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: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 6
May 31, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers.
So what have we had up to the halfway point in this sixth season of Game of Thrones?
A resurrection, a lot of sitting around, some manoeuvring and then, as the entire planet has been reminding … Read More
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi: A surprisingly complex thriller
May 30, 2016 | David FarnorJohn Krasinski impresses as an unlikely action hero in this surprisingly complex military thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Goosebumps
May 30, 2016 | David FarnorThis entertaining horror is scary fun for the whole family.Read More
Walter Presents TV review: The Invisibles
May 30, 2016 | Helen ArcherWhat is Walter Presents? Click here for everything you need to know about All 4’s new VOD service.
Walter Presents’ new box set, The Invisibles, has landed without much in the way of a fanfare. The 13-part Czech series is … Read More
Review: Top Gear – and why it could learn a thing or two from BBC Three’s Extra Gear
May 29, 2016 | David FarnorTop Gear without Clarkson, Hammond and May? The BBC reboot was always damned if it did and damned if it didn’t. And, sure enough, the first episode aired with Twitter in full backlash mode. Some were angry it was too … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: Secret Life of the Human Pups, How to Get a Council House, Magnifica 70
May 29, 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 … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 8 (The Fox’s Lair)
May 29, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result,” opines Claire in Episode 8 of Outlander Season 2. Which is partly why she and Jamie fled France to head … Read More
VOD film review: Spotlight
May 29, 2016 | David FarnorThis retelling of the Boston Globe’s 2011 investigation into abuse in the Catholic Church is urgent, gripping filmmaking.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Chef’s Table: Season 2
May 29, 2016 | David Farnor“When we’re born, we have a limited ability to perceive flavour,” says chef Grant Achatz in the second season of Netflix’s Chef’s Table. “As you get older, you become able to discern more, but you’re young enough not to remember … Read More
NFK film review: Ella Enchanted
May 29, 2016 | Nathanael SmithNetflix for Kids, VODzilla.co’s Geneva Conventions-defying monthly column, where an adult with no children works his way through the kids’ catalogue on Netflix UK. A poll was taken, the people spoke and so this month, our intrepid viewer takes on … Read More
















