Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: I Got Life!
July 3, 2018 | Matthew TurnerAgnès Jaoui delivers a delightful performance in this French comedy that mixes laughs with subtle digs at Western society.Read More
Netflix UK film review: King of Peking
July 2, 2018 | Laurence BoyceThis moving exploration of the relationship between a father and son is a love letter to cinema that deserves to be seen.Read More
VOD film review: You Were Never Really Here
July 2, 2018 | Martyn ConterioOne of the most hellacious anti-genre genre flicks in quite some time. Read More
Netflix UK film review: TAU
June 29, 2018 | David FarnorThis slickly presented thriller never fully boots up its intriguing premise.Read More
VOD film review: The Endless
June 29, 2018 | David FarnorMoorhead and Benson tap into the creepiness of the everyday in this cult horror slice of stunningly ambitious cinema.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Calibre
June 29, 2018 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThis nerve-shredding thriller is a terrific calling card for writer-director Matt Palmer.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Alex Strangelove
June 26, 2018 | Ian WintertonNetflix’s teen rom-com is warm, likeable and contains a positive message about sexuality.Read More
VOD film review: Dark River
June 26, 2018 | David FarnorClio Barnard’s intense Gothic pastoral is a superbly performed study of unspoken grief and aggressive denial.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Veronica (2017)
June 25, 2018 | David FarnorREC director Paco Plaza conjures up fresh terror in familiar tropes with this fast, slick ouija horror.Read More
Ocean’s Twelve: Looking back at an unfairly maligned sequel
June 24, 2018 | Mark HarrisonSoderbergh turns it up past Eleven in this unfairly maligned experimental sequel.Read More