Netflix UK film review: Let It Snow

7

Rating

An earnest cast and sincere script make Netflix’s festive teen flick a surprisingly charming affair.Read More

Netflix UK film review: A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby

5

Rating

“I may be expecting and queen but I’m still a journalist!” cries Amber (Rose McIver) in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby. The third in Netflix’s improbable yet inevitably holiday franchise, it reunites us with Amber as she settles into … Read More

VOD film review: So Long, My Son

9

Rating

Wang Xiaoshuai’s epic and emotional family drama explores the far-reaching impact of China’s one-child policy.Read More

Shudder UK film review: Last Ones Out (2015)

4

Rating

Director: Howard James Fyvie Cast: Greg Kriek, Christia Visser, Tshamano Sebe, Vukile Zuma Certificate: TBC Watch Last Ones Out online in the UK: Shudder UK

The feature debut of writer/director Howard James Fyvie is set not in his native South … Read More

Marriage Story review: A heartfelt masterpiece

10

Rating

Noah Baumbach’s remarkable, heartfelt masterpiece about divorce aches with comedy and compassion.Read More

Time Travel Thursday: Iceman (2014)

4

Rating

Three Ming Dynasty guards are frozen in time and wake up in present-day Hong Kong in this disappointing Donnie Yen action comedy.Read More

VOD film review: One Child Nation

8

Rating

The awful history and devasting consequences of China’s population control are explored in this powerful, moving documentary.Read More

VOD film review: Spider-Man: Far From Home

8

Rating

This witty, moving, visually stunning little blockbuster is a promising glimpse of life after Avengers: Endgame.Read More

VOD film review: The Nightingale

8

Rating

Jennifer Kent relives real horrors of history in this harrowing, brutal, powerful revenge drama.Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Two Popes

8

Rating

This divinely unlikely bromance is a masterclass in acting from Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce.Read More