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.
BBC iPlayer film review: Fear Itself
October 18, 2015 | Chris Blohm
Fear Itself is the new film from Charlie Shackleton, director of the dizzying teen odyssey Beyond Clueless. Inspired in doses by Adam Curtis and Mark Cousins, this BBC iPlayer exclusive is a pulsating journey into the perpetual gloaming of doubt … Read More
Hands-on review: New NOW TV Box (2015)
October 17, 2015 | David Farnor
A year ago, we gave you a run-down of each streaming media device on the UK market, from Chromecast to NOW. Sky’s little box, essentially a branded Roku, was already handicapped, thanks to its restriction of apps to only those … Read More
VOD film review: Superbob
October 17, 2015 | David Farnor
Brett Goldstein is on super form in this endearingly low-key comedy.Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Mr. Robot Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 3)
October 16, 2015 | David Farnor
If you’ve been anywhere near the Internet this year, you’ll have heard of Mr. Robot, the US TV show about a computer vigilante. A series about hackers? The very word sounds dated these days – the kind of noun that … Read More
VOD film review: Cooties
October 16, 2015 | Matthew Turner
This superbly acted comedy-horror strikes the right balance between gore, humour and bad taste.Read More
The Returned Season 1 and the questions it left behind
October 15, 2015 | David Farnor
As The Returned returns for Season 2, we look back at the first season – and tell you what you need to know to catch up.
It feels like a long time since The Returned first chilled spines up and … Read More
VOD film review: V/H/S Viral
October 15, 2015 | Leslie Byron Pitt
This third entry in the found footage anthology is a disappointing collection of uneven shorts.Read More
VOD film review: Super
October 15, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: James Gunn Cast: Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Kevin Bacon, Liv Tyler Certificate: 18 Watch Super online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
“I’ve always wondered why nobody tried to … Read More
VOD film review: Seven (1995)
October 14, 2015 | David Farnor
David Fincher’s nail-bitingly dark thriller is unrelenting, unflinching and utterly riveting.Read More
VOD film review: The Arms Drop
October 14, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Andreas Koefoed Cast: Peter Bleach, Niels Holck, Paul McEwan, Andreas Führer Certificate: 15 Watch The Arms Drop online in the UK: iTunes
December. 1995. A bunch of AK-47s fall out of a plane over West Bengal. Why? The Arms … Read More
