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: Suburra
June 24, 2016 | David Farnor
A gripping crime thriller with style to spare.Read More
UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow, Episode 16 (Legendary)
June 23, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Legends of Tomorrow has had its fair share of disappointing episodes, so you could be forgiven for experiencing a certain degree of nervousness going into the finale. Happily, as with other superhero shows on the CW network (notably Arrow), the … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3 Finale (Episode 8 and 9)
June 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human.”
The creatures of the night. What music they make. And what music they have made for three seasons during the course of Penny Dreadful … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Zoolander No. 2
June 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Really, really, ridiculously disappointing.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2, Episode 4 (Happy Birthday to Me)
June 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Scream the TV series has so far been a writer’s affair, knowingly playing with the cliches of the genre and unknowingly doing so with ultra-cheesy dialogue. Episode 4 of Season 2, though, proves that it can … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Fundamentals of Caring
June 22, 2016 | Nathanael Smith
Director: Rob Burnett Cast: Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts Watch The Fundamentals of Caring online in the UK: Netflix UK
The Fundamentals of Caring, a new Netflix original about a man caring for a teenager with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), is … Read More
VOD film review: Remainder
June 21, 2016 | Anton Bitel
This mystery of memory and madness is one to watch over and over again.Read More
UK TV review: Preacher Season 1, Episode 4 (Monster Swamp)
June 21, 2016 | Chris Bryant
“You know the rules, I don’t talk about how my meat gets made and you don’t talk about your magic man in the sky.”
Odin Quincannon’s words to Jesse might sound tough in Episode 4 of Preacher, but it seems … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 9 (Battle of the Bastards)
June 21, 2016 | Paul Greenwood
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Was this it? Was this the moment television finally overtook cinema as the pre-eminent popular art form of our age? Given the mediocrity on display at the summer box office, versus what’s being served up to … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 11 (Vengeance Is Mine)
June 20, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
It’s not easy being the head of the Jacobite Rebellion. Firstly, your nickname is Bonnie. Secondly, you look and sound like a petulant schoolboy. And thirdly, nobody in your war cabinet can agree on what the … Read More
