Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Turning Red
March 14, 2022 | Nathanael Smith
A character drama powered by a big idea, Pixar’s rare and intimate tale of puberty is terrific and deeply resonant.
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VOD film review: La Civil (2021)
March 14, 2022 | Anton Bitel
The mother of an abducted teenager becomes a Woman on Fire on Mexico’s mean streets in this brutal cartel thriller.Read More
VOD film review: The Beta Test
March 13, 2022 | Mark Harrison
This funny and neurotic “erotic thriller” remix savages Hollywood’s toxic men.Read More
VOD film review: The Ledge
March 13, 2022 | Anton Bitel
Howard J Ford’s spectacularly shot thriller pits a female mountaineer against a pack of toxic men.Read More
Gritty and Gothic: The magic of Michael Keaton and Tim Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns
March 12, 2022 | David Farnor
Tim Burton and Michael Keaton’s Batman films are bold, stylish and thrilling blockbusters.Read More
VOD film review: Night’s End
March 11, 2022 | Anton Bitel
The agoraphobic and the occult collide in Jennifer Reeder’s modern psychological ghost story.Read More
VOD film review: Let The Wrong One In
March 11, 2022 | Anton Bitel
Vampires come to a dysfunctional Dublin home in Conor McMahon’s amiable horror comedy.Read More
VOD film review: The Adam Project
March 11, 2022 | David Farnor
This knowing sci-fi adventure lacks the emotional heart to go with its self-aware humour.
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VOD film review: A Banquet
March 11, 2022 | Matthew Turner
A teenage daughter has a supernatural experience and refuses to eat in Ruth Paxton’s creepy and unsettling horror debut.Read More
VOD film review: Keyboard Fantasies
March 10, 2022 | David Farnor
This portrait of a pioneering unsung jazz musician is a winning tale of finding one’s place in the world.Read More
