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.
Cannes 2017 reviews round-up: Good Time, The Beguiled, Happy End, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, The Double Lover
May 27, 2017 | Martyn Conterio
In Cannes’ 70th year, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has an official selection of hugely promising titles – the kind of titles that streaming services Netflix, Amazon and MUBI will be bidding fiercely to acquire for their own content roster. … Read More
Netflix UK film review: War Machine
May 27, 2017 | David Farnor
Brad Pitt is on brilliant form in this entertaining, if uneven, war satire.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: 13 Reasons Why Season 1 (spoilers)
May 27, 2017 | Luke Channell
Season 1 of Netflix’s ambitious teen drama offers a nuanced and poignant look at adolescent life and tragedy.Read More
UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 7 (The Pyramid At The End Of The World)
May 27, 2017 | Mark Harrison
An exceptionally tense outing from Peter Harness and Steven Moffat.Read More
VOD film: The Other Side of Hope
May 27, 2017 | Josh Slater-Williams
Moving, beautiful, hilarious filmmaking from the great Finn.Read More
Shudder UK film review: The Tripper
May 26, 2017 | Anton Bitel
David Arquette’s debut is a so-so slasher elevated by its unexpected (but eventually overworn) political mask.Read More
VOD film review: Kicks
May 25, 2017 | David Farnor
Lyrical, gritty, moving and ambitious, this study of boys trying to be men is a directorial debut from a striking new talent.Read More
Netflix UK TV Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3
May 25, 2017 | Sophie Davies
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt continues to be one of the smartest comedies out there.Read More
First look Walter Presents TV review: Black Widow (Penoza)
May 24, 2017 | David Farnor
Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in. So goes the gangster’s motto, a time-honoured fact of thug life that dates all the way back to the Corleone family. Black Widow (known as Penoza in its home … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On
May 24, 2017 | Rachel Bowles
Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On is a six-part Netflix docu-series that aims to broaden the scope of the original feature-length doc of the same title, which focused on a small group of female amateur porn actors in Miami. The result … Read More
