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.
Why you should be watching The Exorcist TV series
October 8, 2017 | David Farnor
This smart expansion of William Friedkin’s movie is genuinely scary television.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson
October 8, 2017 | Helen Archer
In early July 1992, the body of Marsha P Johnson – the “saint of Christopher Street”, in this documentary dubbed “the Rosa Parks of the LGBT movement” – was pulled out of the Hudson River. One of the original founders … Read More
First look UK TV review: The Gifted
October 8, 2017 | David Farnor
This new X-Men series gets off to a confident, if uneven, start.
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London Film Festival 2017 Reviews: Mudbound, Breathe, Battle of the Sexes, On Chesil Beach
October 8, 2017 | David Farnor
With Netflix, Amazon, MUBI and more all taking to London’s Leicester Square to showcase a diverse range of films, we head to the London Film Festival to review the latest films – and TV shows – either looking for distribution … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
October 8, 2017 | Martyn Conterio
Noah Baumbach dissects complex family dynamics with typical charm and humour.Read More
VOD film review: Minority Report
October 7, 2017 | David Farnor
This modern sci-fi masterpiece is one of Steven Spielberg’s darkest, and most underrated, films.Read More
VOD film review: Song to Song
October 7, 2017 | Luke Channell
A profound, poetic and visually dazzling return to form for Terrence Malick.Read More
BBC Three TV review: Overshadowed
October 6, 2017 | David Farnor
BBC Three’s brave web series is a compelling, thought-provoking and honest study of eating disorders.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Suburra: Blood on Rome Season 1
October 6, 2017 | David Farnor
Netflix’s Italian crime thriller is stylish, gritty and gripping.Read More
VOD film review: Bad Moms
October 6, 2017 | Matthew Turner
Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn have comic chemistry to burn in this entertaining comedy.Read More
