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 Flash Episode 11
February 20, 2015 | Amon WarmannWarning: This contains spoilers for Episode 11 of The Flash.
Although it’s only 11 episodes into its maiden season, The Flash has gone out of its way to roll out a bevy of comic book villains for our hero to … Read More
UK VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 11 (Midnight City)
February 20, 2015 | Matthew TurnerAfter showing us the severity of Oliver’s post-cliff-hanger injuries last week, it would have been a bit lame if the show had brought him back to Starling City just one episode later, so Midnight City duly shows us just how … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 1 (Mercenary)
February 20, 2015 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for Season 1 and 2 of Vikings.
“When will I die?” asks Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) at the start of Season 3 of Vikings.
It’s an ominous question for any main character to ask, especially in … Read More
VOD film review: Predestination
February 19, 2015 | David FarnorEthan Hawke and Sarah Snook star in this enthralling indie sci-fi that dares to think big.Read More
VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 7
February 19, 2015 | David FarnorWarning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers.
Closing speeches are a gift for films and TV series. Dramatic. Rousing. Full of heightened emotion and theatrical rhetoric. Episode 7 of Broadchurch Season 2 impresses, then, by … Read More
VOD film review: The Judge
February 19, 2015 | Mark HarrisonThis Robert Downey Jr drama nibbles at greatness, but mostly just fishes for Oscars.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Episode 3 (Nacho)
February 18, 2015 | David FarnorThis will contain spoilers for Better Call Saul Episode 1 and 2.
“Get out of here today or you’re a dead man.”
Episode 3 is when Better Call Saul gets serious – but, impressively, is also when it gets funnier. … Read More
VOD film review: The Duke of Burgundy
February 18, 2015 | David FarnorPeter Strickland’s melancholic masochism makes for seductively good cinema.Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 10 (Them)
February 17, 2015 | Neil Brazier“We ain’t them,” says Daryl (Norman Reedus), disgusted that Rick (Andrew Lincoln) could compare them to the zombies that have plagued this new world. But watching Episode 10 of Season 5, you could be forgiven for blurring the lines.
The … Read More
VOD film review: Snow in Paradise
February 17, 2015 | Chris BryantA well-crafted gangster drama, fantastically brought to life by leading man Frederick Schmidt.Read More