Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
Netflix UK film review: Where the Wild Things Are
December 30, 2014 | David FarnorThis bold and moving family film is a poignant, feel-good meditation on childhood and growing up. Read More
VOD film review: Due Date
December 23, 2014 | David FarnorTwo unlikeable leads travel across America in this disappointingly average comedy.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Robin Hood (2010)
December 20, 2014 | David FarnorLarge in scale and gritty in tone, Robin Hood is bloated, but watchable mulch.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Unknown
December 20, 2014 | David FarnorYou’ll enjoy Liam Neeson punching people almost as much as he does in this daft but fun conspiracy thriller.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: All Hail King Julien
December 19, 2014 | David FarnorLet’s not beat around the jungle. Madagascar has had something of an uneven track record across its various sequels (number four is in the works), but it has had one constant: King Julien, the wonderfully deluded leader of a tribe … Read More
UK VOD TV review: Sons of Anarchy Finale Ride, Episode 13 (Papa’s Goods)
December 18, 2014 | Chris BryantSons of Anarchy’s final episode is about fate, good and evil, the big picture and legacy. Big, powerful themes, but that’s really the only way to go out.
Kurt Sutter (who collects the writer and director credits for Papa’s Goods) … Read More
VOD film review: Sucker Punch
December 17, 2014 | David FarnorZack Snyder’s juvenile action fantasy is an uneven, uncomfortable watch.Read More
UK TV review: American Horror Story Freak Show (Episode 9)
December 16, 2014 | Alice SlaterAfter the carnage of cast members in Episode 8, murder most horrid continues to reign over the Floridian suburb of Jupiter. With just two episodes left, we’ve reached that point in American Horror Story Season 4 where no one is … Read More
VOD film review: Into the Storm
December 16, 2014 | David FarnorA committed performance from Richard Armitage can’t redeem this underwhelming disaster movie.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 10
December 16, 2014 | Amon WarmannIf you’ve been following these reviews, you’ll know that we’ve had our qualms with Gotham during its first batch of episodes. Indeed, some of the problems we mentioned in Episode 1 still apply to Episode 10, with this week’s dose … Read More