Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
First look Netflix UK TV Review: Dark
November 30, 2017 | Benedict Seal
This is a spoiler-free review based on the opening three episodes of Dark.
You could be mistaken for thinking Dark, Netflix’s first German original series, was a parody of prestige television in 2017: the deadly serious tone, the dingy visuals, … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Johnny Guitar
November 28, 2017 | Benedict Seal
Director: Nicholas Ray Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge Certificate: PG Watch Johnny Guitar online in the UK: Netflix UK
A favourite of French New Wave icon François Truffaut, Johnny Guitar, Nicholas Ray’s visually striking, female-headed western, confounded … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: She’s Gotta Have It (spoilers)
November 26, 2017 | Benedict Seal
Lyrical, perfectly performed and bitingly relevant, Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It series is all Spike Lee and it’s glorious.Read More
7 reasons why you should be watching Men on a Mission on Netflix UK
November 25, 2017 | Roxy Simons
This over-the-top Korean variety show is a charming, funny, ridiculously entertaining watch.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: American Horror Story: Cult (Episode 9 to 11)
November 22, 2017 | Martyn Conterio
American Horror Story: Cult will go down as one of the horror anthology’s stronger seasons, with Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters both outstanding.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: She’s Gotta Have It
November 22, 2017 | Benedict Seal
This a spoiler-free review of the opening episodes of Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It. Already seen Season 1? Read our spoiler-filled review of the whole season here.
It’s not often that a director gets to remake their own … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Godless
November 21, 2017 | David Farnor
Accomplished, confident and sumptuous storytelling, fans of Westerns have just had their prayers answered.Read More
VOD film review: Good Time
November 18, 2017 | David Farnor
Robert Pattinson is magnetic in this gripping, visceral and thrillingly unpredictable ride.Read More
Netflix UK TV Review: Riverdale Season 2, Episode 6
November 17, 2017 | Martyn Conterio
Warning: This contains spoilers for Episode 6 of Riverdale Season 2. Not seen Riverdale? Catch up with spoiler-free review of the first three episodes.
Drag racing, drug busts and Cheryl Blossom playing teen detective. It was all going off … Read More
Netflix’s Mudbound: A marvellous, weighty piece of cinema
November 17, 2017 | David Farnor
Period tales rarely feel so relevant as this marvellous, weighty piece of filmmaking, which offers a rallying cry for empathy.Read More
