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.
UK TV review: Westworld, Episode 3
October 24, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Westworld? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1.
What makes us human? That’s the question that a lot of sci-fi essentially boils down to. What, exactly, does a soul consist of? Snips … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 4 (San Junipero – spoilers)
October 24, 2016 | Nathanael Smith
Warning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
One of the joys of watching Black Mirror is that you know, instinctively, that everything is not what it seems. It is a show that … Read More
VOD film review: Looking for Eric
October 24, 2016 | David Farnor
Knowing, winning, touching, amusing – Loach’s loveable film delivers first class entertainment.Read More
VOD film review: My Scientology Movie
October 24, 2016 | David Farnor
A masterful piece of non-fiction filmmaking, My Scientology Movie is hugely entertaining and extremely troubling viewing.Read More
Catch up TV review: Tutankhamun, Crazyhead, The Crystal Maze, HIM
October 23, 2016 | David Farnor
What’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 UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 3 (Shut Up and Dance – spoilers)
October 23, 2016 | Ian Loring
Warning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
Considering the transatlantic vibe of Black Mirror Season 3 – Bryce Dallas Howard starring in one episode, Dan Trachtenberg and Wyatt Russell being involved in … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 2 (Playtest – spoilers)
October 22, 2016 | Mark Harrison
Warning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
Charlie Brooker has explained in the past that the titular Black Mirror is something you see everywhere – the “cold, shiny screen” of your phone … Read More
BBC iPlayer review: HyperNormalisation
October 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Last year, Adam Curtis delivered Bitter Lake directly into the nation’s eyeballs on BBC iPlayer. It was experimental, challenging, ambitious filmmaking. Now, he’s back with HyperNormalisation, an equally epic piece of TV that proves more accessible than his last work, … Read More
Shudder UK film review: Dearest Sister
October 22, 2016 | Anton Bitel
The ghosts of a nation’s future past make this horror a deftly handled allegory of class and cultural clash.Read More
VOD film review: Casa de mi Padre
October 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Casa de mi Padre proves Will Ferrell speaking nonsense in any language is entertaining. Does it make sense? No. Is it funny? Yes. Read More
