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.
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
UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 Finale (Episode 9 and 10)
October 21, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“This is a really cool idea,” says Cameron in the finale of Halt and Catch Fire Season 3. And in that single sentence, she sums up everything about the show that has made it get better … Read More
First look TV review: BBC Three’s Class
October 21, 2016 | Mark HarrisonPatrick Ness’ sixth form spin-off hits the ground running.Read More
Shudder officially launches in the UK
October 20, 2016 | David FarnorShudder has officially launched in the UK and Ireland today, offering all-you-can-scream horror on-demand.
The subscription video service, backed by AMC Networks, first launched in the USA last year, growing to become the horror genre’s answer to Netflix.
The site’s … Read More
Shudder UK TV review: Beyond the Walls
October 20, 2016 | David FarnorA woman inherits a haunted house in Beyond the Walls, a new French mini-series – but while that might suggest this is a run-of-the-mill bumps-in-the-night affair, Beyond the Walls is a fascinatingly unique horror.
Spanning three episodes, it’s a masterclass … Read More
Interview: Mattie Do, director of Dearest Sister
October 20, 2016 | Anton BitelBorn in Los Angeles to Lao immigrant parents, Mattie Do moved to Vientiane in 2010, and has since become a key player in the country’s emerging film industry. Her feature debut, the low-budget Chanthaly (2013), was the first horror film … Read More