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.
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3
May 4, 2019 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers for Episode 3 of Game of Thrones Season 8. Not seen it? Click here to see where you can watch it online.
“Stick ’em with the pointy end.” That’s Arya (Maisie Williams) to Sansa (Sophie Turner) … Read More
VOD film review: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
May 3, 2019 | Matthew Turner
Zac Efron delivers a stunning performance in this smartly conceived biopic of serial killer Ted Bundy.Read More
VOD film review: The Myth of the American Sleepover
May 2, 2019 | David Farnor
Director: David Robert Mitchell Cast: Brett Jacobsen, Claire Sloma Certificate: 15 Watch The Myth of the American Sleepover online in the UK: MUBI UK
“I guess guys don’t call them sleepovers,” says one teenager in The Myth of the American … Read More
Why you should be watching Back to Life
May 1, 2019 | Helen Archer
This review is based on Season 1. Read our review of Season 2 here.
This new comedy takes the tradition for flawed female characters trying to make their way in life and turns it up to 11.
Daisy Haggard … Read More
VOD film review: Ash Is Purest White
April 30, 2019 | Matthew Turner
An epic gangster romance anchored by a superb performance from Zhao Tao.Read More
Superhero Sundays: Planet Hulk
April 28, 2019 | Matthew Turner
A cast-into-space Hulk becomes the leader of a gladiator group in this entertaining adventure.Read More
Cloak and Dagger: There’s lots more to discover about Tyrone and Tandy
April 28, 2019 | Laurence Boyce
With Season 2 out now, we take a spoiler-filled look back at Cloak and Dagger’s first season.
While Marvel fans have been mourning the cancellation of The Punisher, Luke Cage, Daredevil and Jessica Jones, Cloak and Dagger has slipped in … Read More
Shudder UK film review: Baby Blood (1990)
April 26, 2019 | Anton Bitel
Alain Robak brings an epoch-spanning genetic perspective to his monster movie of maternity and madness.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Miss Stevens
April 26, 2019 | Georgina Smith
Part-road trip comedy, part-intimate teen drama, Julia Hart’s directorial debut is a charmingly honest exploration of student-teacher relationships.Read More
Time Travel Thursday: Paradox
April 25, 2019 | Matthew Turner
Tarantino favourite Zoe Bell headlines this satisfyingly twisty, if slow-moving thriller. Read More
