Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Raindance 2017 reviews: Bees Make Honey, I’m Not Here
September 23, 2017 | David FarnorThe 2017 Raindance Film Festival takes place in London from Wednesday 20th September to Sunday 1st October, showcasing web series, VR shorts and indie films from around the world. We take a look at some of the movies screening, from … Read More
Shudder UK film review: Death Bell (2008)
September 22, 2017 | Anton BitelChang’s feature debut is more interesting as social parable than torture porn.Read More
VOD film review: On Body and Soul
September 22, 2017 | Ryan GumbleySubtly moving and brutally raw, Ildikó Enyedi’s first feature since the 90s is a work of strange beauty.
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VOD film review: Panic
September 20, 2017 | Roxy SimonsDirector: Sean Spencer Cast: David Gyasi, Pippa Nixon, Jason Wong, Yennis Cheung Certificate: 15 Watch Panic online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
Desperation can make people do crazy things, and there’s no … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Passengers
September 17, 2017 | David FarnorEven Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence can’t save this dramatically inert, woefully misjudged sci-fi.Read More
VOD film review: Mimosas
September 17, 2017 | Matthew TurnerOliver Laxe’s award-winning spiritual western looks stunning and is sure to please fans of slow cinema.Read More
VOD film review: Colossal
September 16, 2017 | David FarnorAbsurdly big and movingly small, this unusual monster movie is a funny, disturbing and surprising study of toxic behaviour.Read More
Netflix UK film review: First They Killed My Father
September 16, 2017 | David FarnorAngelina Jolie’s moving, harrowing portrait of life under the Khmer Rouge regime announces her as a director of real heart and purpose.Read More
VOD film review: The Lookout
September 16, 2017 | David FarnorThis gripping, low-key thriller, featuring early turns from Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Matthew Goode, remains one to watch.Read More
VOD film review: Last Action Hero (1993)
September 15, 2017 | Mark HarrisonArnold Schwarzenegger turns self-awareness up to 11 in this funny but uneven blockbuster.Read More