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: Looking for Eric
October 24, 2016 | David FarnorKnowing, winning, touching, amusing – Loach’s loveable film delivers first class entertainment.Read More
VOD film review: My Scientology Movie
October 24, 2016 | David FarnorA masterful piece of non-fiction filmmaking, My Scientology Movie is hugely entertaining and extremely troubling viewing.Read More
Catch up TV review: Tutankhamun, Crazyhead, The Crystal Maze, HIM
October 23, 2016 | 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
7 reasons you should be watching Supergirl
October 23, 2016 | David FarnorSupergirl Season 2 flies onto UK TV on Monday 24th October and, while the show is still in its early days, it’s fast become one of the most entertaining super-series around. The programme’s second run airs on Sky 1 every … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 3 (Shut Up and Dance – spoilers)
October 23, 2016 | Ian LoringWarning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
Considering the transatlantic vibe of Black Mirror Season 3 – Bryce Dallas Howard starring in one episode, Dan Trachtenberg and Wyatt Russell being involved in … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 2 (Playtest – spoilers)
October 22, 2016 | Mark HarrisonWarning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
Charlie Brooker has explained in the past that the titular Black Mirror is something you see everywhere – the “cold, shiny screen” of your phone … Read More
BBC iPlayer review: HyperNormalisation
October 22, 2016 | David FarnorLast year, Adam Curtis delivered Bitter Lake directly into the nation’s eyeballs on BBC iPlayer. It was experimental, challenging, ambitious filmmaking. Now, he’s back with HyperNormalisation, an equally epic piece of TV that proves more accessible than his last work, … Read More
Shudder UK film review: Dearest Sister
October 22, 2016 | Anton BitelThe ghosts of a nation’s future past make this horror a deftly handled allegory of class and cultural clash.Read More
VOD film review: Casa de mi Padre
October 22, 2016 | David FarnorCasa de mi Padre proves Will Ferrell speaking nonsense in any language is entertaining. Does it make sense? No. Is it funny? Yes. Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 1 (Nosedive – spoilers)
October 21, 2016 | David FarnorThe first time it has played for laughs, this disturbingly hilarious satire is a bold opener for Black Mirror’s new season.Read More