Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood And Honey (2023)
March 11, 2023 | Anton BitelRhys Frake-Waterfield’s genre-fied exploitation of AA Milne’s characters yields a woodland slasher of little brain.Read More
VOD film review: Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
March 10, 2023 | Matthew TurnerDirector: Pawo Choyning Dorji Cast: Sherab Dorji, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup Certificate: PG
Written and directed by Bhutan-born and US-educated filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji, this charming comedy-drama was nominated for the Best International Film Oscar last year. Essentially, … Read More
Fall: A breathtakingly tense thriller
March 5, 2023 | Ivan RadfordThis low-key, high-stakes survival thriller is a breathtakingly tense adrenaline ride. Read More
The Strays review: A twisted, twisting thriller
February 26, 2023 | VOD NewsNathaniel Martello-White’s bold thriller is a twisted, twisting tale of identity and confrontation.Read More
Corsage review: A smart, defiant period drama
February 24, 2023 | David FarnorVicky Krieps is excellent in this smart, defiant period drama about Empress Elisabeth of Austria.Read More
VOD film review: Moonage Daydream
February 19, 2023 | Ivan RadfordThis vivid, immersive David Bowie documentary is a daydream you won’t want to wake up from.Read More
VOD film review: Elvis
February 19, 2023 | David FarnorAustin Butler is electric in Baz Luhrmann’s energetic, excessive biopic of Elvis Presley.Read More
The 90s on Netflix: It Could Happen To You (1994)
February 14, 2023 | Mark HarrisonThis lottery-inspired romantic comedy over-eggs its fairy tale of New York.Read More
VOD film review: Arranged Marriage
February 14, 2023 | Matthew TurnerMegha Sandhu stars in this horror-comedy about a student who incurs the wrath of her family when she refuses to enter into an arranged marriage.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
February 7, 2023 | Helen ArcherJust over 10 years ago, on 2nd February 2013, some footage was uploaded to YouTube by Fresno-based reporter Jessop Reisbeck. He had been interviewing a hitchhiker, known at the time only as ‘Kai’, who had intervened in an assault … Read More















