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.
What Is The Matrix Reloaded? Revisiting the bamboozled sequel
December 19, 2021 | Mark HarrisonReloaded tells us everything we know about the Matrix is wrong but struggles to show it.Read More
VOD film review: Swan Song
December 18, 2021 | David FarnorMahershala Ali is superb in this thoughtful, moving, understated sci-fi.Read More
VOD film review: Lola and the Sea
December 18, 2021 | Matthew TurnerMya Bollaers delivers a compelling performance in this compassionate Belgian drama about a transgender skater girl on a road trip with her father.Read More
UK TV review: Star Trek: Discovery: Season 4, Episode 5
December 18, 2021 | Ian WintertonAn average episode that contains interesting hints about Season 4’s future.Read More
What Is The Matrix? Revisiting the game-changing original
December 18, 2021 | Mark HarrisonThis self-actualising sci-fi simulation is as stimulating as ever.Read More
Spider-Man: Looking back at Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire’s trilogy
December 17, 2021 | David FarnorAs Spider-Man prepares to swing his way into the multiverse in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the franchise is about to give fans a mash-up of all the live-action Spidey feature films in recent memory. But with 20 odd years since … Read More
The Hand of God review: Deeply personal but underwhelming
December 16, 2021 | David FarnorPaolo Sorrentino’s deeply personal tale of family, love and football is a underwhelming, meandering affair.Read More
The French Dispatch review: A charming Anderson anthology
December 16, 2021 | David FarnorJeffrey Wright steals the show in Wes Anderson’s charming anthology.Read More
VOD film review: Respect
December 14, 2021 | Matthew TurnerJennifer Hudson delivers a powerhouse performance in this engaging biopic of Aretha Franklin. Read More
First look UK TV review: And Just Like That
December 13, 2021 | Jo BromilowHeels, feels and Charlotte’s high-pitched squeals – the Sex and the City girls are back with a shaky start.Read More
















