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: 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown
December 31, 2015 | David FarnorDirector: Stephen Reynolds Cast: Dean Ambrose, Roger R. Cross Certificate: 15 Watch 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Virgin Movies / TalkTalk / Eircom / Google Play
VOD film review: Manhattan Murder Mystery
December 30, 2015 | David FarnorDirector: Woody Allen Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton Watch Manhattan Murder Mystery online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
It’s 1993. Mia Farrow and Woody Allen have split amid controversy … Read More
VOD film review: Heist
December 30, 2015 | David FarnorDirector: Scott Mann Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista Certificate: 15 Watch Heist online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
Jeffrey Dean Morgan doesn’t always have the … Read More
Sky UK TV review: Fungus the Bogeyman (2015)
December 29, 2015 | David FarnorIt’s the humans, not the monsters, that make this family tale enjoyably grotesque.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Mozart in the Jungle Season 2
December 29, 2015 | David FarnorThis review is based on the first seven episodes of Mozart in the Jungle’s second season.
Ask anyone for their favourite TV show of 2014 and Mozart in the Jungle isn’t likely to appear on the list. Amazon’s original comedy … Read More
TV review: And Then There Were None (2015)
December 28, 2015 | David FarnorThis classy piece of TV turns Christie’s crime mystery into a stylish psychological horror.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Homeland Season 5
December 28, 2015 | David FarnorIt’s hard to image a more suitable title for Homeland’s Season 5 opener than “Separation Anxiety”. After Season 4’s about-turn into good-again territory, drawing a line in the sand between now and the Brody-bogged days of Seasons 2 and 3, … Read More
VOD film review: I Origins
December 27, 2015 | David FarnorThis open-minded sci-fi from Another Earth’s Mike Cahill and Brit Marling takes a long hard look at what makes us human and then asks: what if?Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Fargo Season 2, Episodes 9 to 10
December 24, 2015 | Chris BryantFargo’s second season concludes with a resounding bang – a lot of them, in fact – after a mid-section that took a couple of missteps. Where Episodes 6, 7 and 8 ramped up the plot and tension, Episode 9 confidently … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Into the Badlands, Episode 6 (Hand of Five Poisons)
December 23, 2015 | Chris BryantRead our interview with Daniel Wu, star of Into the Badlands.
Into The Badlands season finale represents the culmination of numerous bodies, many mysteries and a whole lot of betrayal Unfortunately, it also fails to meet the standard of the … Read More
















