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.
I Hate Suzie review: Unmissable TV
August 27, 2020 | Charlotte HarrisonBillie Piper’s bold and bittersweet TV show is sly, sardonic and simply unmissable.Read More
VOD film review: Triggered (2020)
August 26, 2020 | Anton BitelNine twenty-something friends are pitted against one another in this entertaining, gruesome and self-aware Battle Royale.Read More
Miami Vice: Looking back at Michael Mann’s digital triumph
August 26, 2020 | Andrew JonesLet’s step back to the summer of 2006, the heat beating down and the cinemas lined with films like X-Men: The Last Stand, Poseidon and Cars. We were deep in the second term of an American president certain to go … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Dirty John Season 2
August 25, 2020 | Helen ArcherAmanda Peet is fantastic in this study of the murderous effect that power imbalances can have.Read More
MUBI Mondays: Lourdes (2009)
August 24, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlinOn Mondays, two of our resident cinephiles highlight a film currently available on MUBI UK. We call it MUBI Mondays.
If you’ve recently watched Austrian director, Jessica Hausner’s, first English language film, Little Joe, you’ll be aware that her mise … Read More
Why Good Trouble should be your next box set
August 23, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis sharply written, gorgeously made spin-off from The Fosters will have you hooked whether you’ve seen the original or not.Read More
VOD film review: Ava (2017)
August 22, 2020 | Mark HarrisonMaking eavesdroppers of its viewers, Sadaf Foroughi’s debut is a compelling teen drama.Read More
Amazon UK film review: Chemical Hearts
August 22, 2020 | Matthew TurnerRiverdale’s Lili Rheinhart stars in this dreary teen drama.Read More
Perfumes: A charming French tale
August 21, 2020 | Victoria CuratoloAn unusual meet-cute leads to a beautiful friendship in this charming French tale.Read More
Digital theatre review: Hamlet (2016)
August 20, 2020 | David FarnorPaapa Essiedu is brilliant in the RSC’s vivid, intense production of Hamlet from 2016.Read More
















