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: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
February 3, 2015 | David Farnor
David Lowery’s delicate, sun-washed Western is a gorgeously atmospheric tale of doomed romance.Read More
UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 3
February 2, 2015 | Jo Bromilow
“You’re uncomfortable in your own skin and you think it’s everybody else’s problem!” an exasperated Elijah tells a characteristically mopey Hannah in this week’s episode of Girls, as he tries to give her back some of her comfortable New York … Read More
UK TV review: Constantine Episode 11 (A Whole World Out There)
February 1, 2015 | David Farnor
Every now and then, a TV show needs a night off. An evening when it can slump on the sofa, gorge on pizza and slip on an old DVD. Episode 11 of Constantine is that episode. The DVD in question? … Read More
VOD film review: Life after Beth
January 31, 2015 | Matthew Turner
Director: Jeff Baena Cast: Dane DeHaan, Aubrey Plaza, John C Reilly, Molly Shannon, Anna Kendrick Certificate: 15 Watch Life after Beth online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
A worthy … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 2
January 30, 2015 | David Farnor
“There’s a conversation I shouldn’t have had.”
That’s Cromwell, after talking to his sister-in-law (Saskia Reeves) in a typically dark room. It’s a key turning point in the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel: after the first, somewhat dizzying, hour … Read More
VOD film review: There Will Be Blood
January 30, 2015 | David Farnor
Paul Thomas Anderson’s tale of America, ambition and the selfishness of man is free-range cinema of the highest quality.Read More
Sky TV review: Fortitude Episode 1
January 29, 2015 | David Farnor
Fortitude is on Sky Atlantic tonight at 9pm. Click here to find out how to watch it online, with or without Sky.
If you thought it was cold in Britain this January, wait until you turn on Fortitude. Sky’s Arctic … Read More
VOD film review: Source Code
January 29, 2015 | David Farnor
Source Code matches confident mainstream entertainment with indie sci-fi smarts.Read More
VOD film review: The Boxtrolls
January 28, 2015 | Mark Harrison
Essential viewing for the little weirdoes in your life.Read More
Top 13 TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer
January 28, 2015 | David Farnor
This month marks the release of the BBC’s most ambitious iPlayer release to date: Adam Curtis’ experimental documentary Bitter Lake, which deconstructs modern society, media and power to explain why the big stories that politicians tell us have become so … Read More
