Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
Netflix UK film review: Miles Ahead
August 26, 2016 | David FarnorKind of blue and effortlessly cool, this unconventional music biopic has attitude to spare.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Huntsman: Winter’s War
August 21, 2016 | David FarnorThis fantasy sequel is a confused mess, but it’s an oddly entertaining confused mess.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: The Get Down (Part 1, Episodes 2 to 6 – spoilers)
August 19, 2016 | Chris BryantWarning: This contains spoilers. Not seen The Get Down? Catch up with our spoiler-free look at the opening episodes.
Baz Luhrmann’s 1970’s hip-hop origins story follows its feature-length debut with five hour-long episodes, which continue the often reality-inspired struggle the … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: People Just Do Nothing (Season 2)
August 16, 2016 | David Farnor“Never underestimate the power of spray painting things gold. It triples the value.” Those are the words of Chabuddy G, entrepreneur, owner of the UK’s only dial-up Internet cafe, and friend of Kurupt FM, Brentwood’s second biggest pirate radio station.
Netflix UK TV review: The Get Down (Part 1, Episode 1)
August 14, 2016 | Chris Bryant“Y’all wanna go to the flyest secret underground party in The Bronx?”
The Bronx, 1977. Ezekiel Figuero (Justice Smith) is a kid whose world is a crumbling, graffiti-strewn wasteland, complete with teenage gangs, and drug-peddlers. Ezekiel’s quest to impress classmate … Read More
VOD film review: Eye in the Sky
August 13, 2016 | Mark HarrisonA morality play that grips tight with well-chosen words and assured direction.Read More
Behind-the-scenes sketches from Netflix’s The Little Prince
August 4, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has released a series of behind the scenes sketches for The Little Prince.
Based on the 1943 novel of the same name, director Mark Osborne’s film is the first-ever animated feature adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s iconic masterpiece.
At … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Little Prince
August 3, 2016 | Nathanael SmithOne of the best animations of the year so far.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Beat Bugs
August 2, 2016 | David FarnorSeason 2 of Beat Bugs is on Netflix UK from Friday 18th November.
This summer, all you need is… animated insects singing covers of songs by The Beatles? That’s the premise behind Netflix’s new kids series, which lands on Wednesday … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Stranger Things Season 1 (spoilers)
July 31, 2016 | Helen ArcherWarning: This contains spoilers. If you haven’t seen all of Stranger Things, read our spoiler-free review here.
These days, it’s all too tempting to retreat into a mist of nostalgia, to a simpler time when communities could come together to … Read More