton BitelLots of food for thought in this troubling clash – and slash and dash – between a chef and his critic.Read More
VOD film review: Free Fire
August 10, 2017 | David FarnorInsults and bullets fly in Ben Wheatley’s smart, funny and unpredictable deconstruction of a shootout.Read More
VOD film review: True Grit
August 7, 2017 | David FarnorHailee Steinfeld goes toe to toe with Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon in the Coen brothers’ mature, poetic, gripping Western.Read More
VOD film review: The Handmaiden
August 7, 2017 | Martyn ConterioPark Chan-wook’s deliciously directed mystery romance is a stylish, surprising and intoxicating work of art.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Message from the King
August 6, 2017 | David FarnorChadwick Boseman elevates this generic revenge thriller with a performance that confirms him as an action movie star.Read More
VOD film review: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
August 5, 2017 | David FarnorRarely has the word caper felt so appropriate as this gorgeously old-school burst of imagination.Read More
VOD film review: Storks
August 5, 2017 | David FarnorThis surprisingly charming animated comedy is funny, frothy, frantically silly stuff.Read More