Reviews
Reviews of movies and TV shows available to watch online on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime Instant Video, NOW TV, BBC iPlayer, iTunes, BFI Player and more.
VOD film review: Hosts (2020)
January 18, 2021 | Anton BitelThis cruel Christmas cracker stuffed with sci-fi and apocalyptic ultraviolence will haunt you long after its end credits.Read More
UK TV review: The Pembrokeshire Murders
January 17, 2021 | Ivan RadfordLuke Evans is excellent in this sensitive, patient and gripping true crime drama.Read More
Why Netflix’s Lupin should be your next box set
January 17, 2021 | Ivan RadfordThis playfully meta take on France’s gentleman thief is slick, charismatic and effortlessly cool.Read More
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous review: A surprisingly dark ride
January 17, 2021 | Ivan RadfordThis entertaining Jurassic Park animation is a surprisingly dark ride.Read More
The best TV shows and box sets on BBC iPlayer (17th January 2021)
January 17, 2021 | Staff ReporterWe review the best TV shows and films currently available on BBC iPlayer. (Click here to see our reviews of the best movies on BBC iPlayer.)
For BBC Three recommendations, click here.
Pick of the Week: Mark Kermode’s Secrets … Read More
VOD film review: MLK/FBI
January 16, 2021 | Ivan RadfordThis exposé of the FBI’s campaign against Martin Luther King Jr is an absorbing, eye-opening watch.Read More
VOD film review: Dear Comrades
January 16, 2021 | Ivan RadfordAndrei Konchalovsky’s retelling of a Soviet revolt and massacre is a gripping, chilling watch.Read More
VOD film review: The Wolf of Snow Hollow
January 16, 2021 | Mark HarrisonJim Cummings’ compelling comedy-horror is a funny, grisly, moving monster mystery.Read More
Netflix brings Dr Ibram X Kendi’s books to the screen
January 16, 2021 | Staff ReporterNetflix is partnering acclaimed author and antiracist scholar Dr Ibram X. Kendi to produce three new projects based on his bestselling books.
Ranging across different formats and genres, the three projects offers an examination of racism for audiences of all … Read More
VOD film review: Stardust
January 15, 2021 | Ivan RadfordThis unofficial David Bowie biopic is missing more than just his music.Read More