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.
UK TV review: Ripper Street Season 5 (spoilers)
July 26, 2017 | David Farnor
Ripper Street’s fifth and final season is a moving farewell to what has become one of Britain’s finest modern dramas.Read More
Amazon First Look UK TV review: The Last Tycoon: Season 1
July 26, 2017 | Patrick Baker
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final, unfinished novel is turned into entertaining but unremarkable melodrama.Read More
VOD film review: Get Out
July 25, 2017 | David Farnor
A scathingly sharp horror that doesn’t need monsters to be horrifying.Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 2
July 25, 2017 | Paul Greenwood
Game of Thrones merely nudges the pieces around the board this episode, but redeems itself with witty editing and an almighty pirate scrap.Read More
VOD film review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
July 24, 2017 | David Farnor
Uneven effects stop this well-cast Disney remake from becoming a tale as old as time.Read More
VOD film review: The Lost City of Z
July 24, 2017 | Martyn Conterio
James Gray’s tale of discovery, starring Robert Pattinson and Charlie Hunnam, is one of the finest films you’ll see this year or any year.Read More
VOD film review: Zombieland
July 23, 2017 | David Farnor
A buddy movie with zombies, Zombieland is laugh-out-loud stuff. Read More
Walter Presents TV review: Hellfjord
July 23, 2017 | David Farnor
This twisted Norwegian comedy thriller is deliriously dark stuff.Read More
UK TV review: The Leftovers Season 3, Episode 4 (G’day Melbourne)
July 23, 2017 | David Farnor
The Leftovers’ final run hits a moving midpoint with a painfully acute dissection of a deluded romance.Read More
Netflix UK TV Review: Ill Behaviour
July 23, 2017 | Sophie Davies
Gripping, well-written and packed with ethical dilemmas, Ill Behaviours is a box set well worth your time.Read More
