Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Shadow in the Cloud
February 2, 2022 | Anton Bitel
Airborne adventure meets creature feature in this plucky action thriller that takes down pernicious masculinity.Read More
VOD film review: The Matrix Resurrections
January 31, 2022 | Mark Harrison
Lana Wachowski’s meta-sequel continues the subversive trend of Matrix sequels, but also reclaims it.Read More
VOD film review: The Monopoly of Violence
January 29, 2022 | David Farnor
This thoughtful documentary about police brutality is a sobering watch.Read More
VOD film review: Taming the Garden
January 28, 2022 | David Farnor
This documentary about a powerful man’s quest to assemble a private garden of rare trees is a jaw-dropping portrait of power exploiting people and nature.Read More
Time Travel Thursday: Deja Vu (2006)
January 27, 2022 | Matthew Turner
Denzel Washington’s agent tracks a terrorist with surveillance equipment that can see through time in this big, dumb, fun sci-fi thriller.Read More
VOD film review: There Will Be No More Night
January 25, 2022 | Cathy Brennan
This documentary about attack helicopter footage fails to interrogate its subject.Read More
VOD film review: The Midnight Swim (2014)
January 25, 2022 | Anton Bitel
Sarah Adina Smith’s rewarding feature debut is a poetic mystery of motherhood, mortality and metempsychosis.Read More
VOD film review: Max Reload and the Nether Blasters (2020)
January 24, 2022 | Anton Bitel
Video games and reality collide in this cheap and cheerful nostalgia-fest.Read More
VOD film review: TiMER (2009)
January 23, 2022 | Brendon Connelly
A clever, entertaining sci-fi rom-com, Jac Schaeffer’s directorial debut is a hidden cult hit ready to surprise WandaVision fans. Read More
VOD film review: A Hero (2021)
January 23, 2022 | David Farnor
Asghar Farhadi’s shrewd sympathy-twister is stacked with slow-burn suspense.Read More
