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: Yours in Sisterhood
November 3, 2018 | David Farnor
Irene Lusztig’s powerfully simple documentary is a moving, urgent portrait of feminism past and present. Read More
UK TV binge review: Daredevil Season 3 (Episodes 7 to 9)
November 3, 2018 | Matthew Turner
Revelations abound and Nadeem comes into his own as Daredevil’s excellent third season continues.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 6
November 3, 2018 | Chris Bryant
House of Cards’ final season starts off collected, thoughtful, and twice as tense.Read More
VOD film review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
Frances McDormand is on blistering form in Martin McDonagh’s darkly funny and moving study of hatred and grief.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Homecoming (Season 1)
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
Julia Roberts is impressively understated in this slick, small-scale thriller powered by old-school paranoia.Read More
Netflix UK film review: They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
This brilliantly edited meta-documentary is an essential companion piece to The Other Side of the Wind.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Other Side of the Wind
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
Orson Welles’ final film is an ambitious, angry, elusive whirlwind of cinema – unfinished or otherwise.Read More
VOD film review: McQueen (2018)
November 1, 2018 | David Farnor
This intelligent, insightful documentary is a sombre celebration of a much-missed British artist.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: The Romanoffs Episode 3 and 4 (House of Special Purpose, Expectation)
October 31, 2018 | David Farnor
Personal and national history leaves its haunting mark in two strikingly different chapters of Amazon’s anthology.Read More
6 scarily good short films to watch this Halloween
October 31, 2018 | David Farnor
There’s nothing scarier in this modern world than losing several hours of your life to a TV show that doesn’t turn out to be very good – those precious minutes are binge-watching gold that could be better spent on a … Read More
