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 Final Season, Episode 5 (King of Norway)
October 14, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Over the past four episodes we’ve been wondering just how Boardwalk Empire was going to wrap up all its loose threads, as the show edges closer and closer to its denouement. Episode 5 gives us our answer – it’s going … Read More
UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 1 (No Sanctuary)
October 13, 2014 | Neil Brazier
The Walking Dead Season 5 will fill you with real tension right from the start. Never before has the show seen such genuine moments of fear that you will be struggling to gather breath thanks to the heart in your … Read More
VOD film review: Godzilla (2014)
October 13, 2014 | David Farnor
Gareth Edwards’ modern take on the iconic kaiju is packed with awe.Read More
VOD short film review: Waving at Trains
October 13, 2014 | David Farnor
Short film Waving at Trains is released through indie VOD platform We Are Colony today. We take a look at one of Pete Postlethwaite’s final performances.
People play with model trains for all sorts of reasons. Fascination with mechanics. … Read More
UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 4
October 12, 2014 | David Farnor
“No one mentioned how boring the end of the world was going to be.”
That’s Lilly, daughter to a wheelchair-bound father, trying to stay alive in The walking Dead Season 4. It’s a throwaway gag that cuts right to the … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 8 (Mummy on the Orient Express)
October 12, 2014 | Simon Kinnear
During the 2012 mini-season, the Doctor Who production team started to commission tie-in posters to reinforce the modern preference for high-concept, movie-style pitches. Despite the wow factor of the designs, the episodes were disappointingly reductive – when faced with a … Read More
UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Final Season Episode 5 (Some Strange Eruption)
October 12, 2014 | Chris Bryant
Episode 5 of Sons of Anarchy’s final season takes place – in tone, time and setting – post-massacre. SAMCRO are recovering and very much at war. This echoes throughout every character timeline the show follows and leaves Kurt Sutter’s tragedy … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 1 (spoiler-free)
October 11, 2014 | Amon Warmann
“Before Batman, there was Gotham.” So reads the tagline to the latest series to take ownership of The Dark Knight’s world, this time with the proviso that the iconic hero won’t feature, an idea that was understandably met with no … Read More
VOD film review: A Million Ways to Die in the West
October 11, 2014 | Philip W Bayles
Seth MacFarlane’s second feature is no Blazing Saddles.Read More
VOD film review: Yes Man
October 10, 2014 | David Farnor
Jim Carrey is on charming form in this formulaic but funny comedy.Read More
