Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
Netflix UK TV review: Top of the Lake: China Girl (spoilers)
August 31, 2017 | Jo BromilowWarning: This contains spoilers. Not seen Top of the Lake: China Girl? Read our spoiler-free review here.
So another season of Jane Campion’s visceral, moody and at times straight-up nasty Top Of The Lake has rolled on by us. And, … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Other Boleyn Girl
August 31, 2017 | David FarnorThis steamy Tudor romp is fun but too overdramatic for its own good.Read More
VOD film review: Boyz n the Hood
August 30, 2017 | Tom BondJohn Singleton’s 1991 coming-of-age drama remains a prescient, heartbreaking tale of lost lives and potential.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Buster’s Mal Heart
August 26, 2017 | David FarnorThis boldly disorienting psychological thriller is a hypnotic ride worth taking. Read More
Netflix UK film review: What Happened to Monday
August 24, 2017 | David FarnorThis ambitious sci-fi never quite lives up to its leading lady.Read More
VOD film review: Lady Macbeth
August 23, 2017 | David FarnorThis suffocatingly intense period drama is one of the best films of 2017, with a jaw-dropping performance by Florence Pugh.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Death Note (2017)
August 22, 2017 | Anton BitelThrillingly twisty and darkly funny, Adam Wingard’s American take on the Death Note mythos is the latest word on the diabolical irresponsibility of adolescence.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Dickensian
August 21, 2017 | David FarnorMarley wasn’t dead to begin with. Not yet, anyway. That’s because this isn’t A Christmas Carol: it’s Dickensian, the new series from Tony Jordan. Charles, people love to say, would be writing soap operas, if he were alive today – … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Atypical Season 1
August 20, 2017 | David FarnorPart-sitcom and part-challenging drama, Netflix’s well-meaning series about a teen with autism would benefit from being more, well, atypical.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Girl Who Played with Fire
August 17, 2017 | David FarnorDirector: Daniel Alfredson Cast: Noomi Rapace, Mikael Nyqvist, Mikael Spreitz, Peter Andersson, Georgi Staykov Certificate: 15 Watch The Girl Who Played with Fire online in the UK: Netflix UK / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play