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: Moonrise Kingdom
June 30, 2014 | David FarnorHilariously daft, amiably warm, gorgeously colourful and generally all-round awwww.
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Netflix TV review: Orange Is the New Black Season 2 (Episode 13)
June 30, 2014 | Chris BryantWarning: This contains spoilers.
“It’s turned into fucking Riker’s round here.” Wanda isn’t wrong about that. The Season 2 finale is packed with twists and turns, none of them very moral and most of them involving things occurring in prison … Read More
iPlayer Picks: Top Glastonbury 2014 moments
June 29, 2014 | David FarnorIt’s the last week in June and that means one thing: Glastonbury. The BBC’s coverage has become almost as legendary as the festival itself, but it’s only in recent years that it has really come into its own. Thanks to … Read More
VOD film review: Her
June 29, 2014 | David FarnorA deep and moving dissection of the machinery that makes humans tick.Read More
Netflix binge review: Orange Is the New Black Season 2 (Episode 11, 12)
June 28, 2014 | Chris BryantIntroducing intermittent moments of self-awareness and a crippling tension, Episode 11 of OITNB Season 2 represents the calm before the storm. Episode 12, meanwhile, is the storm. It achieves this through subtle, creeping tricks of the trade… like an actual, … Read More
VOD film review: Babel
June 27, 2014 | Simon KinnearAlejandro González Iñárritu’s completion of his Death Trilogy is a compelling state-of-the-world address.Read More
VOD film review: The National: Mistaken for Strangers
June 27, 2014 | Chris BlohmDirector: Tom Berninger Cast: Tom Berninger, Matt Berninger Certificate: 15 Watch Mistaken for Strangers online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV
In a different time, in a different place, Mistaken for Strangers may … Read More
Sky Atlantic TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 1 Episode 6 (What Death Can Join Together)
June 27, 2014 | David Farnor“Do you know the word ‘vampire’? It is not familiar to you in some way?” Van Helsing (David Warner) asks Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway).
It’s only after six episodes that Penny Dreadful finally drops the “v” word, but it really … Read More
UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2 Episode 8 (Su-zakana)
June 26, 2014 | Jo BromilowAs the events of last episode seemingly put a halt on the hunt for the Ripper, we are introduced to some strange new story lines in Episode 8.
Will’s methods to catch and expose his prey are adjusting; in … Read More
VOD film review: The Amazing Spider-Man
June 26, 2014 | David FarnorA charismatic turn from Andrew Garfield gives this new version of Spider-Man heart as well as heroics.Read More