Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Bait (2019)
January 11, 2020 | David Farnor
This gorgeously filmed study of gentrification is a spiky, timely and tension-filled drama.Read More
VOD film review: The Pleasure of Being Robbed
January 11, 2020 | Ian Loring
Director: Josh Safdie Cast: Eleonore Hendricks, Josh Safdie Certificate: 18 Watch The Pleasure of Being Robbed online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Prime Video (Buy/Rent)
With the Safdie Brothers unleashing Uncut Gems, the most viscerally stimulating film of any … Read More
VOD film review: JT LeRoy
January 10, 2020 | David Farnor
Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern are sensational in this intriguing portrait of fame and fake identity.Read More
The 90s On Netflix: Ghost (1990)
January 10, 2020 | Mark Harrison
30 years on, Jerry Zucker’s immaculately paced genre-bender is a terrific date movieRead More
VOD film review: Burning (2018)
January 8, 2020 | Anton Bitel
Lee Chang-dong’s masterful pantomime thriller explores treacherously ambiguous borderlands of class and gender.Read More
VOD film review: Animals
January 7, 2020 | Bianca Garner
Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat are perfect in this truthful portrayal of the complexities of friendship in your 20s.Read More
Netflix UK film review: In the Line of Duty
January 3, 2020 | Anton Bitel
Fast-paced but forgettable, Steven C. Miller’s cop action comedy lets an ageing cowboy loose in the internet age.Read More
VOD film review: Bumblebee
December 29, 2019 | David Farnor
Hailee Steinfield is superb in this charmingy low-key character drama that just so happens to feature giant robots.Read More
VOD film review: Eighth Grade
December 29, 2019 | David Farnor
Bo Burnham’s brilliant directorial debut captures the pains of growing up in an online age with awkward intimacy.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Booksmart
December 29, 2019 | David Farnor
This entertaining, warm-hearted high school movie is one of 2019’s funniest films.Read More
