Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
What Is The Matrix Reloaded? Revisiting the bamboozled sequel
December 19, 2021 | Mark Harrison
Reloaded tells us everything we know about the Matrix is wrong but struggles to show it.Read More
VOD film review: Swan Song
December 18, 2021 | David Farnor
Mahershala Ali is superb in this thoughtful, moving, understated sci-fi.Read More
VOD film review: Lola and the Sea
December 18, 2021 | Matthew Turner
Mya Bollaers delivers a compelling performance in this compassionate Belgian drama about a transgender skater girl on a road trip with her father.Read More
What Is The Matrix? Revisiting the game-changing original
December 18, 2021 | Mark Harrison
This self-actualising sci-fi simulation is as stimulating as ever.Read More
Spider-Man: Looking back at Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire’s trilogy
December 17, 2021 | David Farnor
As Spider-Man prepares to swing his way into the multiverse in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the franchise is about to give fans a mash-up of all the live-action Spidey feature films in recent memory. But with 20 odd years since … Read More
The Hand of God review: Deeply personal but underwhelming
December 16, 2021 | David Farnor
Paolo Sorrentino’s deeply personal tale of family, love and football is a underwhelming, meandering affair.Read More
The French Dispatch review: A charming Anderson anthology
December 16, 2021 | David Farnor
Jeffrey Wright steals the show in Wes Anderson’s charming anthology.Read More
VOD film review: Respect
December 14, 2021 | Matthew Turner
Jennifer Hudson delivers a powerhouse performance in this engaging biopic of Aretha Franklin. Read More
Monster Movie Monday: Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996)
December 13, 2021 | Matthew Turner
A giant turtle takes on a race of insectoid aliens in this sequel to the 1995 Gamera reboot.Read More
VOD film review: Silent Night
December 12, 2021 | David Farnor
Keira Knightley leads a stellar cast in this unrelentingly dark Christmas comedy.Read More
