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.
Shudder UK film review: The Beach House
July 9, 2020 | Anton Bitel
A seaside holiday sinks into Lovecraftian apocalypse in this assured directorial debut filled with dread.Read More
Stateless review: A thoughtful immigration drama
July 8, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Yvonne Strahovski is excellent in this pertinent, thoughtful immigration drama.Read More
Mrs America review: Playful, provocative period drama
July 8, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Cate Blanchett is brilliant in this playful, provocative, stylish and highly entertaining drama about the battle for women’s rights in the 1970s.Read More
Lynn + Lucy review: An intensely moving drama
July 8, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw are fantastic in this intensely moving tale of friendship and suspicion.Read More
Why you should tune into The Newsroom
July 7, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Aaron Sorkin’s portrait of TV news is an overly earnest, well acted and compelling piece of escapism.Read More
UK TV review: The Secrets She Keeps
July 7, 2020 | Ivan Radford
“The value of a secret depends upon whom you’re trying to keep it from,” says someone partway through The Secrets That She Keeps, a show that’s bursting at the seams with secrets – although it doesn’t always do a very … Read More
Monster Movie Monday: Tentacles (1977)
July 6, 2020 | Matthew Turner
Henry Fonda, Shelley Winters and John Huston share screentime with a giant octopus in this Italian-American creature feature.Read More
Sheffield Doc/Fest film review: Shut Up Sona
July 5, 2020 | Matthew Turner
Deepti Gupta directs this intimate portrait of the Indian singer and #MeToo activist.Read More
Edinburgh Film Festival review: Clemency
July 5, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Alfre Woodard delivers a heartbreaking performance in Chinonye Chukwu’s powerful death row drama.
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VOD film review: Girlhood (2014, Bande de filles)
July 5, 2020 | Victoria Curatolo
Céline Sciamma’s 2014 drama is as poignant now as it’s ever been.Read More
