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: Spring
May 23, 2015 | David Farnor
This superb romantic horror is a shifting, moving, surprising affair.Read More
VOD film review: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr Moreau
May 23, 2015 | Ian Loring
This documentary about went wrong on Richard Stanley’s Dr Moreau project is an entertaining watch.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir
May 22, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Mike Fleiss Cast: Bob Weir Watch The Other One online in the UK: Netflix UK
Who’s Bob Weir? For followers of the group (Deadheads), he was the hot guy amid a bunch of ugly blokes. For non-Grateful Dead fans, … Read More
UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7, Episode 14 (Person to Person)
May 21, 2015 | Chris Bryant
Already seen the Mad Men finale? Read on at the end for some additional, spoiler-filled analysis.
Truth well told. Mad Men’s last hour is perfectly tailored for what could be the best television show ever made.
Allowing every character’s … Read More
UK TV review: The Jinx (spoilers)
May 21, 2015 | Ivan Radford
This spoiler-filled review was first published on 21st May 2015 and is based on the final three episodes of Season 1. For a spoiler-free review based on the first three episodes, click here.
“I did not knowingly, purposely lie.”
After … Read More
VOD film review: A Most Violent Year
May 21, 2015 | Clarisse Loughrey
1981 New York has never felt so Shakespearean.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Between (Episode 1)
May 20, 2015 | David Farnor
“Don’t you think it’s only a matter of time?”
That’s the question asked by the young residents of Pretty Lake, when a mysterious plague begins to break out, killing everyone over the age of 21. It’s a neat enough premise … Read More
VOD film review: Drone
May 20, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Tonje Hessen Schei Cast: Shahzad Akbar, Brandon Bryant, Michael Haas Certificate: 15 Watch Drone online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play
Militainment. It’s a word you might associate with … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Wild
May 20, 2015 | David Farnor
Reese Witherspoon shines in this true story about a woman moving on from the past to find her own happy ending.Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 3 (The Nightcomers)
May 19, 2015 | David Farnor
“You have to name a thing to make it come to life,” said Vanessa Ives in Episode 5 of Penny Dreadful Season 1. It was an hour that proved the show wasn’t just about vampires and things that go bump … Read More
