Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Bone Tomahawk
December 12, 2016 | Luke Channell
Visceral, violent and distress, this is an expertly executed mix of Western and horror.Read More
VOD film review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
December 11, 2016 | David Farnor
Funny and feel-good, Taika Waititi’s coming-of-age comedy is a daft and delightful adventure.Read More
VOD film review: Pete’s Dragon
December 11, 2016 | Nathanael Smith
This warm, wonderfully old-fashioned adventure is one of the finest family films of the year.Read More
VOD film review: Anomalisa
December 11, 2016 | Ivan Radford
Charlie Kaufman’s unromantic romance is a sad, sweet, strangely profound study of human isolation and the need for connection.Read More
VOD film review: Suicide Squad
December 9, 2016 | David Farnor
Unfunny and unsurprising, this uneven antihero blockbuster is frustratingly all over the place.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Lisa and the Devil (1971)
December 9, 2016 | Anton Bitel
Every other weekend, our resident horror obsessive Anton Bitel delves into Shudder’s selection of horrors to handpick a Friday night fright.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Life, Animated
December 9, 2016 | David Farnor
This must-see documentary is a moving tour de force of cinema. Disney couldn’t have made a better film themselves.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Witching & Bitching
December 8, 2016 | Anton Bitel
Álex de Iglesia’s broad coven comedy ritualises the gender divide in our own (and every) age.Read More
VOD film review: The Shallows
December 8, 2016 | Mike Williams
A surprisingly effective survival horror.Read More
VOD film review: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
December 8, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Patsy and Eddy return in this better-than-expected big screen outing for the hit British sitcom.Read More
