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.
NOW TV review: Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 6 (Devil You Know)
October 19, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Boardwalk Empire’s fifth and final season inevitably meant that things had to end; after all, it was tagged with the phrase “All Empires Must Fall”. In Devil You Know, two empires do. The end of the series has become more … Read More
VOD film review: Jimmy’s Hall
October 19, 2014 | Ian LoringDirector Ken Loach Cast: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton Certificate: 15 Watch Rosewater online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Eircom / Virgin Movies / EE / TalkTalk
The more things … Read More
iTunes TV review: Homeland Season 4, Episode 1
October 19, 2014 | David Farnor
Attacks on civilian locations. Concerned CIA agents. Moody jazz. It’s clear within minutes of Season 4 starting that Homeland has gone back to basics. But things have changed.
Carrie (Claire Danes) is now station chief in Kabul, while Quinn … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8 Episode 9 (Flatline)
October 18, 2014 | Simon Kinnear
The ultimate irony of Flatline – a story about two-dimensional villains – is that it comes at a time when Doctor Who is the most three-dimensional it has been in years. The geek-heavy mythos and tonal flippancy of the Smith … Read More
VOD film review: Blancanieves
October 18, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Stylish and playful, Pablo Berger’s black-and-white, silent reimagining of a classic fairy tale is Snow White as you’ve never seen it before.Read More
VOD film review: Centurion
October 17, 2014 | David Farnor
Sacrificing character for action, Centurion is a British B-movie with blockbusting tension.Read More
VOD film review: Ping Pong Summer
October 17, 2014 | David Farnor
Table tennis, hip-hop and 80s nostalgia collide in this charming, quirky coming-of-age comedy.Read More
BFI Player review: The Battles of Coronel ad Falkland Islands
October 16, 2014 | David Farnor
If you had to name one great WWI movie, what would you say? Wings? All Quiet on the Western Front? Oh! What a Lovely War? War Horse? It’s safe to say that one film wouldn’t appear on your list: The … Read More
Why you should be watching The Knick
October 16, 2014 | Philip W Bayles
Steven Soderbergh is the perfect fit for this fascinating, slow-burn medical drama.Read More
VOD film review: The Other Woman
October 15, 2014 | Ruby
A good cast makes this predictable rom-com pleasant to watch.Read More
