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: An Impossible Love
January 4, 2019 | Matthew Turner
A stellar performance from Virginie Efira anchors this powerful French melodrama from Catherine Corsini.Read More
VOD film review: Life Itself (2018)
January 2, 2019 | David Farnor
Dan Fogelman’s overwrought ensemble drama drowns in its own sentiment.Read More
UK TV review: Torvill & Dean
January 2, 2019 | David Farnor
This skating drama is a cheesy but well acted biopic.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Comedians of the World
January 1, 2019 | David Farnor
Netflix’s global selection box of stand-up comics is hilarious, insightful and dazzlingly diverse.Read More
First look UK TV review: Escape at Dannemora
January 1, 2019 | David Farnor
An excellent cast give this slow-paced prison break intriguing promise.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Tully
January 1, 2019 | David Farnor
This frankly funny, movingly intimate drama delivers on its premise with quiet surprise.Read More
YouTube Premium TV review: Liza On Demand
December 31, 2018 | David Farnor
This smartly written, sharply performed comedy about making a modern living is simply very, very funny.Read More
Why Informer should be your next box set
December 30, 2018 | David Farnor
This grippingly complex political thriller places character over cliffhangers to surprising, challenging and moving effect.Read More
Why you should be watching Kidding
December 30, 2018 | David Farnor
Jim Carrey is heartbreakingly good in this moving, hilarious, surprising journey of painful self-discovery.Read More
UK TV review: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
December 30, 2018 | David Farnor
Ben Wheatley’s chamber piece is a wickedly entertaining crucible of seething family conflict.Read More
