Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Jimmy’s Hall
October 19, 2014 | Ian Loring 6Director Ken Loach Cast: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton Certificate: 15 Watch Rosewater online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Eircom / Virgin Movies / EE / TalkTalk
The more things change, the … Read More
VOD film review: Blancanieves
October 18, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Director: Pablo Berger Cast: Maribel Verdu, Sofía Oria, Macarena Garcia, Daniel Giminez Cacho Certificate: 15 Watch Blancanieves online in the UK: BFI Player+ / BFI Player / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / iTunes
After Mirror Mirror and Snow White and … Read More
VOD film review: Centurion
October 17, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Sacrificing character for action, Centurion is a British B-Movie with blockbusting tension.Read More
VOD film review: Ping Pong Summer
October 17, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Table tennis, hip-hop and 80s nostalgia collide in this charming, quirky coming-of-age comedy.Read More
BFI Player review: The Battles of Coronel ad Falkland Islands
October 16, 2014 | Ivan Radford
If you had to name one great WWI movie, what would you say? Wings? All Quiet on the Western Front? Oh! What a Lovely War? War Horse? It’s safe to say that one film wouldn’t appear on your list: The … Read More
Netflix UK review: Fight Church (Raindance Film Festival)
October 15, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Directors: Daniel Junge, Bryan Storkel Cast: John Renken, John Duffell Watch Fight Church online in the UK: Netflix UK
Fight Church is a documentary about Christians who are also MMA fighters. If that sounds like a bizarre contradiction, it’s because … Read More
VOD film review: Godzilla (2014)
October 13, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Gareth Edwards’ modern take on the iconic kaiju is packed with awe.Read More
VOD short film review: Waving at Trains
October 13, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Short film Waving at Trains is released through indie VOD platform We Are Colony today. We take a look at one of Pete Postlethwaite’s final performances.
People play with model trains for all sorts of reasons. Fascination with mechanics. … Read More
VOD film review: A Million Ways to Die in the West
October 11, 2014 | Philip W Bayles
Seth MacFarlane’s second feature is no Blazing Saddles.Read More
