Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: The Son of Joseph
December 21, 2016 | Josh Slater-WilliamsA peculiar, gentle comic gem.Read More
VOD film review: On the Waterfront
December 21, 2016 | Ryan GumbleyA film that lives and breathes the dockyards it portrays, Kazan’s realism is at its best in this classic.Read More
VOD film review: Uncle Nick
December 21, 2016 | Mark HarrisonA booze and baseball fuelled dark comedy that’s anything but festive.Read More
12 Days of Netflix: I’ll Be Home for Christmas
December 20, 2016 | Ian WintertonThis tinsel-covered turd is one reason to make sure you won’t be home this Christmas.Read More
VOD film review: Army Of One
December 20, 2016 | Mark HarrisonA wildly over-the-top but oddly sweet comedy that’s too good to be true.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Barry
December 20, 2016 | Josh Slater-WilliamsA rare portrait of a political figure with actual depth of feeling.Read More
VOD film review: Krampus: The Christmas Devil
December 19, 2016 | Matthew TurnerStaggeringly inept on every conceiveable level, this ultra-low-budget horror’s awfulness almost makes it worth seeing. Almost.Read More
VOD film review: Nerve
December 18, 2016 | David FarnorA techno-tale with a thrilling, beating pulse.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Shrew’s Nest
December 18, 2016 | Ian LoringAn intelligent slice of Spanish horror that squeezes tension out of character and writing more than straight scares.Read More
12 Days of Netflix: A Wish for Christmas
December 18, 2016 | David FarnorEvery day until Christmas Eve, we unwrap another one of Netflix UK’s Christmas films and sort the naughty from the nice. It’s the #12DaysofNetflix. (Click here for the full list.)
Christmas. The season of goodwill, turkeys and, somewhere in … Read More