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 review: American Gods Season 2
March 11, 2019 | Josh Slater-Williams
One of TV’s strangest shows becomes a more generic, less compelling affair, after a behind-the-scenes shake-up.Read More
VOD film review: The Immigrant
March 10, 2019 | David Farnor
James Gray’s portrait of an American Dream gone wrong is vivid, compelling and a little too chilling.Read More
Catch Up TV review: Celebrity Great British Bake Off, Derry Girls S2
March 10, 2019 | David Farnor
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Robot Chicken: A sketch show happy to be silly
March 10, 2019 | Andrew Jones
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich’s stop-motion sketch show is high-calibre goofy silliness.Read More
VOD film review: Under The Silver Lake
March 10, 2019 | Anton Bitel
David Robert Mitchell’s L.A. slacker noir puts the cult in mystery, concealing more than it reveals about the male gaze.
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VOD film review: Three Identical Strangers
March 9, 2019 | Matthew Turner
A feel-good story about triplets separated at birth takes a sinister turn in this compelling documentary.Read More
VOD film review: Border
March 9, 2019 | Matthew Turner
This one-of-a-kind genre mash-up from the writer of Let the Right One In is a delightfully strange original.Read More
Netflix TV review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 8
March 9, 2019 | Ian Winterton
A fabulous episode, featuring great fan-service as the show’s pre-Kirk pilot collides with 2019.Read More
VOD film review: Blood Punch (2015)
March 8, 2019 | Anton Bitel
Madellaine Paxson’s black comedy horror uses its Groundhog Day structure to capture cycles of abuse, addiction and violence.Read More
VOD film review: Apollo 13 (1995)
March 8, 2019 | Mark Harrison
Understatement works in favour of Ron Howard’s groundbreaking space drama.Read More
