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: Walking Out
February 25, 2018 | Josh Slater-Williams
Josh Wiggins and Matt Bomber are compelling in a survival drama that needs more walking and less talking.Read More
VOD film review: Native
February 25, 2018 | Matthew Turner
Director Daniel Fitzsimmons makes an impressive debut with this ambitious, thoughtful and pleasingly weird slice of sci-fi.Read More
Reviewed: The 2018 Oscar nominated short films
February 25, 2018 | Laurence Boyce
Our reviews of this year’s Oscar nominated short films, plus where you can watch them on VOD in the UK.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Mummy (2017)
February 24, 2018 | David Farnor
Unable to choose between horror and action, this uneven reboot ends up a half-dead Tom Cruise blockbuster.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Everything Sucks!
February 24, 2018 | Sophie Davies
Netflix’s new high school comedy drama Everything Sucks! has charm, but is far from perfect. Less than a minute into the opening episode and we’ve had glimpses of, among other things, a paper fortune teller, a Troll doll and a … Read More
VOD film review: The Ritual
February 24, 2018 | Ian Loring
Serious and grisly, The Ritual is an unsettling and effective piece of horror.Read More
First Look UK TV review: The Looming Tower
February 24, 2018 | Martyn Conterio
Thrillingly urgent with stakes as high as they go, Dan Futterman’s complex 9/11 drama is a compulsive watch with a strong cast.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Mute
February 23, 2018 | Anton Bitel
Thematically rich but muted, Jones’ dystopian sci-fi sinks as much as it swims. Read More
VOD film review: The Ice King
February 23, 2018 | David Farnor
An engaging portrait of a significant sportsman who never set out to be an activist.Read More
VOD film review: Stake Land
February 23, 2018 | Anton Bitel
Jim Mickle’s apocalyptic vampire coming-of-ager takes us on a defamiliarising trip though a polarised America.Read More
