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: Jane Got a Gun
August 29, 2016 | David FarnorDirector: Gavin O’Connor Cast: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton Certificate: 15
In 2011, Gavin O’Connor gave the world Warrior, an MMA drama starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton that had such blistering turns from its cast that it rose above sporting … Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: The Windmill Massacre
August 29, 2016 | Anton BitelThe Windmill Massacre may be a bit of a generic grind, but at least its vision of limbo is renewable.Read More
Why you should be watching Dicte: Crime Reporter
August 29, 2016 | Helen ArcherIben Hjejle shines in this multi-layered Danish drama about a crime-solving journalist.Read More
VOD film review: The Intervention
August 29, 2016 | David FarnorDirector: Clea Duvall Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Cobie Smulders Watch The Intervention online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play
Three couples get together to tell a … Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: Downhill
August 28, 2016 | Anton BitelHybrid horror thriller Downhill is “taking a shit on a hill” and seeing what sticks. Not much does.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2: Episode 9 to 12 (spoilers)
August 28, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“Sometimes the people closest to you are the ones who keep the biggest secrets,” says Noah towards the end of Scream’s second season – a sentiment that fuels the whole of MTV’s small-screen adaptation of Wes … Read More
Catch up TV review: The Watchman, Rookies, 500 Questions
August 28, 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
UK TV review: The Girlfriend Experience
August 28, 2016 | Craig SkinnerWhen Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz’ The Girlfriend Experience first premiered on Starz in America, it aired week by week, as is standard for all new shows on the channel, but Starz also did something they’d never done before: they … Read More
Miles Ahead: An unconventional biopic with attitude
August 26, 2016 | David FarnorKind of blue and effortlessly cool, this unconventional music biopic has attitude to spare.Read More
VOD film review: Kids in Love
August 26, 2016 | Matthew TurnerThis shallow coming-of-ager is like being forced to trawl through the Instagram accounts of the worst people in the world.Read More
















