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.
Why you should be watching UnREAL on Amazon Prime Video
June 19, 2016 | Helen ArcherThere is something very fitting about the fact that it was Lifetime which picked up the darkly brilliant drama UnREAL last year. The natural home of the kind of output popular with predominately female viewers – from TV movies that … Read More
Amazon pilot reviews: The Interestings, The Last Tycoon, Little Big Awesome and more
June 18, 2016 | David FarnorAmazon’s summer 2016 pilot season is here, with two adult dramas and six kids’ series available for anyone (including non-Amazon Prime Video subscribers) to stream for free. Audience feedback is then used to choose which pilots get commissioned to become … Read More
10 years on: How YouTube’s Lonelygirl15 help invent the web series
June 18, 2016 | David FarnorSay the words “Lonelygirl15” to someone these days and you’ll likely be met with faint recognition. “Oh yeah, that YouTube hoax”, they might say. “How long ago was that?” The answer is 10 years ago.
16th June 2006. That was … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Violators
June 18, 2016 | Ian LoringWith strong performances and a world that is filled with truth, The Violators is worth a watch, but feels like it could have been more.Read More
VOD film review: Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
June 17, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWriter-director Eva Husson’s teenage orgy-focused debut is largely a case of style over substance.Read More
VOD film review: Tale of Tales
June 17, 2016 | David FarnorThis dark trio of fairy tales is unabashedly bonkers and enchantingly unique.Read More
Why you should be watching BBC Three’s Murder in Successville
June 16, 2016 | David FarnorThis hilarious, inventive improv crime comedy series is one of the most unique things on TV.Read More
VOD film review: Heart of a Dog
June 16, 2016 | Anton BitelLaurie Anderson’s meditation on love and loss is Stories We Tell meets the Tibetan Book of the Dead.Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Orange Is the New Black Season 4
June 15, 2016 | David FarnorThis spoiler-free review is based on Episodes 1 to 4 of Orange Is the New Black Season 4.
Gangsta with an “a” is how Piper describes herself at the start of Orange Is the New Black Season 4. It’s exactly … Read More
The Living and the Dead: A horror show to savour
June 15, 2016 | David Farnor“Most of the time, there’s a ghost, you put it to bed and go home. How do you do it week after week?”
That’s Ashley Pharaoh, creator of The Living and the Dead, speaking at the premiere of BBC … Read More