Posts By Simon Kinnear
VOD film review: The Past
March 28, 2014 | Simon KinnearIranian auteur Asghar Farhadi heads to France for this smart drama about the futility of making up for past actions.Read More
VOD film review: Winnie The Pooh (2011)
March 10, 2014 | Simon KinnearThis old-fashioned Winnie the Pooh animation is a refreshingly quaint treat.Read More
VOD film review: Bastards
February 20, 2014 | Simon KinnearDirector: Claire Denis Cast: Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Julie Bataille Certificate: 15 Watch online: Curzon Home Cinema / BFI Player / Apple TV (iTunes) / Amazon Instant Video
Since her last film (the complex, gripping post-colonial drama White Material), the … Read More
VOD film review: The English Patient
January 12, 2014 | Simon KinnearDirector: Anthony Minghella Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas Certificate: 15 Watch The English Patient online: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play
Every weekend during the 2014 awards season, we … Read More
VOD film review: Elysium
January 10, 2014 | Simon KinnearNeill Blomkamp sets out his stall as an auteur of activist action with this blockbuster and political fable.Read More
VOD film review: Total Recall (2012)
January 9, 2014 | Simon KinnearLen Wiseman’s remake is a dimly remembered echo of Verhoeven’s classic.Read More
Doctor Who: Matt Smith’s best episodes
November 23, 2013 | Simon Kinnear2010. So young he barely remembered the show of old, Matt Smith somehow managed to suggest the character’s near-1,000 year age with a performance of synapse-popping eccentricity.
Under the supervision of showrunner Steven Moffat, the stories warped to Smith’s … Read More
Doctor Who: David Tennant’s best episodes
November 22, 2013 | Simon KinnearThe first ‘rock star’ Doctor hit the ground running in 2005 – in a hipster’s pair of Converse trainers, no less – and rarely paused for breath as nu Who rekindled the nation’s love affair with a Time Lord.
Doctor Who: Christopher Eccleston’s best episodes
November 21, 2013 | Simon Kinnear2005. The rumours reckoned Bill Nighy or (God forbid) Alan Davies. Instead, Russell T Davies bagged one of the country’s leading actors to highlight that the return of Doctor Who, after a long hiatus, was thinking big.
Eccleston delivered with … Read More
Doctor Who on-demand: Paul McGann
November 20, 2013 | Simon KinnearPhoto: BBC/Matt Burlem
Doctor Who turns 50 on Saturday 23rd November with a special anniversary episode on the BBC. To celebrate, VODzilla.co is running a daily countdown of every Doctor to date, providing our expert tips on which stories to … Read More