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: Beyond the Edge
December 16, 2014 | David Farnor
Directed by Leanne Pooley Cast: Chad Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa, John Wraight, Joshua Rutter Certificate: PG Watch Beyond the Edge online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
An inspiring achievement. An awesome spectacle. There’s … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 10
December 16, 2014 | Amon Warmann
If you’ve been following these reviews, you’ll know that we’ve had our qualms with Gotham during its first batch of episodes. Indeed, some of the problems we mentioned in Episode 1 still apply to Episode 10, with this week’s dose … Read More
VOD film review: Lucy
December 15, 2014 | David Farnor
Scarlett Johansson is excellent in this off-the-wall actioner.Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Ripper Street Season 3, Episode 6 (The Incontrovertible Truth)
December 14, 2014 | David Farnor
New 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.
“Everything you would see rid from these world, I … Read More
VOD film review: The Illusionist (2010)
December 13, 2014 | David Farnor
A beautiful love letter to old-school magic, The Illusionist is a delicate and bittersweet pleasure.Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 7
December 13, 2014 | Matthew Turner
This week’s Arrow is once again a filler episode, which means that, aside from the mystery of Sara’s murder, we’re still no closer to getting an idea of the main direction for this season. That said, Slade Wilson didn’t show … Read More
VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 7
December 11, 2014 | Amon Warmann
As assured as The Flash has been in its opening batch of episodes, it’s very easy to draw similarities with other superhero TV fare. For good or ill, the show that always keeps cropping up in these conversations is Smallville … Read More
UK TV review: The Strain Season 1 finale (Episode 13 – The Master)
December 10, 2014 | David Farnor
“The world is not what it was one week ago. What will it be one week from now?”
That’s Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) getting his voiceover on once more for the finale of The Strain. It feels like a long … Read More
VOD film review: The Congress
December 10, 2014 | David Farnor
Director: Ari Folman Cast: Robin Wright, Danny Huston Certificate: 15 Watch The Congress online in the UK: Amazon Prime Instant Video / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Amazon Instant Video
Ari Folman blended reality and animation to astonishing … Read More
