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.
Catch up TV reviews: Changing Rooms, Billy Monger: Changing Gear, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, Buffering
August 24, 2021 | David FarnorWhat’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.
Changing Rooms 2021 (All 4)
“I would never think … Read More
Disney+ film review: Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
August 24, 2021 | David FarnorThis intimate, insightful concert-documentary hybrid is a moving, personal directorial debut for Taylor Swift.Read More
VOD film review: After Love
August 24, 2021 | David FarnorJoanna Scanlan delivers a knockout performance in this moving, delicate exploration of grief and identity.Read More
VOD film review: Riders of Justice
August 23, 2021 | Cathy BrennanMad Mikkelsen stars in this nimbly unconventional, but uneven, tale of revenge.Read More
EIFF film review: The Gig Is Up
August 22, 2021 | Matthew TurnerThis revealing, sobering and important documentary examines the human cost of the global gig economy.Read More
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The best adventures
August 22, 2021 | Mark Harrison13 Bannerman Road is where Sarah Jane Smith lives, and CBBC visited there for five seasons of the essential Doctor Who companion’s series, The Sarah Jane Adventures. In a break from our usual tour of classic serials, this month’s Classic … Read More
A Quiet Place Part 2 review: Rivetingly tense
August 21, 2021 | David FarnorSimple terrors and sharp visual storytelling make this moving sci-fi horror sequel as rivetingly tense as the first.Read More
Sabaya: A nail-biting, remarkable documentary
August 20, 2021 | David FarnorThis nail-biting documentary follows the remarkable work to rescue Yazidi girls kidnapped by Isis.Read More
Why you should be watching Nine Perfect Strangers
August 20, 2021 | Katherine McLaughlinThis star-studded adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s gripping mystery is funny, tense and deliciously weird.Read More
VOD film review: The Nest (aka The Bewailing)
August 19, 2021 | Anton BitelJames Suttles’ insidious home invasion horror shows a family undone by mind-controlling parasites – or opioid addiction. Read More
















