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 Neon Demon
October 31, 2016 | Simon KinnearBeguiling and intoxicating, Nicolas Winding Refn’s satire of the modelling world is a masterpiece of mood.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Scream Halloween Special
October 31, 2016 | David FarnorThis diverting but disappointing Halloween special only serves as a reminder of what you like about the Scream TV series.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Skylanders Academy
October 31, 2016 | David FarnorEruptor. Stealth Elf. Jet-Vac. If those names mean anything to you, you’re either a 9-year-old boy or a parent who’s been losing to their child at Skylanders every weekend for several years. Yes, the video game that your kids are … Read More
VOD film review: X-Men: Apocalypse
October 31, 2016 | David FarnorA fast pace and strong action give this weak superhero sequel a boost.Read More
VOD film review: Let the Right One In
October 31, 2016 | David FarnorA haunting meditation on desire and devotion, this is one of the best horrors of the past 15 years.Read More
UK TV review: Humans Season 1
October 30, 2016 | David FarnorWith Season 2 of Humans on the way, we look back at Season 1 of Channel 4’s sci-fi series. Warning: This includes spoilers.
What separates humans and robots? It’s a question asked by a growing number of TV programmes this … Read More
Catch up TV review: Michael Moore in Trumpland, Meet the Parents, How to Build a Human
October 30, 2016 | David FarnorWhat’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
Netflix for KidsFK film review: The Little Vampire
October 30, 2016 | Nathanael SmithNetflix for Kids is VODzilla.co’s monthly column that sends a grown man without kids into the barrel of the streaming service’s kids catalogue and searches for morsels of goodness at the bottom. Today, our childless adult writer tackles The Little … Read More
Netflix UK film review: I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
October 29, 2016 | David FarnorDirector: Osgood Perkins Cast: Ruth Wilson, Paula Prentiss Watch I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House only in the UK: Netflix
See our list of the most underrated horror movies on Netflix UK.
“Three days ago, I … Read More
UK TV review: Westworld Episode 4
October 29, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Westworld? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1.
Full credit to Westworld: this many people haven’t been talking about a TV character called “Arnold” since that Nickelodeon cartoon about a teenage boy … Read More