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.
UK VOD review: Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 7 (Friendless Child)
October 25, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Nucky (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 Slater
We 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 Farnor
Not 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 Farnor
Director: 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 Farnor
Director: 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 Farnor
Directors: 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 Turner
Jim 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 Bayles
The 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
UK TV review: The Strain Season 1, Episode 6
October 22, 2014 | David Farnor
Weakness and evolution are the two driving forces behind The Strain: the weakness of human biology and the evolution of the species to superior, deadly monsters. It’s that process of alienation, literally making other people alien, that gives the series … Read More
Netflix UK film review: I Am Number Four
October 22, 2014 | David Farnor
Director: D. J. Caruso Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Callan McAuliffe, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand Certificate: 12A Watch I Am Number Four online in the UK: Netflix UK
It’s not easy being an alien. You want to blend … Read More
