Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Goodbye Christopher Robin
February 28, 2018 | Victoria CuratoloDomhnall Gleeson shines as A.A.Milne in Simon Curtis’ surprising biopic.Read More
VOD film review: Call Me By Your Name
February 27, 2018 | David FarnorThis swooning ode to first love is impossibly ravishing cinema.Read More
VOD film review: Walking Out
February 25, 2018 | Josh Slater-WilliamsJosh Wiggins and Matt Bomber are compelling in a survival drama that needs more walking and less talking.Read More
VOD film review: Native
February 25, 2018 | Matthew TurnerDirector Daniel Fitzsimmons makes an impressive debut with this ambitious, thoughtful and pleasingly weird slice of sci-fi.Read More
Reviewed: The 2018 Oscar nominated short films
February 25, 2018 | Laurence BoyceOur reviews of this year’s Oscar nominated short films, plus where you can watch them on VOD in the UK.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Mummy (2017)
February 24, 2018 | David FarnorUnable to choose between horror and action, this uneven reboot ends up a half-dead Tom Cruise blockbuster.Read More
VOD film review: The Ritual
February 24, 2018 | Ian LoringSerious and grisly, The Ritual is an unsettling and effective piece of horror.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Mute
February 23, 2018 | Anton BitelThematically rich but muted, Jones’ dystopian sci-fi sinks as much as it swims. Read More
VOD film review: The Ice King
February 23, 2018 | David FarnorAn engaging portrait of a significant sportsman who never set out to be an activist.Read More
VOD film review: Stake Land
February 23, 2018 | Anton BitelJim Mickle’s apocalyptic vampire coming-of-ager takes us on a defamiliarising trip though a polarised America.Read More