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: Shrek Forever After
July 15, 2016 | David FarnorYou’ll end Shrek Forever After thinking it’s a wonderful life. Mostly because you’ll never have to sit through a Shrek film again.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Shrek the Third
July 15, 2016 | David FarnorShrek the Third is a tired sequel for a franchise that deserves a happier ending.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Holidays
July 15, 2016 | David FarnorThis entertaining bundle of scary shorts might become your new favourite seasonal tradition.Read More
VOD film review: Drive
July 15, 2016 | David FarnorRyan Gosling is iconic in Nicolas Winding Refn’s cool, compelling genre mixtape.Read More
VOD film review: Precious Cargo
July 14, 2016 | Matthew TurnerAn insultingly lazy Bruce Willis squanders the chance to have fun as a bad guy in this entertaining action thriller.Read More
Why you should be watching Stranger Things on Netflix UK
July 12, 2016 | Helen ArcherSeason 4, Part 1 premieres on 27th May 2022. This review is based on Season 1.
From its very opening, Stranger Things is less strange than it is familiar. Written and directed by brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, and set … Read More
UK TV review: Preacher, Episode 7 (He Gone)
July 12, 2016 | Chris BryantWarning: This review contains spoilers.
“Custers don’t cry. We fight.”
The title of Preacher Episode 7, He Gone, may refer to Jesse’s casting out of Eugene, but it just as simply fits the preacher himself. Cocooning himself in his own … Read More
VOD film review: Kung Fu Panda 3
July 12, 2016 | Mark HarrisonPo comes full circle in this enlightened and enlightening sequel.Read More
Mr. Robot Season 1: The beautiful carnage of the unpredictable
July 11, 2016 | David FarnorWith Mr. Robot Season 2 arriving this week, get booted up to speed with our look back at the end of Season 1. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review of opening episodes, or stream the whole thing now on … Read More
VOD film review: Chicken
July 11, 2016 | Matthew TurnerScott Chambers delivers a terrific performance as a teenager with learning disabilities in this assured debut from director Joe Stephenson.Read More