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: Boyhood
December 23, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: Richard Linklater Cast: Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette Certificate: 15 Watch Boyhood online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / Rakuten TV / Google Play
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First look Amazon Prime TV review: Mozart in the Jungle
December 23, 2014 | David FarnorGael Garcia Bernal plays a sexy conductor in Amazon’s new original TV series, Mozart in the Jungle. If that sentence doesn’t make the show stand out from the crowd, the subject matter certainly will: the backstage life of the New … Read More
VOD film review: The Keeper of Lost Causes
December 21, 2014 | David FarnorA Scandi crime franchise based on impressively economic storytelling? More please.Read More
UK TV review: Adventure Time (Season 1 and Season 2)
December 20, 2014 | Nathanael SmithTo get a good sense of precisely why Adventure Time, a Cartoon Network show ostensibly aimed at kids, has gathered such a cult audience around the world, you only need to look at the way it ends its episodes.
Netflix UK film review: Robin Hood (2010)
December 20, 2014 | David FarnorLarge in scale and gritty in tone, Robin Hood is bloated, but watchable mulch.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Unknown
December 20, 2014 | David FarnorYou’ll enjoy Liam Neeson punching people almost as much as he does in this daft but fun conspiracy thriller.Read More
Amazon TV review: Ripper Street Season 3, Episode 7
December 19, 2014 | David FarnorNew episodes of Ripper Street Season 3 are added exclusively to Amazon Prime Instant Video every Friday.
Warning: If you haven’t seen any of Season 3, this will contain spoilers.
“Who would be a woman? Who would be a … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: All Hail King Julien
December 19, 2014 | David FarnorLet’s not beat around the jungle. Madagascar has had something of an uneven track record across its various sequels (number four is in the works), but it has had one constant: King Julien, the wonderfully deluded leader of a tribe … Read More
VOD TV review: Arrow and The Flash crossover episodes
December 19, 2014 | David FarnorWith Episode 8 of The Flash and Episode 8 of Arrow Season 3 creating a two-part crossover episode, our own super writing team of Amon Warmann and Matthew Turner join forces for their own Arrow / The Flash crossover review.
VOD film review: The Constant Gardener
December 18, 2014 | David FarnorRalph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz are superb in this stylish and compelling tale of corruption and loss.Read More