Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: C’mon C’mon
February 25, 2022 | David Farnor
Mike Mills’ tenderly performed two-hander about parenthood and childhood is simply profound cinema.Read More
VOD film review: Lamb (2021)
February 25, 2022 | David Farnor
Noomi Rapace delivers a hugely moving performance in this enjoyably unusual and oddly tender folk horror.Read More
The 90s On Netflix: Drop Dead Fred (1991)
February 25, 2022 | Mark Harrison
Phoebe Cates unleashes her inner Rik Mayall in this colourful and subversive comedy.Read More
Time Travel Thursday: A Year From Now (2021)
February 24, 2022 | Matthew Turner
Groundhog Day meets A Christmas Carol in this low-budget drama about a woman who experiences seven years in one week.Read More
Belfast: A moving ode to family and memory
February 21, 2022 | David Farnor
Kenneth Branagh’s sentimental coming-of-age drama set during the Troubles is an unabashedly earnest ode to family and memory.Read More
VOD film review: Office Space
February 20, 2022 | Laurence Boyce
Mike Judge’s cult 1999 comedy is a timeless workplace satire.Read More
VOD film review: Old Henry
February 20, 2022 | Matthew Turner
Tim Blake Nelson is a joy to watch in this slow-burn, visually stunning Western about redemption and identity.Read More
VOD film review: The Real Charlie Chaplin
February 19, 2022 | David Farnor
Charlie Chaplin’s persona is thoughtfully unpicked in this playful, probing documentary.Read More
VOD film review: Kimi (2022)
February 19, 2022 | Matthew Turner
Technology, privacy and paranoia collide in Steven Soderbergh’s knowing, tense conspiracy thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
February 19, 2022 | Ian Loring
This unfocused, superficial, questionable sequel butchers the iconic horror franchise.Read More
