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 UK TV review: Peaky Blinders Season 5
August 25, 2019 | David Farnor
Change 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 Farnor
Mindhunter’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 Farnor
Big meets LEGO Batman in this enjoyably warm and funny superhero comedy.Read More
VOD film review: The Dark Crystal (1982)
August 25, 2019 | Brendon Connelly
The 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 Turner
The 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 Bitel
Dan 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 Bitel
First-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 Bitel
Demons and delusion come to an isolated frontier homestead in Emma Tammi’s bleak, pioneering debut.Read More
VOD film review: Dark Encounter
August 23, 2019 | Anton Bitel
Carl Strathie’s missing-child mystery wraps small-town domestic drama in Spielbergian sci-fi.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Hail, Satan?
August 23, 2019 | Matthew Turner
Penny Lane’s entertaining documentary examines the activities of religious organisation-slash-protest group The Satanic Temple.Read More
