NOW TV film review: Hyde Park on Hudson

Director: Roger Michell Cast: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Samuel West Watch online: Sky Cinema / NOW / TalkTalk TV / iTunes

In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Murray) had an affair with his fifth cousin, Margaret (Linney). That same … Read More

12 Days of Netflix: DreamWorks Holiday Classics (Day 6)

12 Days of Netflix: watching one of Netflix UK’s Christmas movies every day.

On the sixth day of Netflix, we saw on VOD…

DreamWorks Holiday Classics is a compendium of short seasonal films spun off from the studio’s most … Read More

VOD film review: Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s

Director: Matthew Miele Cast: Tom Ford, Vera Wang, Susan Lucci Certificate: PG Watch online: Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Film 4oD / Virgin Movies on Demand

“People who take fashion seriously are idiots,” says … Read More

VOD film review: Kick-Ass 2

Convention kicks in with this disappointing superhero sequel.Read More

VOD film review: The Flowers of War

Christian Bale is excellent in Zhang Yimou’s clichéd but hard-hitting war drama.Read More

VOD film review: Holiday in Handcuffs

Director: Ron Underwood Cast: Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Timothy Bottoms Certificate: TBC Watch Holiday in Handcuffs online in the UK: N/A

Holiday in Handcuffs is the story of a waitress who kidnaps a man to take home to her … Read More

VOD film review: Underdog

Not plane, nor bird, not even frog – any of the above would have been better than this.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Wanted

Shallow and silly, this mediocre actioner has just enough flair to entertain. Read More

VOD TV review: Homeland Season 3, Episode 10

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“We both know what you are. We both know what you’ve done.”

Guess who’s back. Back again. Brody’s back… but you’d be forgiven for not telling a friend – because after a … Read More

VOD film review: Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa

If Alan Partridge directed a movie about himself, this would be it.Read More