Zero Dark Thirty: Gripping and grounded cinema

Kathryn Bigelow’s tense retelling of the hunt for Bin Laden is a gripping, grounded and grim piece of cinema.Read More

Netflix review: Priceless

Director: Pierre Salvadori Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Dobtcheff Watch online: Netflix

With Audrey Tautou’s Thérèse Desqueyroux out in cinemas now, we look back at some of Audrey’s other films available on VOD.

Pierre Salvadori’s Priceless is, … Read More

Netflix review: Arrested Development Series 4 Episode 10

Queen B. finds us about two-thirds through the new season of Arrested Development and the focus is on Lucille, from her post-boat debacle to her court case and imprisonment in various locales as she finds ways to keep the company … Read More

Netflix review: Arrested Development Series 4 Episode 9

Smashed, the second of Tobias’ episodes in Arrested Development Season Four, follows on from the unfortunate trapping of our man Fünke by John Beard’s TV show. Now a registered sex offender, he goes on work release to Lucille Austero’s rehab … Read More

VOD film review: Flight

An excellent Denzel Washington keeps things on course in this heavy-handed drama.Read More

Netflix review: Arrested Development Series 4 Episode 8

Lindsey Bluth’s second episode of Arrested Development Season Four, Red Hairing, is a 37-minute collection of sex jokes and misunderstandings. It sees Lindsey move away from Marky Bark following a disastrous attempt at terrorism and become a fling of political … Read More

Netflix UK film review: 009 Re: Cyborg

Director: Kenji Kamiyama Cast: Mamoru Miyano, Hisao Egawa, Toshiko Fujita, Hiroshi Kamiya Certificate: 12 Watch 009 Re: Cyborg online in the UK: Netflix UK / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

As the old saying goes, … Read More

Netflix review: Arrested Development Series 4 Episode 7

Seven episodes in and we finally get to spend some time with GOB Bluth in Colony Collapse, as Will Arnett’s crazy magician gets 35 minutes dedicated to what he’s been up to after being punched by George Michael for dating … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 1

Even though season one of AMC’s Breaking Bad is only seven episodes long, it quickly sets the tone for this darkly comedic drama set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bryan Cranston is Walter White, a 50-year old, under-achieving high school chemistry … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Fast & Furious

Solid stunts and shiny vehicles make for an entertaining 10 minutes. The rest is just exhaust.Read More