Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Aftermath
April 7, 2017 | Matthew Turner
Schwarzenegger flexes his acting muscles in this downbeat study of grief and obsession.Read More
VOD film review: Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
April 7, 2017 | Luke Channell
A nuanced, moving exploration of family, identity and cultural conflictsRead More
VOD film review: Harry Brown
April 6, 2017 | David Farnor
Michael Caine delivers a powerful performance in this dubious action thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Snowden
April 5, 2017 | David Farnor
Oliver Stone’s cyber-thriller is a compellingly understated retelling of real events.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Light Between Oceans
April 2, 2017 | Matthew Turner
Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander shine in Derek Cianfrance’s picturesque and powerfully emotional weepie.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Discovery
April 2, 2017 | Josh Slater-Williams
Netflix’s new original sci-fi is full of strong potential that is frustratingly unrealised.
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VOD film review: Man Down
April 1, 2017 | David Farnor
Shia LaBeouf is superb in this otherwise muddled, manipulative war film.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Paul Blart: Mall Cop
April 1, 2017 | David Farnor
Die Hard in a mall, but not as funny.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Snapshot
March 31, 2017 | Anton Bitel
Simon Wincer’s Ozploitationer is a feminist melodrama ever tinged with the faint odour of burning flesh.Read More
Netflix for kids: Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
March 31, 2017 | Nathanael Smith
Netflix for Kids is VODzilla.co’s monthly column that sends a grown man without kids into the barrel of the streaming service’s kids catalogue and searches for morsels of goodness at the bottom. Today, our childless adult writer plumbs the depths … Read More
