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: Finding Vivian Maier
February 17, 2015 | Matthew TurnerPart detective story and part portrait of an artist, this documentary about the now-celebrated photographer is a fascinating watch.Read More
VOD film review: The Babadook
February 16, 2015 | Simon KinnearJennifer Kent’s storybook horror brings a devastating sadness to the genre’s scares.Read More
UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 5
February 16, 2015 | Jo BromilowAh, finally. There it is. Both the very worst day of Hannah’s life (that was on the cards since the end of Season 3) and, paradoxically, the very best episode of Girls so far this season. Thanks, Lena Dunham – … Read More
VOD film review: A Perfect Man
February 15, 2015 | David FarnorLiev Schreiber takes the lead in this frustratingly uneven romantic drama.Read More
UK TV review: Constantine Episode 13 (Waiting for The Man)
February 15, 2015 | David Farnor“The darkness is coming. Heralded by someone close to you. By someone who will betray you.”
Those were the words of Papa Midnite back in the second episode of Constantine – words that set up what promised to be a … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 4
February 15, 2015 | David FarnorWords. Words. Just words.
If Wolf Hall could be accused of anything, it’s of being over-written. Slow-paced, stuffed with characters and told in a present tense without a name for its main character, the unwieldy trait of Hilary Mantel’s novels … Read More
VOD film review: Palo Alto
February 15, 2015 | David FarnorDirector: Gia Coppola Cast: James Franco, Emma Roberts Certificate: 15 Watch Palo Alto online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play
Palo Alto is a film based … Read More
VOD film review: Coherence
February 13, 2015 | Neil AlcockImagine Friends… if Central Perk were an inter-dimensional portal to existential terror.Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 10
February 13, 2015 | Amon WarmannThe final 2014 episode of The Flash capped off its first nine episodes in style, with revelations aplenty pushing a number of big story lines forward. As such, we were anxious to see how things would progress in the mid-season … Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 10
February 13, 2015 | Matthew TurnerLet’s face it, it would have been nigh-on impossible to top Arrow’s glorious mid-season finale, which, in case you needed reminding, left Oliver Queen run through with a sword and kicked off a cliff by Ra’s al Ghul. After that … Read More