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: The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
June 23, 2017 | David FarnorDirectors: Bartek Dziadosz, Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Tilda Swinton Cast: John Berger, Tilda Swinton Certificate: 12 Watch The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger online in the UK: MUBI UK / Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) … Read More
VOD film review: Dying Laughing
June 23, 2017 | Andrew JonesDirectors: Paul Toogood, Lloyd Stanton Cast: Kevin Hart, Steve Coogan, Amy Schumer Certificate: 15 Watch Dying Laughing online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Amazon Instant Video
The sad clown is perhaps the most overused piece of ironic … Read More
Shudder UK film review: Spider Baby (1967)
June 23, 2017 | Anton BitelThis hilarious haunted house schlocker opens the doors on America’s demented, diseased history of horror, before burying it beneath the foundations of the genre’s next golden age.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Aquarius
June 23, 2017 | Simon KinnearDirector: Kleber Mendonça Filho Cast: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos Certificate: 18 Watch Aquarius online in the UK: Netflix UK
This mini-review was first published at Cannes 2016.
Neighbouring Sounds marked Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho as a major … Read More
VOD film review: Coraline
June 23, 2017 | David FarnorNot quite The Nightmare Before Christmas, but Coraline is a pleasingly unpleasant bedtime story.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: F Is for Family Season 2
June 22, 2017 | Mike WilliamsF is For Family’s sophomore season has made its way to Netflix just six short months after it debuted at the end of 2016, with a bigger, brasher, more blasphemous expansion to 10 episodes.
Season 1’s finale of the adult-themed … Read More
VOD film review: Schindler’s List
June 22, 2017 | Ian WintertonSpielberg’s masterpiece is beautifully made, disturbing and vital cinema.Read More
Netflix UK film review: XX
June 22, 2017 | Victoria CuratoloDespite an intriguing concept helmed by an all-female writing gang, this anthology horror isn’t enough to keep you gripped to your seat.Read More
UK TV review: Twin Peaks The Return, Episodes 5 to 7 (spoilers)
June 21, 2017 | Simon KinnearThis new season of Twin Peaks is increasingly amongst the finest work David Lynch has ever done.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: GLOW
June 21, 2017 | Rachel BowlesAlison Brie finally gets the complex character her talent deserves in this 80s wrestling dramedy about women who literally kick ass. Read More