Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: There Will Be Blood
January 30, 2015 | David FarnorPaul Thomas Anderson’s tale of America, ambition and the selfishness of man is free-range cinema of the highest quality.Read More
VOD film review: Source Code
January 29, 2015 | David FarnorSource Code matches confident mainstream entertainment with indie sci-fi smarts.Read More
VOD film review: The Boxtrolls
January 28, 2015 | Mark HarrisonEssential viewing for the little weirdoes in your life.Read More
VOD film review: In Order of Disappearance
January 27, 2015 | David FarnorFargo meets Taken? You wonder why Norway hasn’t made it sooner.Read More
VOD film review: Gone Girl
January 26, 2015 | David FarnorA gleefully dark satire on marriage, media and the stories that are told in each.Read More
VOD film review: Life Itself (2015)
January 23, 2015 | Ian LoringDirector: Steve James Cast: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Marlene Iglitzen, Gene Siskel Certificate: 15 Watch Life Itself online in the UK: Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play
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Netflix UK review: The Eichmann Show (BBC)
January 21, 2015 | David FarnorIf you told someone now that less than 80 years ago, a group of humans systemically murdered millions of people because of their race, would you believe them? For years after the end of World War II, even those in … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Fighter
January 20, 2015 | David FarnorA knock-out cast give The Fighter’s conventional script a wallop of compassion. Read More
VOD film review: If I Stay
January 20, 2015 | David FarnorThe relationship between the human couple may not always engage, but their relationship with music does.Read More
VOD film review: Before I Go to Sleep
January 19, 2015 | David FarnorColin Firth and Nicole Kidman are engaging in this enjoyable, if forgettable, thriller.Read More