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 VOD TV review: Agent Carter, Season 1, Episode 8
August 30, 2015 | Mark Harrison
Already seen Episode 8? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
The stakes are suitably high at the start of Valediction, the Season 1 finale of Agent Carter. Following on from last week’s massacre at the cinema, the SSR has … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Demonic
August 30, 2015 | Josh Slater-Williams
Director: Will Canon Cast: Frank Grillo, Maria Bello, Dustin Milligan, Cody Horn Watch Demonic online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
Demonic, the second feature from director … Read More
VOD film review: 12 Angry Men
August 30, 2015 | David Farnor
In the world of cinema, one man cannot make a masterpiece. Even Sidney Lumet, a film-maker spoken of in the kind of revered tones used for that most loved of modern auteurs Christopher Nolan, had a team of people around … Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: AAAAAAAAH!
August 30, 2015 | Matthew Turner
Director: Steve Oram Cast: Steve Oram, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Toyah Wilcox, Tom Meeten, Lucy Honigman, Julian Barratt Watch AAAAAAAAH! online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Xbox / Sky Store / Rakuten TV / … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (30th August 2015)
August 30, 2015 | David Farnor
Familiar faces from long ago resurface on BBC iPlayer this week – and we don’t just mean Goodness Gracious Me.
Anne Robinson’s return to presenting brings us Britain’s Spending Secrets, an excuse for the Weakest Link host (whose credentials as … Read More
VOD film review: Michael Mann’s The Keep (1983)
August 29, 2015 | Mark Harrison
A flawed, but woefully under-appreciated gem.Read More
NFK: The Care Bears Movie
August 29, 2015 | Nathanael Smith
Have you ever dipped into Netflix’s kids’ section? It’s a realm of gaudy coloured franchises you never knew existed, threequels made for around 10p and forgotten films from the 80s that, even then, no one watched. A strong backbone of … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: The Trials of Jimmy Rose, School Swap, Muslim Drag Queens
August 29, 2015 | David Farnor
What’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
First look Netflix UK TV review: Narcos
August 28, 2015 | Chris Bryant
“Magic realism is defined as what happens when a highly detailed realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe. There is a reason magic realism was born in Colombia.”
Narcos follows the 80s cocaine boom from the very … Read More
FrightFest VOD film review: Wind Walkers
August 28, 2015 | Ian Loring
Director: Russell Friedenberg Cast: Zane Holtz, Glen Powell, Phil Burke Watch Wind Walkers online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Virgin Movies / TalkTalk / Eircom / Google Play
Wind Walkers is … Read More
