Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Shudder UK film review: Christmas Evil (1980)
December 15, 2017 | Anton BitelLewis Jackson’s Yuletide UFO puts the manic in Manichaeism.Read More
VOD film review: The Night Before
December 15, 2017 | Chris BryantMichael Shannon saves Christmas in this shallow male-bonding comedy, which proves enjoyably childish.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Mountain
December 15, 2017 | Nathanael SmithThis majestic nature documentary creates space and time for awe. Read More
Netflix UK film review: Asthma
December 15, 2017 | Matthew TurnerKrysten Ritter is the saving grace of this derivative, drug-fuelled nostalgia trip from writer-director Jake Hoffman. Read More
12 Days of Netflix: El Camino Christmas
December 14, 2017 | Matthew TurnerEl Camino Christmas assembles all the right ingredients for a cracking thriller, but has no idea what to do with them.Read More
Great Scott! The timeless writing of Back to the Future
December 14, 2017 | Mark HarrisonNimbly scripted and endlessly entertaining, Back to the Future is, simply, a perfect film.Read More
12 Days of Netflix: A Christmas Prince
December 13, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix’s first original Christmas movie is so cheerfully formulaic that resistance is futile.Read More
VOD film review: The Stolen
December 12, 2017 | Matthew TurnerAlice Eve stars as a widow searching for her baby in this engaging New Zealand revenge western.Read More
VOD film review: The Emoji Movie
December 11, 2017 | Matthew TurnerAtrocious plotting, shocking product placement, a lack of laughs. There are, literally, no words.Read More
VOD film review: Your Name
December 11, 2017 | David FarnorThis body-swapping, coming-of-age epic is one of the most beautiful animations you’ve ever seen.Read More