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.
VOD film review: The Monopoly of Violence
January 29, 2022 | David FarnorThis thoughtful documentary about police brutality is a sobering watch.Read 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
















