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: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 16 (Conquer)
March 31, 2015 | Neil Brazier
At the end of The Walking Dead’s fifth season, the series shows no signs of fatigue having signed off with another excellent final episode. Repeatedly breaking viewership records, the world continues to want to feast on the show as much … Read More
VOD film review: What We Do in the Shadows (2015)
March 30, 2015 | David Farnor
Taiki Waititi’s vampire comedy is moving, clever and mercilessly quick, but most of all, it’s bleeding funny.Read More
VOD film review: The Drop
March 29, 2015 | David Farnor
Tom Hardy is intensely good in this in gripping, surprising, understated crime thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
March 28, 2015 | David Farnor
Mature, childish and thrillingly inventive, Scott Pilgrim is awesome, surprising no one.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 12
March 28, 2015 | Amon Warmann
Now that’s more like it.
If there’s one word that could be used to sum up Episode 11 of Gotham, it would be “dull”. Thankfully, the same doesn’t hold true for What the Little Bird Told Him, a much improved … Read More
Top 15 TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer
March 28, 2015 | David Farnor
Ah, BBC iPlayer, a repository of great films, intriguing dramas, shocking documentaries and – every now and then – some of the best horror you can hope to find on the small screen.
From investigations into domestic abuse and … Read More
VOD film review: How to Train Your Dragon 2
March 28, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Dean DeBlois Cast: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Djimon Hounsou Certificate: PG Watch How to Train Your Dragon 2 online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google … Read More
VOD film review: Wild Tales
March 27, 2015 | Anna Power
Scintillating and seething with rageful rebellion, this Argentine anthology is savagely funny.Read More
UK VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 16 (The Offer)
March 27, 2015 | Matthew Turner
Happily, the good people responsible for UK transmission dates decided not to follow suit on the mini-hiatus Arrow Season 3 took in the US, so we’re now only a week behind, instead of three weeks behind. That, in turn, has … Read More
VOD film review: Paddington
March 27, 2015 | David Farnor
A charming, funny film that embraces everyone in the audience, regardless of age or origin.Read More
