Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Amazon Prime Video film review: Crown Heights
June 2, 2017 | Josh Slater-WilliamsMiniseries treatment may have given this vital narrative room to breathe.Read More
VOD film review: Jackie
June 1, 2017 | David FarnorNatalie Portman is magnificent in this portrait of personal grief and a nation gathering composure.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Tracers
June 1, 2017 | David FarnorAn action thriller about parkour? Novel action sequences give this cheesy B-movie a surprising rush of adrenaline.
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VOD film review: McLaren
May 31, 2017 | Matthew TurnerDirector: Roger Donaldson Cast: Dwayne Cameron, Bruce McLaren, Patty McLaren, Jackie Stewart Cert: 12 Watch McLaren online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
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VOD film review: Gilda
May 30, 2017 | David FarnorThis steamy, seductive noir is a hate-fuelled masterpiece.Read More
NFK film review: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
May 29, 2017 | Paul GreenwoodNetflix for Kids is VODzilla.co’s monthly column that sends a grown man without kids into the barrel of the streaming service’s kids catalogue and searches for morsels of goodness at the bottom. Today, we tackle My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.
VOD film review: Toni Erdmann
May 29, 2017 | Laurence BoyceA subtle yet affecting exploration of modern life values.Read More
VOD film review: xXx: Return of Xander Cage
May 28, 2017 | David FarnorThis by-the-numbers blockbuster still finds some entertainment in its familiar action.Read More
Cannes 2017 reviews round-up: Good Time, The Beguiled, Happy End, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, The Double Lover
May 27, 2017 | Martyn ConterioIn Cannes’ 70th year, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has an official selection of hugely promising titles – the kind of titles that streaming services Netflix, Amazon and MUBI will be bidding fiercely to acquire for their own content roster. … Read More
Netflix UK film review: War Machine
May 27, 2017 | David FarnorBrad Pitt is on brilliant form in this entertaining, if uneven, war satire.Read More