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.
YouTube film review: Life in a Day 2020
February 6, 2021 | David Farnor
Director: Kevin Macdonald Certificate: TBC Watch Life in a Day 2020 online in the UK: YouTube
“A lot can happen in a day,” director Kevin Macdonald tells us in Life in a Day 2020. He ain’t kidding – the past … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Malcolm & Marie
February 6, 2021 | David Farnor
John David Washington and Zendaya are excellent in this raw romantic drama.Read More
VOD film review: King Rocker
February 6, 2021 | Laurence Boyce
Culture, memory and legacy collide in this fascinating documentary about Birmingham punk band the Nightingales.Read More
VOD film review: Bliss (2021)
February 5, 2021 | David Farnor
There’s little pleasure to be had in this disappointing misfire from Another Earth director Mike Cahill.Read More
Greenland review: A thrilling, thoughtful blockbuster
February 5, 2021 | David Farnor
Gerard Butler is fantastic in this thrilling, thoughtful disaster movie.Read More
VOD film review: A Glitch in the Matrix
February 5, 2021 | David Farnor
Rodney Ascher’s simulation theory doc is a compelling peek down a digital rabbit hole.Read More
First look UK TV review: ZeroZeroZero
February 4, 2021 | David Farnor
Sky’s stylish, globe-trotting narcotics thriller balances gripping heft with breathtaking scale.Read More
VOD film review: Saint Maud
February 4, 2021 | David Farnor
Morfydd Clark is mesmerising in this intensely unsettling psychological thriller from debut director Rose Glass.Read More
Time Travel Thursday: Excursion (2019)
February 4, 2021 | Matthew Turner
A former Communist is confronted by his younger self in this watchable time travel thriller that makes a virtue of its low budget.Read More
Apple TV film review: Palmer
February 3, 2021 | David Farnor
Justin Timberlake delivers a charismatic performance in this moving tale of redemption and identity.Read More
