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: Red Army
October 11, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Gabe Polsky Cast: Viacheslav Fetisov, Scotty Bowman, Mark Deakins Certificate: PG Watch Red Army online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play
Anyone … Read More
MUBI film review: Junun
October 9, 2015 | Simon Kinnear
Paul Thomas Anderson’s documentary capturing a collaboration between Jonny Greenwood, Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur and Indian band Rajasthan Express is off-the-cuff, utterly relaxed filmmaking.Read More
VOD film review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
October 8, 2015 | David Farnor
This impeccable adaptation of John le Carre’s spy thriller is an atmospheric puzzle of betrayal, distrust and decline.Read More
VOD film review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
October 8, 2015 | David Farnor
Bloody, funny, poetic and tragic, Tim Burton and Sweeney Todd prove the perfect match.Read More
First look Amazon Prime TV review: Red Oaks Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 5)
October 7, 2015 | David Farnor
It’s not often that a TV show feels fully-formed in its first episode. A typical series takes a few weeks to reveal its characters, to find its voice. Red Oaks is not one of them.
Amazon’s latest original show is … Read More
VOD film review: Tomorrowland: A World Beyond
October 7, 2015 | Nathanael Smith
This underrated sci-fi is an original, inventive family adventure.Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (6th October 2015)
October 6, 2015 | David FarnorFrom Sliding Doors to A Syrian Love Story, BBC iPlayer’s movie collection alone is worth clicking onto this week, but the site is as diverse as ever in its streaming line-up, from a 1970s sitcom and a cartoon series about … Read More
VOD film review: Mad Max: Fury Road
October 6, 2015 | David Farnor
George Miller’s jaw-dropping post-apocalyptic actioner is insanely entertaining.Read More
UK TV review: The Leftovers Season 2, Episode 1
October 5, 2015 | David Farnor
“It was a test. Not for what came before but what came after. It was a test for what comes now.”
That was Reverend Matt Jamison (Christopher Eccleston) in Season 1 of The Leftovers, HBO’s mysterious drama that bewitched and … Read More
VOD film review: Catch Me Daddy
October 5, 2015 | Philip W Bayles
The Wolfe brothers establish themselves as a major new talent with this stunning Yorkshire thriller.Read More
