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.
VOD film review: Blue Velvet
June 5, 2017 | Leslie Byron PittDirector: David Lynch Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern Certificate: 18
2017 may not have many fans, but it’s been good to David Lynch. New episodes of Twin Peaks have returned after 25 years, while just last … Read More
Catch up TV review: Fargo Season 3, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Kennedys: After Camelot
June 4, 2017 | 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 film review: Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
June 4, 2017 | David FarnorDirector: Joe Piscatella Cast: Joshua Wong, Benny Tai Watch Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower online in the UK: Netflix UK
Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks. Che Guevara. The word “activist” conjures up memories of many famous adult faces throughout history. … Read More
VOD film review: Prevenge
June 4, 2017 | David FarnorAlice Lowe’s darkly comic horror is a masterpiece of maternal nightmares.Read More
VOD film review: The One I Love
June 3, 2017 | David FarnorThis smart, witty, disturbing drama is a razor-sharp dissection of romance both old and new. Read More
Sundance London 2017 Reviews: Bushwick, Wilson, Walking Out, Beatriz at Dinner, A Ghost Story
June 3, 2017 | David FarnorAfter Netflix’s Tallulah opened last year’s Sundance London, the festival is back for its UK edition once again this summer, and Netflix and Amazon Studios are once again key players.
Both dominated the Utah festival at the start of … Read More
UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 8 (The Lie Of The Land)
June 3, 2017 | Mark Harrison“However bad a situation is, if people think that’s how it’s always been, they’ll put up with it.” Whether by design or not, 21st century Doctor Who has a knack for delivering its most pointed political satire in the run-up … Read More
VOD film review: Hacksaw Ridge
June 3, 2017 | David FarnorAndrew Garfield delivers a heartfelt, moving performance in a war film that has the courage of its convictions.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Mars Generation
June 2, 2017 | David FarnorDirector: Michael Barnett Cast: Bob Behnken, Alayna Bidlack, Niko Blanks Watch The Mars Generation online in the UK: Netflix UK
“We are specks orbiting specks orbiting specks in specklessness.” That’s Bill Nye, the Science Guy, talking in Netflix’s new orifginal … Read More
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