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.
First look Walter Presents TV review: Stockholm Requiem
January 26, 2020 | David Farnor
A smart script and distinctive structure set this Swedish crime drama out from the Scandi noir pack.Read More
10 episodes of The Next Generation to watch before Star Trek: Picard
January 26, 2020 | David Farnor
With Star Trek: Picard now on our screens, Patrick Stewart is back in the uniform of Jean-Luc Picard for the first time in 18 years. Well, almost: when we catch up with the retired Starfleet legend, he’s retired and living … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: Crazy Delicious, Meat the Family, Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency
January 26, 2020 | David Farnor
What’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
VOD film review: The Goldfinch
January 26, 2020 | Bianca Garner
Rushed and watered down, The Goldfinch is a disappointing adaptation of a complex novel.Read More
Superhero Sundays: Superman vs the Elite (2012)
January 26, 2020 | Matthew Turner
The Man of Steel takes on a super-team who are prepared to kill in this action-packed and provocatively themed adventure.Read More
VOD film review: Hustlers
January 25, 2020 | Matthew Turner
Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu shine in this true crime drama about strippers turning the tables on their Wall St clients.Read More
VOD film review: Sisters (1972)
January 24, 2020 | Anton Bitel
Sisters aren’t doing it for themselves in Brian De Palma’s sophisticated thriller of male abuse and manipulation.Read More
UK TV review: Crazy Delicious
January 24, 2020 | David Farnor
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory meets Bake Off. That’s the pitch for Channel 4’s new cooking contest, which manages to lose some of the magic of each in its determination to over-egg its own pudding.
The concept is impressively … Read More
Star Trek: Picard: Boldly going to new, old frontiers
January 24, 2020 | David Farnor
“I came here to find safety, but one is never safe from the past.” Those are the words of Jean-Luc Picard, 18 years after we last saw him in action as the captain of the USS Starship Enterprise in the … Read More
UK TV Review: The Deuce Season 3
January 23, 2020 | Martyn Conterio
This low-key masterpiece of social history and humanism ends on a resounding high.Read More
