Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Netflix UK film review: Upgrade
January 12, 2019 | David FarnorLeigh Whannell’s inventive body horror fuses old-school revenge with modern tech paranoia.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The American Meme
January 12, 2019 | Matthew TurnerThis entertaining documentary explores the lives of social media superstars, finding intriguing insight and unexpected emotion.Read More
VOD film review: Red Sparrow
January 11, 2019 | David FarnorA dedicated turn by Jennifer Lawrence can’t redeem this uneven, grisly spy thriller.Read More
Shudder UK film review: The Interior (2015)
January 11, 2019 | Anton BitelTrevor Juras’ low-budget Canadian debut is an unnervingly absurd tale of illness, alienation and escape into the interior.Read More
VOD film review: The Rider
January 7, 2019 | Matthew TurnerDirector Chloe Zhao takes docu-fiction to new heights with this powerfully moving tale of a rodeo rider.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The 12th Man
January 5, 2019 | David FarnorThe Revenant meets The Great Escape in this grim but rousing Norwegian tale of wartime survival.Read More
Netflix UK film review: RBG
January 5, 2019 | David FarnorThis likeable documentary shines a deserving spotlight on an inspiring woman in the US legal circuit.Read More
VOD film review: The Witches (1990)
January 4, 2019 | Mark HarrisonA brilliantly grotesque children’s horror film from the mind of the late, great Nicolas Roeg.Read More
VOD film review: An Impossible Love
January 4, 2019 | Matthew TurnerA stellar performance from Virginie Efira anchors this powerful French melodrama from Catherine Corsini.Read More
VOD film review: Life Itself (2018)
January 2, 2019 | David FarnorDan Fogelman’s overwrought ensemble drama drowns in its own sentiment.Read More