Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Netflix UK film review: Kingdom of Us
October 15, 2017 | David FarnorThis moving exploration of family trauma is raw, honest documentary filmmaking.Read More
London Film Festival reviews: Let the Corpses Tan, Good Time, Thelma, Downsizing, The Endless, The Lovers, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
October 15, 2017 | David FarnorWith Netflix, Amazon, MUBI and more all taking to London’s Leicester Square to showcase a diverse range of films, we head to the London Film Festival to review the latest films – and TV shows – either looking for distribution … Read More
London Film Festival reviews: Ghost Stories, Good Manners, The Florida Project, The Big Bad Fox and Other Stories
October 14, 2017 | David FarnorWith Netflix, Amazon, MUBI and more all taking to London’s Leicester Square to showcase a diverse range of films, we head to the London Film Festival to review the latest films – and TV shows – either looking for distribution … Read More
Shudder UK film review: Combat Shock (1984)
October 13, 2017 | Anton BitelGiovinazzo’s sleazy slice of gonzo filmmaking is a gritty riposte to Reagan’s yuppified American Dream.Read More
The 90s on Netflix: Hook (1991)
October 13, 2017 | Mark HarrisonSpielberg’s post-modern Pan has some happy thoughts, but loses its marbles.Read More
London Film Festival reviews: Small Town Crime, Redoubtable, Gemini, The Shape of Water
October 11, 2017 | David FarnorWith Netflix, Amazon, MUBI and more all taking to London’s Leicester Square to showcase a diverse range of films, we head to the London Film Festival to review the latest films – and TV shows – either looking for distribution … Read More
London Film Festival 2017 Reviews: Dark River, Apostasy, 120 BPM
October 10, 2017 | David FarnorWith Netflix, Amazon, MUBI and more all taking to London’s Leicester Square to showcase a diverse range of films, we head to the London Film Festival to review the latest films – and TV shows – either looking for distribution … Read More
VOD film review: Zodiac
October 9, 2017 | David FarnorDavid Fincher’s meticulously assembled thriller is a masterclass in sustaining tension and fear.Read More
London Film Festival 2017 Reviews: Loving Vincent, Thoroughbreds, Last Flag Flying, Call Me By Your Name
October 9, 2017 | David FarnorWith Netflix, Amazon, MUBI and more all taking to London’s Leicester Square to showcase a diverse range of films, we head to the London Film Festival to review the latest films – and TV shows – either looking for distribution … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson
October 8, 2017 | Helen ArcherIn early July 1992, the body of Marsha P Johnson – the “saint of Christopher Street”, in this documentary dubbed “the Rosa Parks of the LGBT movement” – was pulled out of the Hudson River. One of the original founders … Read More