Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
’71: Blisteringly good
March 5, 2015 | David Farnor
Jack O’Connell is blisteringly good in this thrilling, shocking sprint through history.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 3 (Episode 8, 9 and 10)
March 5, 2015 | Chris Bryant
Warning: If you have not seen House of Cards Season 3 Episodes 1 to 7, this will contain spoilers.
“A hurricane has been forming, not for weeks, but for decades. Its name is not Faith: it’s Francis.”
Chapters 34, 35 … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Episode 5 (Alpine Shepherd Boy)
March 3, 2015 | David Farnor
Better Call Saul tackles Chuck’s condition head on in Episode 5 – and ends up with the show’s weakest outing to date.
Things start off well for Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk), as he finds himself with a wave of new business … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 3 (Episode 5, 6 and 7)
March 3, 2015 | Chris Bryant
“That isn’t how politics works.” “That’s how revolution works.”
In Chapters 31, 32 and 33, cracks begin to appear; some more worrying than others. Frank is forced to fight on both fronts, taking reckless action to ensure the success of … Read More
Nightcrawler review: A gripping, timely drama
March 2, 2015 | Simon Kinnear
Jake Gyllenhaal has rarely been better in this timely drama about 24-hour news’ race to the sensationalist bottom.Read More
VOD film review: Limitless
March 1, 2015 | David Farnor
Bradley Cooper is brilliant in this frenetic thriller that fires on all synapses. Read More
Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 3 (Episode 3 and 4)
February 28, 2015 | Chris Bryant
With the first two episodes setting the scene, Frank begins to get down to actual business of politics. Negotiating with the Russian President, he is faced with swallowing a whole lot of pride in order to avoid a world war. … Read More
First look review: House of Cards Season 3 (Episode 1 and 2)
February 25, 2015 | Chris Bryant
President Francis Underwood. Season 3 picks up where Season 2 left off, with Kevin Spacey’s ruthlessly pragmatic anti-hero sitting in the Oval Office as the most powerful man in the world.
Episode 1 (or Chapter 27) exists as a slow-paced, … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Episode 4 (Hero)
February 25, 2015 | David Farnor
If you can’t beat them, join them. That’s the lesson learned by many TV characters over the years. Jimmy McGill isn’t most TV characters.
This week’s opening flashback sees McGill back in his “Slipping Jimmy” days, conning unsuspecting schmucks out … Read More
Fury: Intense, thrilling and terrifying
February 25, 2015 | David Farnor
Thrilling and terrifying in equal measure, David Ayer’s intense actioner captures the rush and horror of war.Read More
