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 film review: Gone Girl
January 26, 2015 | Ivan Radford
A gleefully dark satire on marriage, media and the stories that are told in each.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Black Sails Season 2, Episode 1
January 25, 2015 | Ivan Radford
“There is simply no way of stealing that gold.”
The strength of Black Sails has always been its complexity. Rather than settle for being a Pirates of the Caribbean knock-off, it strives to plunder waters with more depth. And so, … Read More
Amazon kids’ TV pilot review: Table 58, Niko and the Sword of Light, Just Add Magic
January 23, 2015 | Ivan Radford
We’ve written before on why kids are important to VOD companies and how Netflix and Amazon are vying to win them over, but while Netflix continues to focus on spin-off series from DreamWorks Animation, it’s to Amazon’s credit that they … Read More
VOD film review: Life Itself (2015)
January 23, 2015 | Ian Loring
Director: Steve James Cast: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Marlene Iglitzen, Gene Siskel Certificate: 15 Watch Life Itself online in the UK: Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / iTunes / Google Play
The story of Life … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 1 (Three Card Trick)
January 23, 2015 | Ivan Radford
You’ve either read it or you haven’t. Or, perhaps more likely, you’ve started to read it and never quite managed to finish. But now that Wolf Hall has arrived on the BBC, the question isn’t “Have you read it?” but … Read More
Netflix UK review: The Eichmann Show (BBC)
January 21, 2015 | Ivan Radford
If you told someone now that less than 80 years ago, a group of humans systemically murdered millions of people because of their race, would you believe them? For years after the end of World War II, even those in … Read More
Amazon pilot review: Mad Dogs and Salem Rogers: Model of the Year 1998
January 21, 2015 | Ivan Radford
Hot on the heels of Transparent’s Golden Globe win, Amazon is back with its new season of TV pilots – available for free to customers and non-customers alike. Feedback from viewers is then used to decide which to commission as … Read More
VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 3 (spoiler-free)
January 20, 2015 | Ivan Radford
Warning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers.
What do you think of when you hear the word “Broadchurch”? Pretty beaches? A sad Olivia Colman? Desirable houses? Superb drama? Episode 3 of Season 2 delivers on … Read More
UK TV VOD review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 12 (Show Stoppers)
January 20, 2015 | Alice Slater
The tricksy thing about American Horror Story is that, from the first episode of each reboot, no one is safe: at any point, any character can die, any character can fall in love, any character can fall from grace and … Read More
VOD film review: The Fighter
January 20, 2015 | Ivan Radford
Director: David O’Russell Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo Certificate: 15 Watch The Fighter online in the UK: Amazon Prime / iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
Micky Ward (Wahlberg) is a … Read More
