Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Locked Down
March 11, 2021 | David Farnor
This likeable but uneven heist flick is a downbeat screwball caper that captures the raw, messy nature of lockdown life.Read More
Monster Movie Monday: The Day of the Triffids (1962)
March 8, 2021 | Matthew Turner
Deadly carnivorous plants attack the Earth in this classic sci-fi horror, adapted from the novel by John Wyndham.Read More
Glasgow Film Festival review: The Woman with Leopard Shoes
March 7, 2021 | David Farnor
This inventive, creative neo-noir is a stylish surprise.Read More
VOD film review: Coming 2 America
March 7, 2021 | Mark Harrison
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall search for a worthy successor to the beloved original in this good-natured sequel to Coming 2 America.
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Glasgow Film Festival review: Out of the World
March 7, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Marc Fouchard’s synaesthetic psychodrama offers a heady mix of musicality, mania, misogyny, murder and mood.Read More
Glasgow Film Festival review: American Badger (aka The Badger)
March 6, 2021 | Anton Bitel
Kirk Caouette’s hitman movie is at once an action extravaganza and moody existential noir.Read More
VOD film review: The Climb
March 6, 2021 | David Farnor
This hilarious, sweet bromance comedy is a beautifully sincere study of men at their best and worst.Read More
VOD film review: Justine
March 6, 2021 | David Farnor
Tallulah Haddon and Sophie Reid are excellent in this thoughtful study of addiction and romance.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Moxie
March 6, 2021 | Charlotte Harrison
Amy Poehler’s wonderfully sincere tale of teen rebellion is optimistic and inspiring.Read More
VOD film review: My Donkey, My Lover & I
March 6, 2021 | David Farnor
A woman and a donkey go on a journey in this charming French comedy.Read More
