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: Headshot
March 3, 2017 | Matthew TurnerFans of The Raid will get several big kicks out of this Indonesian martial arts thriller, which delivers plenty of punchy action.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Riverdale Season 1, Episode 5
March 2, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for Episode 5. Not seen Riverdale? Catch up with spoiler-free review of the first three episodes.
Riverdale continues to blossom in its fifth episode – and blossom is the operative word.
Our fifth visit to … Read More
UK TV review: Supergirl Season 2, Episode 13
March 2, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“Things were a lot easier on Daxam, when I objectified women and didn’t care about anything,” quips Mon-El (Chris Wood) in Episode 13 of Supergirl Season 2. It’s an amusing little aside delivered with typically likeable … Read More
VOD film review: Train to Busan
March 1, 2017 | David FarnorThis brilliantly bonkers zombies-on-a-train flick never puts its foot on the brake.Read More
VOD film review: Your Sister’s Sister
March 1, 2017 | David FarnorDirector: Lynn Shelton Cast: Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt Certificate: 15 Watch Your Sister’s Sister online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
Threesomes. Awkward and potentially fraught with embarrassment, … Read More
First look UK TV review: Taken Season 1
February 28, 2017 | David FarnorThis misfiring action spin-off has a very particular set of skills. Unfortunately, all of them are rubbish.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Frailty (2001)
February 28, 2017 | Ian LoringDirector: Bill Paxton Cast: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe Certificate: 15 Watch Frailty online in the UK: Netflix UK
With his death at the ridiculously young age of 61, it feels like we’ve been robbed of getting a film … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Travelers Season 1 (spoilers)
February 27, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers. Not seen Travelers? Read our spoiler-free first-look review of the opening episodes.
It feels like only next week that time-travelling series Travelers premiered on Netflix UK. A Canadian sci-fi with Will and Grace’s Eric McCormack in … Read More
UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 7, Episode 11 (Hostiles and Calamities)
February 27, 2017 | Neil BrazierThis is a spoiler-free review. Come back after the UK broadcast for additional spoilery bits. For information on how to watch it, click here.
“God hath given you one face and you make yourself another.” – Hamlet, Act 3, Scene … Read More
2017 Oscar nominated short film reviews: Animated and Live Action
February 26, 2017 | David FarnorAs the film world looks to Hollywood tonight for the 2017 Academy Awards, La La Land is the movie everyone’s talking about, but every year, there are a wave of contenders that can get all too easily overlooked: the Oscar … Read More