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: Kill Bill Volume 1
June 16, 2018 | David FarnorThis sword-swinging, rip-roaring revenge flick is the most Tarantino film that Tarantino ever Tarantinoed.Read More
Julia Roberts to produce and star in Amazon’s Little Bee
June 16, 2018 | David FarnorJulia Roberts is producing Little Bee, a new film for Amazon Studios based on Chris Cleave’s novel.
The book, first published as The Other Hand in 2008, is the second from the Gold and Incendiary author and was a best-seller. … Read More
VOD film review: Godzilla (1998)
June 15, 2018 | Mark HarrisonEven if size does matter, this Hollywood remake doesn’t know what to do with it.Read More
Goliath Season 2: Bigger, bolder and Billy Bob Thorntonier
June 15, 2018 | David FarnorBilly Bob Thornton is phenomenal in Goliath’s bigger, darker second season.Read More
UK TV review: The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 4 (spoilers)
June 13, 2018 | David FarnorIt’s back to reality as The Handmaid’s Tale falls into a familiar cycle of everyday trauma.Read More
UK TV review: Supergirl Season 3, Episode 20 and 21
June 13, 2018 | David FarnorSupergirl’s soaring third season experiences some unexpected turbulence as it enters its final stretch.Read More
VOD film review: The Housemaid (Cô Hâu Gái)
June 13, 2018 | Anton BitelDerek Nguyen’s feature debut is a horror whose duplicitous gothic taps right into the contradictions of colonialism.Read More
UK TV review: Westworld Season 2, Episode 8 (spoilers)
June 12, 2018 | David FarnorWestworld delivers its most moving episode to date with this heartfelt tale of loss, love and longing.Read More
The Shape of Water: A charmingly old-fashioned Hollywood romance
June 12, 2018 | David FarnorThere’s nothing fishy about this gorgeously old-school Hollywood romance, which just so happens to star a giant fish monster.Read More
VOD film review: Loveless
June 11, 2018 | Anton BitelIn Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film of wintry loss, the lack of love in a disintegrating family gives way to a more haunting absence.Read More