VOD film review: King Kong (1976)

“Put me down you goddamn chauvinist pig ape!” That’s the sound of King Kong getting an update to the 1970s in a remake that’s certainly bigger but not exactly better.

Produced by a confident Dino de Laurentiis and directed by … Read More

First look UK TV review: Your Honor

How far would you go to protect the person you love? That’s the question at the heart of Your Honor, Showtime’s remake of Israeli drama Kvodo. It begins in breathlessly harrowing fashion, as teenager Adam (Hunter Doohan) accidentally runs someone … Read More

Beauty and the beast: Looking back at 1933’s King Kong

“It wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” Those are the iconic words that close out 1933’s King Kong – and not only gave us one of cinema’s most definitive fabled monster movie romances, but also ushered in … Read More

VOD film review: Dredd

Karl Urban does Alex Garland’s script justice in this visually striking comic book thriller. Read More

VOD film review: Tina

A powerful portrait of a powerhouse music icon.Read More

VOD film review: Phone Booth

Colin Farrell is on magnetic form in Joel Schumacher’s stripped-down thriller.Read More

VOD film review: Retaliation

Orlando Bloom delivers an intense, committed turn in this thoughtful, tough story of trauma and revenge.Read More

VOD film review: Stray

This beautiful, immersive dog’s eye view of Istanbul is a moving study of how people treat others.Read More

VOD film review: Made in Italy

Two heartfelt performances can’t fix a rundown script in this overly familiar drama.Read More

VOD film review: Ammonite

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are excellent in Francis Lee’s restrained romantic drama about palaeontologist Mary Anning.Read More