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: About Endlessness
November 6, 2020 | Anton BitelRoy Andersson’s supposed swan song is a greatest hits remix of absurd humanist melancholy.Read More
VOD film review: Mogul Mowgli
November 6, 2020 | David FarnorRiz Ahmed is remarkable is this evocative, layered, thoughtful study of identity.Read More
Raindance 2020 film review: Thou Shalt Not Hate
November 5, 2020 | David FarnorThou Shalt Not Hate is streaming online as part of the Raindance 2020 Film Festival. For more on the festival line-up and how it works, click here – or head this way for our recommendations to watch.
Mauro Mancini’s drama … Read More
Raindance 2020 film review: Nafi’s Father
November 5, 2020 | David FarnorNafi’s Father is streaming online as part of the Raindance 2020 Film Festival. For more on the festival line-up and how it works, click here – or head this way for our recommendations to watch.
Religious and personal conflict collide … Read More
VOD film review: A Call to Spy
November 4, 2020 | Cathy BrennanAn uneven script undermines this period thriller the role women played in defeating the Nazis through espionage.Read More
VOD film review: Sputnik
November 3, 2020 | David FarnorEgor Abramenko’s confident debut is a wonderfully creepy piece of sci-fi.Read More
Monster Movie Monday: The Great Alligator (1979)
November 2, 2020 | Matthew TurnerA giant alligator chomps its way through a jungle tourist resort in this Italian crocsploitation picture.Read More
Catch up TV review: Maxxx, The Sister, Hair Power, Damilola: The Boy Next Door
November 1, 2020 | 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.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
Disney+ TV review: The Rocketeer (Disney Junior)
November 1, 2020 | Matthew TurnerA 7-year-old girl becomes a rocket-pack-wearing superhero in this likeable Rocketeer cartoon series.
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The Babysitter: Killer Queen: How not to make a horror sequel
October 31, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsWrecking its predecessor’s characters, The Babysitter: Killer Queen is an unpleasant example of how not to make a horror sequel.Read More
















