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.
Amazon Prime Video film review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
February 4, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Woody Allen Cast: Rebecca Hall, Scarlet Johansson, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz Certificate: 12 Watch Vicky Cristina Barcelona online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
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VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 5
February 4, 2015 | David Farnor
Warning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers.
“Don’t get pulled into it,” says DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) to Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman), as they continue to dig up the old Sandbrook case. “I’m going … Read More
VOD film review: Magic in the Moonlight
February 3, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Woody Allen Cast: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Simon McBurney Certificate: 12A Watch Magic in the Moonlight online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play
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
A worthy successor to Shaun of the Dead, writer-director Jeff Baena’s zomcom gets the comedy-horror balance exactly right and delivers some huge laughs, … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 2
January 30, 2015 | David Farnor
Read our reviews of each episode of Season 1 here.
“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 … 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
