Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Netflix UK film review: Beverly Hills Cop
January 17, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlin
Director: Martin Brest Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton Certificate: 15 Watch Beverly Hills Cop online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW TV
After the news that Beverly Hills Cop 4 will be making its way to Netflix, … Read More
VOD film review: Trading Places
January 15, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Director: John Landis Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche Certificate: 15 Watch Trading Places online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW TV / iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play / Sky … Read More
VOD film review: 48 Hrs
January 14, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Eddie Murphy delivers a starmaking turn in this definitive buddy cop thriller.Read More
VOD film review: IT: Chapter Two
January 13, 2020 | Mark Harrison
IT’s much-anticipated horror sequel boasts an epic scope but muddles its focus.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Missing Link
January 12, 2020 | Mark Harrison
It may not look like an evolution for Laika, but this big-hearted comedy is still an outstanding animated adventure.Read More
VOD film review: Bait
January 11, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Director: Mark Jenkin Cast: Edward Rowe, Giles King, Mary Woodvine, Simon Shepherd Certificate: 15 Watch Bait online in the UK: BFI Player
“You didn’t have to sell us this house,” say Tim (Simon Shepherd) and Sandra (Mary Woodvine) to Martin … Read More
MUBI UK film review: The Pleasure of Being Robbed
January 11, 2020 | Ian Loring
Director: Josh Safdie Cast: Eleonore Hendricks, Josh Safdie Certificate: 18 Watch The Pleasure of Being Robbed online in the UK: MUBI UK / Prime Video (Buy/Rent)
With the Safdie Brothers unleashing Uncut Gems, the most viscerally stimulating film of any … Read More
VOD film review: JT LeRoy
January 10, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern are sensational in this intriguing portrait of fame and fake identity.Read More
The 90s On Netflix: Ghost (1990)
January 10, 2020 | Mark Harrison
30 years on, Jerry Zucker’s immaculately paced genre-bender is a terrific date movieRead More
VOD film review: Burning (2018)
January 8, 2020 | Anton Bitel
Lee Chang-dong’s masterful pantomime thriller explores treacherously ambiguous borderlands of class and gender.Read More
