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.
Amazon UK film review: All In: The Fight for Democracy
September 22, 2020 | David FarnorThis timely, important documentary is a stirring, rousing reminder of the importance of voting.Read More
VOD film review: The Swerve
September 22, 2020 | Matthew TurnerAzura Skye delivers a devastating performance in this chilling horror.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
September 22, 2020 | Helen ArcherHBO’s moving Michelle McNamara documentary is a humane examination of the long-lasting nature of trauma.Read More
Why you should catch up with ITV’s Des
September 20, 2020 | David FarnorThis brilliantly acted true crime drama is a gripping, disturbing retelling of the circus surrounding a serial killer.Read More
VOD film review: Love Sarah
September 20, 2020 | David FarnorA warm cast and sincere sense of community make this baking rom-com an endearingly sweet confection.Read More
VOD film review: The Devil All the Time
September 19, 2020 | Luke ChannellThis sprawling, superbly performed mid-Western Gothic is relentlessly bleak, brutally violent and constantly engrossing.Read More
Why you should be watching Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
September 19, 2020 | Helen ArcherSeason 3 premieres on 9th July 2024. This mini review is based on Season 1 and was originally published as part of a BBC Three reviews column.
Rising star Awkwafina (real name Nora Lum) plays Nora Lin, a fictionalised … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Ratched
September 18, 2020 | David Farnor“I wish I got to Mildred Ratched before the world got to her,” remarks someone halfway through Ratched, Netflix’s prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. If that sentence made you do a double-take, this brazen, bloody piece of … Read More
VOD film review: Barking Dogs Never Bite
September 18, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsBong Joon Ho’s previously unreleased debut feature is more welcome curio than lost classic.Read More
The 90s on Netflix: Mouse Hunt (1997)
September 18, 2020 | Mark HarrisonDeranged and hysterical, Gore Verbinski’s underrated debut is a slapstick smash hit.
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