Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 4 (Arkham)
November 3, 2014 | Amon WarmannEven though we’re yet to be wowed by Gotham, Arkham is generally one of the stronger episodes the series has produced so far.
While last week we ventured into camp territory with a vigilante who sent people to their … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 11 (Dark Water)
November 1, 2014 | Simon KinnearDoctor Who finales are tricky things. In the old days, they didn’t really bother having them at all, bar the occasional attempt to do a bigger-than-usual story… but usually, by then, they’d run out of money to do their ambitions … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Warm Bodies
October 29, 2014 | Chris BryantIt looks like it wants to eat your brain – but really this undead take on Romeo and Juliet just wants a cuddle.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 2 (spoiler-free)
October 28, 2014 | Alice SlaterUnderneath the veneer of greasepaint and stage smiles, Freak Show is a season of binaries. Innocence and experience, naivety and corruption, life and death, darkness and light, pleasure and pain are all played against two juxtaposing and integral backdrops: the … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 3 (spoiler-free)
October 27, 2014 | Amon WarmannThe awkward clash between Gotham’s gritty realism and its cartoonish elements becomes yet more glaring in The Balloonman, easily the weakest episode of the series thus far.
The title refers to Gotham’s first vigilante, who bumps off criminals by … Read More
UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 7 (and where to watch it online)
October 26, 2014 | Chris BryantThe best thing any entertainment can be is self-aware. If the writers know their audience well enough to predict their feelings and reactions, they can do anything. If those writers happen to include Kurt Sutter, then things get really interesting. … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 10 (In the Forest of the Night)
October 25, 2014 | Simon KinnearIn The Forest of the Night sees The Doctor find Earth taken over by trees. Our review of Episode 10 of Season 8…
What is Doctor Who? Frankly, given that this is a series about a face-changing alien who can … Read More
The spooky true tales behind American Horror Story
October 25, 2014 | Alice SlaterWe pick apart the true events behind one of TV’s spookiest series.
Peppered with intertextuality drawn from both fact and fiction, American Horror Story is an anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the chaps responsible for the … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Jimi: All Is By My Side
October 24, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: John Ridley Cast: Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots Certificate: 15 Watch Jimi: All Is By My Side online in the UK: Netflix UK / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) … Read More
Netflix UK film review: I Am Number Four
October 22, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: D. J. Caruso Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Callan McAuliffe, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand Certificate: 12A Watch I Am Number Four online in the UK: Netflix UK
It’s not easy being an alien. You want to blend … Read More