Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Amber and Me
March 21, 2021 | David Farnor
This personal labour of love is an uplifting and moving documentary.Read More
BFI Flare film review: AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman
March 21, 2021 | Cathy Brennan
This profile of trans activist Connie Norman is a valuable reminder of an inspiring legacy.Read More
VOD film review: Fatale
March 20, 2021 | Matthew Turner
A married sports agent falls foul of Hilary Swank’s manipulative cop in this entertainingly trashy thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Creation Stories
March 20, 2021 | Anton Bitel
This bravura semi-fictionalised biopic of 90s music label owner Alan McGee has wit and brio to spare.Read More
The 90s On Netflix: Problem Child (1990)
March 19, 2021 | Mark Harrison
They don’t make them like this anymore, and that’s probably for the best.Read More
Amazon UK film review: The War with Grandpa
March 19, 2021 | David Farnor
This family comedy starring Robert De Niro is an underwhelming skirmish.Read More
VOD film review: Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
March 19, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Lili Horvát’s mystery finds a neurosurgeon in fugue to a romance that she may have imagined.Read More
VOD film review: Zack Snyder’s Justice League
March 18, 2021 | David Farnor
Loud, big, bombastic and bold, the Snyder Cut of DC’s superhero crossover lives up to its own myth.Read More
VOD film review: Slaxx (2020)
March 18, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Elza Kephart’s hilarious killer jeans horror skewers an exploitative clothing industry with bloodthirsty satire.Read More
UK TV review: Bill Bailey: Limboland
March 17, 2021 | David Farnor
Bill Bailey has rare been better than in this hilarious hour of impeccably tuned silliness.Read More
