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.
UK TV review: Two Weeks to Live
September 2, 2020 | David Farnor
Maisie Williams playing a seemingly harmless but secretly deadly young woman? It’s easy to see the appeal of Two Weeks to Live, Sky One’s new thriller that gives the Game of Thrones star a leading role in her own series. … Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: Dark Stories
September 1, 2020 | David Farnor
This fantastically inventive French anthology is a collection of stories worth sharing.Read More
Heat review: A staggeringly gritty crime epic
September 1, 2020 | Chris Bryant
Michael Mann’s iconic actioner is an influential masterpiece on multiple fronts. Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: Enhanced
August 31, 2020 | Anton Bitel
This low-budget sci-fi actioner fails to distinguish itself from the pack.Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: The Honeymoon Phase
August 31, 2020 | Matthew Turner
A struggling couple enter a scientific experiment in this solid relationship horror.Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: Blinders
August 31, 2020 | Anton Bitel
This cunningly constructed stalker thriller plays several blinders on the viewer.Read More
VOD film review: The Bigamist (1953)
August 31, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Ida Lupino’s noir melodrama remains an ambiguous, unsettling work.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Down to Earth with Zac Efron
August 31, 2020 | Chris Bryant
Zac Efron’s exploration of global issues leaves science up in the air.Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: Aquaslash
August 30, 2020 | Anton Bitel
This self-consciously backward-looking slasher celebrates the intricacies and absurdities of a downward-sliding subgenre.Read More
First look UK TV review: Strike: Lethal White
August 30, 2020 | David Farnor
Strike’s gripping, complex and character-filled fourth outing is the detective’s best yet.Read More
