Reviews
Reviews of movies and TV shows available to watch online on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime Instant Video, NOW TV, BBC iPlayer, iTunes, BFI Player and more.
Why you should be watching The Afterparty on Apple TV
January 28, 2022 | David FarnorThis self-aware murder mystery comedy is a hilarious, inventive ride.Read More
VOD film review: Taming the Garden
January 28, 2022 | David FarnorThis documentary about a powerful man’s quest to assemble a private garden of rare trees is a jaw-dropping portrait of power exploiting people and nature.Read More
Time Travel Thursday: Deja Vu (2006)
January 27, 2022 | Matthew TurnerDenzel Washington’s agent tracks a terrorist with surveillance equipment that can see through time in this big, dumb, fun sci-fi thriller.Read More
VOD film review: There Will Be No More Night
January 25, 2022 | Cathy BrennanThis documentary about attack helicopter footage fails to interrogate its subject.Read More
VOD film review: The Midnight Swim (2014)
January 25, 2022 | Anton BitelSarah Adina Smith’s rewarding feature debut is a poetic mystery of motherhood, mortality and metempsychosis.Read More
VOD film review: Max Reload and the Nether Blasters (2020)
January 24, 2022 | Anton BitelVideo games and reality collide in this cheap and cheerful nostalgia-fest.Read More
VOD film review: TiMER (2009)
January 23, 2022 | Brendon ConnellyA clever, entertaining sci-fi rom-com, Jac Schaeffer’s directorial debut is a hidden cult hit ready to surprise WandaVision fans. Read More
WandaVision: The TV show most in tune with the Covid-19 pandemic
January 23, 2022 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for WandaVision. Not seen it? Read our spoiler-free review here.
“It can’t all be sorrow, can it?” asks Vision (Paul Bettany), as he talks to Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) on the set of WandaVision. By this point, … Read More
VOD film review: A Hero (2021)
January 23, 2022 | David FarnorAsghar Farhadi’s shrewd sympathy-twister is stacked with slow-burn suspense.Read More
VOD film review: Mass (2021)
January 23, 2022 | David FarnorThis four-handed discussion of guilt, blame and forgiveness is an intensely moving chamber piece, impeccably performed.Read More
















