Reviews
Reviews of movies and TV shows available to watch online on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime Instant Video, NOW TV, BBC iPlayer, iTunes, BFI Player and more.
Goliath Season 2: Bigger, bolder and Billy Bob Thorntonier
June 15, 2018 | David FarnorBilly Bob Thornton is phenomenal in Goliath’s bigger, darker second season.Read More
UK TV review: The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 4 (spoilers)
June 13, 2018 | David FarnorIt’s back to reality as The Handmaid’s Tale falls into a familiar cycle of everyday trauma.Read More
UK TV review: Supergirl Season 3, Episode 20 and 21
June 13, 2018 | David FarnorSupergirl’s soaring third season experiences some unexpected turbulence as it enters its final stretch.Read More
VOD film review: The Housemaid (Cô Hâu Gái)
June 13, 2018 | Anton BitelDerek Nguyen’s feature debut is a horror whose duplicitous gothic taps right into the contradictions of colonialism.Read More
UK TV review: Westworld Season 2, Episode 8 (spoilers)
June 12, 2018 | David FarnorWestworld delivers its most moving episode to date with this heartfelt tale of loss, love and longing.Read More
The Shape of Water: A charmingly old-fashioned Hollywood romance
June 12, 2018 | David FarnorThere’s nothing fishy about this gorgeously old-school Hollywood romance, which just so happens to star a giant fish monster.Read More
VOD film review: Loveless
June 11, 2018 | Anton BitelIn Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film of wintry loss, the lack of love in a disintegrating family gives way to a more haunting absence.Read More
The Good Fight Season 2: Bigger, bolder, and bigly greater
June 10, 2018 | David FarnorJaw-droppingly topical and unapologetically entertaining, The Good Fight’s second season is faultless TV.Read More
Evil Genius: A compellingly grisly true crime tale
June 10, 2018 | David FarnorThis short but shocking true crime documentary is compellingly bizarre and grippingly grisly.Read More
UK TV review: Patrick Melrose Episode 4
June 10, 2018 | David FarnorPatrick continues a cycle of cruel parenting in this painfully well acted family tragedy.Read More