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.
VOD film review: The Banana Splits Movie
August 26, 2019 | Anton BitelThis high-concept horror crazily converts a beloved 60s kids’ show into gory mayhem on endless repeat.Read More
Catch up TV review: Stath Lets Flats S2, Call the Cops, Fighter Pilot, Train Your Baby Like a Dog
August 25, 2019 | David FarnorWhat’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.
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First look UK TV review: Peaky Blinders Season 5
August 25, 2019 | David FarnorChange is in the air in Peaky Blinders’ impeccably performed fifth season.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Mindhunter Season 2
August 25, 2019 | David FarnorMindhunter’s probing study of darkness and people’s fascination with it is disturbing, gripping, superbly acted TV.Read More
VOD film review: Shazam!
August 25, 2019 | David FarnorBig meets LEGO Batman in this enjoyably warm and funny superhero comedy.Read More
VOD film review: The Dark Crystal (1982)
August 25, 2019 | Brendon ConnellyThe world of Thra is an amazing accomplishment, but does this story do it justice?Read More
Superhero Sundays: Next Avengers – Heroes of Tomorrow
August 25, 2019 | Matthew TurnerThe children of the Avengers take on Ultron in this future-set animated adventure.Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: The Dark Red
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelDan Bush’s The Dark Red is a tale of maternity and madness, vampiric predation and class exploitation.Read More
VOD film review: Dachra: Curse of the Witch
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelFirst-time director Abdelhamid Bouchnak assimilates western tropes into a local horror story of a nation haunted by its past.Read More
VOD film review: The Wind
August 24, 2019 | Anton BitelDemons and delusion come to an isolated frontier homestead in Emma Tammi’s bleak, pioneering debut.Read More
















