Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
For Sama: Essential viewing
October 27, 2019 | David Farnor
One mother’s heartbreaking dispatch from Syria is political turmoil at its most personal.Read More
Superhero Sundays: Hellboy Animated – Blood and Iron (2007)
October 27, 2019 | Matthew Turner
The cast of del Toro’s live-action Hellboy return for an entertaining animated vampiric adventure.Read More
VOD film review: Rocketman
October 26, 2019 | David Farnor
Taron Egerton is electric in an Elton John biopic bursting with invention and energy.Read More
VOD film review: A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
October 26, 2019 | Matthew Turner
Sarah Bolger delivers a stunning performance in this thriller packed with suspense and jet-black humour.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Woodshock (2017)
October 25, 2019 | Anton Bitel
Kate and LauraMulleavy’s feature debut is a gnarled portrait of trauma, guilt and loss.Read More
VOD film review: Toy Story 4
October 25, 2019 | Katherine McLaughlin
Pixar’s franchise heads into new territory with this funny, poignant, charming road trip about passing on the baton.Read More
Netflix UK film review: By the Grace of God
October 25, 2019 | David Farnor
François Ozon’s timely drama about victims of abuse within the Catholic church is a powerful display of restrained, urgent filmmaking.Read More
VOD film review: Support the Girls
October 25, 2019 | Leslie Byron Pitt
Andrew Bujalski’s perfectly cast, earnestly written workplace comedy is one of the biggest-hearted films of 2019.Read More
VOD review: Non-Fiction
October 22, 2019 | David Farnor
Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, Christa Théret, Nora Hamzawi Certificate: 15 Watch Non-Fiction online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema
Arriving just before his new political thriller, Wasp Network, and just after his Kristen Stewart-led … Read More
London Film Festival review: The Aeronauts, 37 Seconds, Monsoon, Jojo Rabbit
October 20, 2019 | David Farnor
With Netflix, Amazon and MUBI debuting their latest exclusives and originals at the London Film Festival, we head to Leicester Square to catch up with some of the films on offer.
For more of our coverage from the 2019 London … Read More
