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 TV review: Ripper Street Season 3 (Episode 4)
November 30, 2014 | David Farnor
New episodes of Ripper Street Season 3 are added exclusively to Amazon Prime Instant Video at 9pm every Friday.
Warning: If you haven’t seen Episodes 1, 2 or 3, this will contain spoilers.
Part of the fun of watching … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Elektra
November 30, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Director: Rob Bowman Cast: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Kirsten Prout Certificate: 12 Watch Elektra online in the UK: Netflix UK
Superhero movies have become a blockbuster staple, which has resulted in a plethora of characters getting their own outing. Both … Read More
VOD film review: Going the Distance
November 29, 2014 | David Farnor
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long make sparks fly in this natural, funny rom-com.Read More
VOD film review: Age of the Dragons
November 29, 2014 | David Farnor
This disappointing take on Moby Dick fails to live up to its absurd premise.Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 5 (The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak)
November 28, 2014 | Matthew Turner
This week’s Felicity-centric episode opens with a nicely cut-together montage of three fight training sequences: Oliver and Roy, Laurel and Ted Grant, and Thea and Malcolm Merlyn, who are continuing their training in secret now they’re now back in Starling … Read More
VOD film review: Stations of the Cross
November 28, 2014 | Matthew Turner
Disturbing, thought-provoking and genuinely moving. Read More
VOD film review: The Town
November 28, 2014 | David Farnor
This accomplished, riveting crime drama isn’t as hot as Heat, but it’s still a scorcher.Read More
VOD film review: The Veteran
November 28, 2014 | David Farnor
Toby Kebbell anchors this uneven drama about a war veteran adrift in a tough London neighbourhood.Read More
Amazon Prime Instant Video film review: Repo Men
November 27, 2014 | David Farnor
Director: Miguel Sapochnik Cast: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga Certificate: 18 Watch Repo Men online in the UK: Amazon Prime Instant Video
We’ve all been there – taken out a credit plan to pay for a new … Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 7
November 27, 2014 | Philip W Bayles
Watching The Knick has, until now, been a pleasure tinged with frustration. From the start the show has been fascinating, its weird mix of contemporary aesthetic and turn-of-the-century world building elevating what could have been just another better-than-average drama. But … Read More
