Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Dolemite Is My Name: Infectiously fun
October 19, 2019 | Anton Bitel
Craig Brewer’s infectiously fun making-of meta-movie shows brothers (and one sister) doing it for themselves in 70s America. Read More
VOD film review: Blindspotting
October 19, 2019 | Chris Bryant
Social commentary and thrills combine in this spectacularly crafted study of gentrification and racism.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Laundromat
October 18, 2019 | David Farnor
Soderbergh takes on The Panama Papers with this pertinent and playful gambit that never quite pays off.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Tell Me Who I Am
October 16, 2019 | David Farnor
This powerful, intensely personal documentary about memory, trauma and truth is a difficult but moving watch.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Atlantics (Atlantique)
October 15, 2019 | David Farnor
Mati Diop’s absorbing, atmospheric directorial debut is part melancholic romance, part ghost story.Read More
VOD film review: Werewolf (2019)
October 15, 2019 | Mark Harrison
A lean, mean post-war exploitation thriller that has its bark and its bite mixed up.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Wounds
October 14, 2019 | Luke Channell
Director: Babak Anvari Cast: Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz Certificate: TBC Watch Wounds online in the UK: Netflix UK
Babak Anvari’s first feature, Under the Shadow, brilliantly blended nerve-jangling scares with the oppressive politics of its Iranian setting to … Read More
The Irishman review: A masterclass in restraint
October 13, 2019 | David Farnor
A mature, thoughtful reflection on the consequences of past actions, Scorsese’s patient crime drama is a masterclass in restraint.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Earthquake Bird
October 12, 2019 | David Farnor
Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough deliver strong performances in this atmospheric but hollow psychological thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Escape from Tomorrow
October 11, 2019 | Anton Bitel
Randy Moore’s psychodrama sneaks monochrome midlife malaise into Disney’s fantasy kingdom.Read More
