Netflix UK
Reviews and recommendations of what’s good and new on Netflix UK – and what to avoid.
The 90s on Netflix: It Could Happen To You (1994)
February 14, 2023 | Mark HarrisonThis lottery-inspired romantic comedy over-eggs its fairy tale of New York.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
February 7, 2023 | Helen ArcherJust over 10 years ago, on 2nd February 2013, some footage was uploaded to YouTube by Fresno-based reporter Jessop Reisbeck. He had been interviewing a hitchhiker, known at the time only as ‘Kai’, who had intervened in an assault … Read More
The 90s on Netflix: Beethoven (1992)
January 28, 2023 | Mark HarrisonYou can’t help but roll over for this endearingly daft family-friendly comedy.
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Why The Recruit should be your next box set
January 8, 2023 | Ivan RadfordA charming, energetic turn from Noah Centineo makes this CIA thriller a fun – and funny – watch.Read More
Society of the Snow: A moving survival thriller
January 4, 2023 | Matthew TurnerJA Bayona directs this superbly made and powerfully moving survival thriller, based on the 1972 Andes flight disaster.
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VOD film review: Entergalactic
January 3, 2023 | Matthew TurnerA street artist falls for his neighbour in this unmissable animated drama from Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi.Read More
VOD film review: The Swimmers
December 31, 2022 | Ivan RadfordThis broad-strokes underdog drama turns a moving true-life story into a familiar formula.Read More
The 90s on Netflix: The Next Karate Kid (1994)
December 30, 2022 | Mark HarrisonAn ill-advised spin-off with most of the good bits of The Karate Kid waxed off.Read More
Why you should be watching FIFA Uncovered on Netflix
December 30, 2022 | David FarnorThis patient, forensic documentary about the history of FIFA is a sobering study of money and corporate power.Read More
White Noise review: Uneven but entertaining
December 30, 2022 | Matthew TurnerAdam Driver and Greta Gerwig are terrific in Noah Baumbach’s uneven but entertaining adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel.Read More