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.
His Dark Materials Season 2 review: Bigger, bolder, darker
November 8, 2020 | David Farnor
This second chapter in this jaw-dropping Philip Pullman adaptation is bigger, bolder and darker.Read More
Raindance 2020 film reviews: I Am Not a Hero, The Woman with Leopard Shoes, The Great Green Wall, The State of Texas vs Melissa
November 7, 2020 | David Farnor
These films are 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.
I Am Not a Hero … Read More
Netflix TV review: Star Trek: Discovery: Season 3, Episode 4
November 6, 2020 | Ian Winterton
Warning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Star Trek: Discovery? Read our review of the last episode here. New episodes arrive on Fridays within 24 hours of their US broadcast.
No astounding twists and turns but, as Discovery’s crew … Read More
VOD film review: About Endlessness
November 6, 2020 | Anton Bitel
Roy 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 Farnor
Riz 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 Farnor
Thou 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 Farnor
Nafi’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 Brennan
An 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 Farnor
Egor 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 Turner
A giant alligator chomps its way through a jungle tourist resort in this Italian crocsploitation picture.Read More
