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.
Why you should be watching BBC Three’s Famalam
March 31, 2019 | David Farnor
BBC Three’s hilarious sketch show is a non-stop barrage of laughs and memorable characters.Read More
Superhero Sundays: The Best of The Complete Animated Superman (1941)
March 31, 2019 | Matthew Turner
Max Fleischer’s influential 1940s Superman cartoons are exciting, beautifully animated and filled with stunning action.Read More
VOD film review: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
March 30, 2019 | Matthew Turner
This superbly made documentary paints an affectionate and moving portrait of the man behind the Frank Sidebottom mask.Read More
Netflix TV review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 11
March 30, 2019 | Ian Winterton
Some great moments save a ho-hum follow-up to a brilliantly taut episode.Read More
VOD film review: Creed II
March 30, 2019 | David Farnor
This brilliantly acted sequel is too rooted in the franchise’s past, but still packs a moving punch.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Highwaymen
March 29, 2019 | David Farnor
Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson are on arresting form in this outlaw drama that plays by the books.Read More
VOD film review: At Eternity’s Gate
March 29, 2019 | David Farnor
Willem Dafoe is remarkable in this occasionally overwrought biopic of Vincent Van Gogh.Read More
First look UK TV review: Hanna Season 1
March 28, 2019 | David Farnor
Just over a year ago, Netflix surprise-dropped The Cloverfield Paradox upon the world, a feat of low-budget marketing that piggy-backed on the Super Bowl with a genuinely game-changing buzz. Last month, Amazon’s tried the same thing with Hanna, it’s new … Read More
Time Travel Thursdays: Abby Sen
March 28, 2019 | Matthew Turner
Abir Chatterjee stars as a time-travelling TV producer in this underwhelming Bollywood drama.Read More
VOD film review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
March 27, 2019 | David Farnor
This overly busy blockbuster sequel is too obsessed with its own mythology to have fun.Read More
