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: Summertime (La Belle Saison)
July 16, 2016 | Ian LoringGreat performances and quietly devastating material combine to make Summertime a real treat.Read More
First look UK TV review: The Out-Laws (Clan)
July 16, 2016 | David FarnorRead our interview with The Out-Laws creator, Malin-Sarah Gozin
“Oh, I could kill him!” It’s one of the easiest things to say in the heat of the moment, but while murders happen all the time in TV-land, The Out-Laws (Walter … Read More
VOD film review: Baskin
July 15, 2016 | Victoria CuratoloCan Evrenol offers blood, sweat and guts in a directorial debut that is guaranteed to fulfil every horror geek’s wet dream.Read 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 5, Part 1 premieres on 26th November 2025. This review was originally published in July 2016 and is based on Season 1.
From its very opening, Stranger Things is less strange than it is familiar. Written and directed by … 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
















