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.
Netflix UK TV review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 4 Part 2
February 5, 2019 | Sophie Davies
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt continues to deliver an almost relentless stream of rapid-fire gags until the last.Read More
Catch up TV review: Pure, Shipwrecked, Small Fortune
February 3, 2019 | David Farnor
What’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
Netflix UK film review: Sand Storm
February 3, 2019 | David Farnor
Two women are trapped in a Bedouin village’s traditions in this sensitively acted, powerful debut from director Elite Zexer.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander Season 4 (Episode 12 to 13)
February 3, 2019 | David Farnor
Outlander’s uneven fourth run wraps things up with a promising tease for what’s to come.Read More
Why you should be watching Fresh Off the Boat on Amazon Prime Video
February 3, 2019 | David Farnor
There are TV series that everyone talks about, and there are TV series that everyone should be talking about. Fresh Off the Boat is the latter, not because it’s not very good, but because that boat has already sailed: it … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
February 3, 2019 | Martyn Conterio
Joe Berlinger’s masterful and compelling four-part documentary takes apart the cultural obsession with the Bundy mythology.Read More
The Good Place Season 3: One of the most inventive shows on TV
February 3, 2019 | Sophie Davies
Warning: This contains spoilers for Season 3 of The Good Place. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review of Season 1.
The Good Place Season 3 airs on E4 weekly from Thursday 9th July 2020 at 10pm
In its location-hopping third … Read More
VOD film review: Mary and Max
February 2, 2019 | David Farnor
Director: Adam Elliot Cast: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana Certifcate: 12 Watch Mary and Max online in the UK: Amazon Prime
When was the last time you wrote someone a letter? Mary and Max, a tale of two … Read More
VOD film review: Keep an Eye Out (Au Poste!)
February 2, 2019 | David Farnor
Quentin Dupieux fans won’t be disappointed by this delightfully weird and enjoyably silly police comedy.Read More
Netflix TV review: Star Trek: Discovery: Season 2, Episode 3
February 2, 2019 | David Farnor
A mostly good episode that’s overburdened with competing storylines Read More
