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 TV Review: Riverdale Season 2, Episode 8
December 8, 2017 | Martyn ConterioEpisode 8 hits a bum note, but Season 2 of Riverdale continues to shine. Read More
VOD film review: Life
December 8, 2017 | David FarnorGrim and gripping, Life is a lean, mean sci-fi horror that brings new terror to old tricks.Read More
UK TV review: Mr. Robot Season 3, Episode 8
December 7, 2017 | David FarnorMr. Robot slows things down for a mature, moving – if unsubtle – episode.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 4 (spoiler-free)
December 6, 2017 | David FarnorBoldly experimenting with form and tone, Charlie Brooker’s bleak anthology of modern human existence is as accomplished and unsettling as ever. Read More
VOD film review: Girls Trip
December 5, 2017 | Andrew JonesOne of the funniest films of 2017.Read More
UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 7 (Time For After)
December 5, 2017 | Neil BrazierThis is a spoiler-free review. Read on below for additional, spoilery notes – plus how to watch online.
Eugene (Josh McDermitt) is a coward. We’ve seen the cowardice in him several times throughout The Walking Dead, using and manipulating others … Read More
VOD film review: The Wall
December 4, 2017 | David FarnorThis inventive, single-location war film is a gripping, suspenseful thriller.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander Season 3, Episode 11
December 4, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for Episode 11 of Outlander Season 3. Not caught up? Read our reviews here.
After three seasons, the rules of the Outlander universe are getting clearer than ever. The first, naturally, is that no matter where … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Dark (spoilers)
December 4, 2017 | Benedict SealWarning: This contains spoilers. Not seen Dark? Read our spoiler-free review of the opening episodes.
After a messy opening two episodes, Netflix’s latest mind-bender, Dark, calms down a bit. Two boys are missing, another has been found dead, and now … Read More
First look UK TV review: Vikings Season 5 (Episodes 1 and 2)
December 3, 2017 | David Farnor“The King is dead. Long Live the King,” declares Bishop Headmund (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) in Season 5 of Vikings. That the History channel’s drama has even got to a fifth season speaks volumes about the show’s ambition, largely driven by … Read More
















