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.
Disney+ UK film review: Thank You for Smoking
March 12, 2018 | David FarnorThis unfiltered satire is a wickedly fun showcase for a starmaking turn from Aaron Eckhart.Read More
VOD film review: Paddington 2
March 12, 2018 | David FarnorThis flawless family comedy will make you laugh, cry and fall in love with Hugh Grant. What more could you want? Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 6, Episode 11
March 11, 2018 | Matthew TurnerCayden James makes his move and the teams remain divided in a solid episode of Arrow.Read More
Catch up TV review: Celebrity Bake Off, Action Team, Saturday Night Takeaway, Electric Dreams
March 11, 2018 | David FarnorWhat’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Collateral
March 11, 2018 | David FarnorCarey Mulligan is quietly brilliant in David Hare’s complex, compellingly dark portrait of modern Britain.Read More
VOD film review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
March 11, 2018 | David FarnorHorrifying, entertaining, disturbing and funny, this dark satire is rivetingly awkward.Read More
UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow Season 3, Episode 11
March 11, 2018 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers. For how to watch Legends of Tomorrow, click here.
Given Legends of Tomorrow’s willingness to embrace the comic (and comic book) possibilities of its central time-travelling superheroes premise, it’s perhaps a little surprising that it’s taken … Read More
VOD film review: Breathe
March 10, 2018 | David FarnorAn uplifting celebration of devotion and possibility, Breathe is a swooningly sincere debut from director Andy Serkis.Read More
VOD film review: Brimstone
March 10, 2018 | David FarnorDakota Fanning is fantastic in this gruelling Western that’s a little too nasty for its own good.Read More
Annihilation: Dizzying, shimmering, extraordinary sci-fi
March 10, 2018 | Anton BitelThis strange, beautiful, cerebral sci-fi cements Alex Garland as one of genre cinema’s finest living practitioners.Read More