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.
First look Amazon TV review: Alpha House Season 2
October 26, 2014 | David FarnorAmazon’s original comedy series returns for a second season. Does it get our vote?
Alpha House returns for a second season this weekend on Amazon Prime Instant Video. The political comedy was Amazon’s first original TV series, but it’s far … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 10 (In the Forest of the Night)
October 25, 2014 | Simon KinnearIn The Forest of the Night sees The Doctor find Earth taken over by trees. Our review of Episode 10 of Season 8…
What is Doctor Who? Frankly, given that this is a series about a face-changing alien who can … Read More
UK VOD review: Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 7 (Friendless Child)
October 25, 2014 | Neil BrazierNucky (Steve Buscemi) finally comes face to face with Charlie Luciano (Vincent Piazza) and Meyer Lansky (Anatol Yusef) this week, on a train track illuminated by headlights. Staring down the barrel of a gun, Nucky faces his biggest challenge yet. … Read More
The spooky true tales behind American Horror Story
October 25, 2014 | Alice SlaterWe pick apart the true events behind one of TV’s spookiest series.
Peppered with intertextuality drawn from both fact and fiction, American Horror Story is an anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the chaps responsible for the … Read More
VOD film review: The Rite
October 25, 2014 | David FarnorNot as wronge as you’d expect, but this is still a honkingly daft horror.Read More
VOD film review: Night Train to Lisbon
October 24, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: Billie August Cast: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Laurent, Jack Huston Certificate: 15 Watch Night Train to Lisbon online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV
It’s never a good sign when a film’s lead character openly apologises for … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Jimi: All Is By My Side
October 24, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: John Ridley Cast: Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots Certificate: 15 Watch Jimi: All Is By My Side online in the UK: Netflix UK / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) … Read More
VOD film review: Road (2014 documentary)
October 23, 2014 | David FarnorDirectors: Michael Hewitt, Dermot Lavery Cast: Joey Dunlop, Robert Dunlop Certificate: PG Watch Road online in the UK:
Ever since Senna stunned with its heartbreaking look at the tragic side of F1, there seems to have been a … Read More
VOD film review: Cold in July
October 23, 2014 | Matthew TurnerJim Mickle’s superbly written and enjoyably pulpy neo-noir delivers darkly comic laughs and terrific performances.Read More
Sky TV review: The Knick Episode 2
October 23, 2014 | Philip W BaylesThe first episode of The Knick ended with shots of the newly electrified hospital bathed in artificial light; a sure (and somewhat obvious) sign of turn-of-the-century optimism if ever there was one. But as the second episode, “Mr Paris Shoes”, … Read More