Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Netflix UK film review: Mid90s
August 26, 2019 | Bianca GarnerJonah Hill’s authentic coming-of-ager skates along smoothly but never quite soars.Read More
VOD film review: The Banana Splits Movie
August 26, 2019 | Anton BitelThis high-concept horror crazily converts a beloved 60s kids’ show into gory mayhem on endless repeat.Read More
VOD film review: Shazam!
August 25, 2019 | David FarnorBig meets LEGO Batman in this enjoyably warm and funny superhero comedy.Read More
VOD film review: The Dark Crystal (1982)
August 25, 2019 | Brendon ConnellyThe world of Thra is an amazing accomplishment, but does this story do it justice?Read More
Superhero Sundays: Next Avengers – Heroes of Tomorrow
August 25, 2019 | Matthew TurnerThe children of the Avengers take on Ultron in this future-set animated adventure.Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: The Dark Red
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelDan Bush’s The Dark Red is a tale of maternity and madness, vampiric predation and class exploitation.Read More
VOD film review: Dachra: Curse of the Witch
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelFirst-time director Abdelhamid Bouchnak assimilates western tropes into a local horror story of a nation haunted by its past.Read More
VOD film review: The Wind
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelDemons and delusion come to an isolated frontier homestead in Emma Tammi’s bleak, pioneering debut.Read More
VOD film review: Dark Encounter
August 23, 2019 | Anton BitelCarl Strathie’s missing-child mystery wraps small-town domestic drama in Spielbergian sci-fi.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Hail, Satan?
August 23, 2019 | Matthew TurnerPenny Lane’s entertaining documentary examines the activities of religious organisation-slash-protest group The Satanic Temple.Read More