Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
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
Netflix UK film review: Serena
February 23, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Susanne Bier Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper Certificate: 15 Watch Serena online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play / BFI Player
Serena waltzes onto DVD and … Read More
VOD film review: The Judge
February 19, 2015 | Mark Harrison
This Robert Downey Jr drama nibbles at greatness, but mostly just fishes for Oscars.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Episode 3 (Nacho)
February 18, 2015 | David Farnor
This will contain spoilers for Better Call Saul Episode 1 and 2.
“Get out of here today or you’re a dead man.”
Episode 3 is when Better Call Saul gets serious – but, impressively, is also when it gets funnier. … Read More
VOD film review: The Babadook
February 16, 2015 | Simon Kinnear
Jennifer Kent’s storybook horror brings a devastating sadness to the genre’s scares.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Episode 2 (Mijo)
February 10, 2015 | David Farnor
This will contain spoilers for Better Call Saul Episode 1.
“I just talked you down from the death sentence to six months’ probation. I’m the best lawyer ever.”
That’s the kind of outlandish claim you expect from Jimmy McGill, Albuquerque’s … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Episode 1
February 9, 2015 | David Farnor
A man wearing nothing but pants and a gas mask steps out of an RV in the desert holding a gun. As far as openings go, the beginning of Breaking Bad is hard to beat. Skilled at giving you a … Read More
UK TV VOD review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 13 (Finale)
January 27, 2015 | Alice Slater
Aside from The Walking Dead (which will outlive us all), all good things must come to an end. It’s with a heavy heart that we must say farewell to the carnival, as Episode 13 marks the final chapter in our … Read More
Netflix UK review: The Eichmann Show (BBC)
January 21, 2015 | David Farnor
If you told someone now that less than 80 years ago, a group of humans systemically murdered millions of people because of their race, would you believe them? For years after the end of World War II, even those in … Read More
