Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Tanna
February 18, 2017 | David Farnor
Unique and universal, this remarkable piece of cinema is a breathtaking blend of the familiar and the new.Read More
VOD film review: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
February 17, 2017 | Mark Harrison
An eccentric fantasy film that’s right in Tim Burton’s wheelhouse.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Lost Things (2004)
February 17, 2017 | Anton Bitel
Carnival Of Souls reconfigured as an Ozploitation enigma of adolescence.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Girlfriend’s Day
February 16, 2017 | David Farnor
Director: Michael Stephenson Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Amber Tamblyn Watch Girlfriend’s Day online in the UK: Netflix UK
One of the great things about Netflix is the creative freedom it offers people. Bob Odenkirk can write a film about greeting … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Trash Fire
February 16, 2017 | Anton Bitel
This dark comedy of manners turns to horror in Richard Bates Jr’s tale of repressed family values.Read More
VOD film review: I, Daniel Blake
February 15, 2017 | Simon Kinnear
Ken Loach’s powerful protest digs deep into a wellspring of tightly focussed rage.Read More
VOD film review: Edge of Darkness
February 15, 2017 | Selina Pearson
A watchable mesh of The Departed and State of Play, Edge of Darkness is a gripping revenge thriller.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Paris is Burning
February 13, 2017 | Ian Winterton
Forget Madonna’s voguing – this is the realness.Read More
Superhero Sundays: Green Lantern: First Flight
February 12, 2017 | Matthew Turner
This animated Green Lantern movie is everything the live-action version should have been.Read More
VOD film review: The Girl on the Train
February 11, 2017 | David Farnor
An excellent lead turn from Emily Blunt only just keeps this train on track.Read More
