Posts By Matthew Turner
VOD film review: The Commune
July 29, 2016 | Matthew TurnerAn experiment in communal living takes a fraught turn in this compelling Danish comedy-drama.Read More
Interview: Ben Wheatley, director of High-Rise
July 17, 2016 | Matthew TurnerBen Wheatley’s High-Rise is out now to stream in the UK.
Starring Tom Hiddleston, the bold masterpiece from the director of A Field in England is adapted from JG Ballard’s novel by Amy Jump and features an all-star cast, … Read More
VOD film review: Precious Cargo
July 14, 2016 | Matthew TurnerAn insultingly lazy Bruce Willis squanders the chance to have fun as a bad guy in this entertaining action thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Chicken
July 11, 2016 | Matthew TurnerScott Chambers delivers a terrific performance as a teenager with learning disabilities in this assured debut from director Joe Stephenson.Read More
VOD film review: Forsaken
July 11, 2016 | Matthew TurnerDonald and Kiefer Sutherland play father and son on screen for the first time in this pleasingly old-fashioned western.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Weiner
July 10, 2016 | Matthew TurnerScandal-plagued congressman Anthony Weiner attempts to run for Mayor of New York City in this gripping and timely documentary.Read More
9 reasons you should be watching Happy Valley
July 10, 2016 | Matthew TurnerSeason 3 premieres on 1st January 2023.
Wherever you were in May 2014, it’s a cast-iron certainty that at some point you heard a variation on the phrase, “Oh my goodness, did you see Happy Valley last night?” The first … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Brahman Naman
July 4, 2016 | Matthew TurnerA trio of quiz-obsessed nerds attempt to lose their virginity in this entertaining Indian teen sex comedy set in 1980s Bangalore.Read More
Interview: Brian Cox talks Forsaken, Netflix and turning down Game of Thrones
July 4, 2016 | Matthew TurnerDonald Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland share the screen for the first time in Jon Cassar’s brooding Western. A story of an estranged father and son’s reunion, the mending of old wounds and searching for redemption while tensions run high in … Read More
Interview: Q talks directing Netflix’s Indian sex comedy Brahman Naman
July 2, 2016 | Matthew TurnerSet in Bangalore in the 1980s, Netflix’s latest original film, Brahman Naman, follows the exploits of a high school quiz champ who leads his nerdy friends on a trip to Calcutta to win a major college prize. Young, smart and … Read More