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: Maudie
July 11, 2019 | David FarnorSally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke are excellent in this delicate domestic drama about the eponymous Canadian artist.Read More
VOD film review: The Hole in the Ground
July 9, 2019 | Mark HarrisonThis searching horror fable boasts cracking performances and hidden depths.Read More
First look UK TV review: The Rook
July 9, 2019 | David FarnorThis slickly paced supernatural thriller lacks the courage of its weird convictions.Read More
VOD film review: FrightFest: Beneath The Dark Heart Of Cinema
July 9, 2019 | David FarnorThis portrait of the UK horror festival is a slight but sincere tribute to a warm, welcoming community.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Shaft (2019)
July 7, 2019 | David FarnorCan you dig it? Netflix’s uneven remake-quel sadly can’t.Read More
Walter Presents TV review: The Score
July 7, 2019 | David FarnorThis likeable tale of sport and sibling rivalry is an entertaining, if undemanding, watch.Read More
Catch Up TV review: Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure, Shipmates, Drag SOS, Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
July 7, 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.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
VOD film review: Knife + Heart
July 7, 2019 | Bianca GarnerYann Gonzalez’s unapologetically lurid, visually bold thriller leaves little to enjoy but much to admire.Read More
UK TV review: Drag SOS
July 7, 2019 | David FarnorRuPaul’s Drag Race meets Queer Eye in Channel 4’s new series, a TV show that sounds so logical in its premise that it couldn’t possibly work. It follows a group of drag queens – “The Family Gorgeous” – who visit … Read More
VOD film review: The Girl in the Spider’s Web
July 5, 2019 | David FarnorGood characters are wasted in this disappointingly generic soft reboot of the Lisbeth Salander story.Read More
















