Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
February 19, 2022 | Ian Loring
This unfocused, superficial, questionable sequel butchers the iconic horror franchise.Read More
Petite Maman review: A deeply profound gem
February 18, 2022 | Katherine McLaughlin
Céline Sciamma deals with grief and memory in this tender, beguiling, deeply profound gem.Read More
VOD film review: In the Mood for Love
February 15, 2022 | Daniel Broadley
More than 20 years on, Wong Kar-wai’s romantic masterpiece remains one of the finest films of the 21st century.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Tinder Swindler
February 15, 2022 | Helen Archer
This slick, outrageous true crime documentary is a timely tale of online fakery.Read More
VOD film review: Sylvie’s Love
February 14, 2022 | David Farnor
Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha are a gorgeous couple to root for in this sensitive, sumptuous period romance.Read More
VOD film review: I Want You Back
February 14, 2022 | David Farnor
Charlie Day and Jenny Slate are a hugely entertaining couple in this enjoyable rom-com.Read More
VOD film review: Deadly Illusions
February 14, 2022 | Matthew Turner
Kristin Davies plays a successful author whose new nanny seems a little too good to be true in this silly but fun erotic thriller.Read More
Harold and Maude: Looking back at Hollywood’s unconventional odd couple
February 13, 2022 | Victoria Curatolo
More than 50 years on, this unconventional odd couple remains one of cinema’s most beloved and subversive love stories.Read More
Empathy and underdogs: Andrea Arnold’s early short films
February 13, 2022 | Laurence Boyce
The documentary Cow would seem to be something of an outlier within Andrea Arnold’s body of work, as it appears markedly different from the social realistic drama with which the British director has made her name. Yet, as three of … Read More
VOD film review: Titane
February 12, 2022 | Bianca Garner
Weird, wild and eccentric, Julia Ducournau’s disturbing, graphic tale of reconnection and acceptances is like nothing you’ve seen before.Read More
