Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
Netflix UK TV review: Designated Survivor: Episode 18
May 2, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers
After last episode’s surprise resurrection – nodded to in this episode’s title, Lazarus – Designated Survivor continues to raid the 24 book of TV cliches to drum up tension before its big finale. The problem? It … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Rodney King
May 2, 2017 | Tom BondThis powerful monologue giving a voice to Rodney King is one of the year’s must-see documentaries.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Before I Wake
April 30, 2017 | Ian LoringMike Flanagan’s wonderfully involving and melancholic horror gets the worldwide release it deserves.Read More
VOD film review: Top Five
April 30, 2017 | Tom BondWhen his brilliant cast turn on the charm, Chris Rock’s sideways look at comedy stardom is irresistible.Read More
Netflix for Kids: Bratz: The Movie
April 30, 2017 | Nathanael SmithNetflix for Kids is VODzilla.co’s monthly column that sends a grown man without kids into the barrel of the streaming service’s kids catalogue and searches for morsels of goodness at the bottom. For our guide to the best kids’ TV … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Little Boy Blue
April 30, 2017 | David FarnorSensitively written and powerfully performed, this is heart-wrenching viewing.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Casting JonBenet
April 28, 2017 | David FarnorThis true crime documentary deconstructs the true crime trend to mesmerising effect.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Las Chicas del Cable
April 28, 2017 | David FarnorIt’s hard to remember a time when telephones were all attached to landlines, fixed, immobile and generally located within ear’s reach of your parents. It’s even harder to remember a time before telephones, when the idea of talking to someone … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Tramps
April 27, 2017 | Josh Slater-WilliamsDirector Adam Leon continues to be one to watch with this Netflix Original that shouldn’t be overlooked.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Designated Survivor: Episode 17
April 26, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers
If in doubt, 24 has taught us two tricks to keep a TV thriller going: firstly, unexpectedly kill someone off, or secondly, unexpectedly bring someone back from the dead. Designated Survivor did the first just after … Read More