Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
December 10, 2017 | David FarnorHellboy II cements Del Toro’s position as a phenomenal force of cinema and imagination: uncompromising, uncanny and unbelievable.Read More
VOD film review: Life
December 8, 2017 | David FarnorGrim and gripping, Life is a lean, mean sci-fi horror that brings new terror to old tricks.Read More
VOD film review: Girls Trip
December 5, 2017 | Andrew JonesOne of the funniest films of 2017.Read More
VOD film review: The Wall
December 4, 2017 | David FarnorThis inventive, single-location war film is a gripping, suspenseful thriller.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Fighting
December 2, 2017 | David FarnorChanning Tatum delivers a breakout performance in this hard-hitting sports drama.Read More
VOD film review: Happy End
December 1, 2017 | Matthew TurnerMichael Haneke revisits all his familiar themes in this darkly satirical, Calais-set drama about a dysfunctional bourgeois family. Read More
The 90s on Netflix: Men in Black (1997)
December 1, 2017 | Mark HarrisonIn their first, best outing, Messrs Smith and Jones make one of the great sci-fi comedies.Read More
VOD film review: Most Beautiful Island
December 1, 2017 | Matthew TurnerSpanish actor-turned-filmmaker Ana Asensio writes, directs and stars in this creepy suspense thriller about the immigrant experience.Read More
VOD film review: In Bruges
December 1, 2017 | David FarnorMartin McDonagh’s darkly funny crime thriller is warped entertainment of the highest order. Read More
Netflix UK film review: Johnny Guitar
November 28, 2017 | Benedict SealDirector: Nicholas Ray Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge Certificate: PG Watch Johnny Guitar online in the UK: Netflix UK
A favourite of French New Wave icon François Truffaut, Johnny Guitar, Nicholas Ray’s visually striking, female-headed western, confounded … Read More