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 Video film review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
August 31, 2014 | David Farnor
Director: Stephen Daldry Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, Thomas Horn Certificate: 12 Watch Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google … Read More
VOD film review: Mindscape
August 30, 2014 | Chris Bryant
Director: Jorge Dorado. Cast: Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Brian Cox Certificate: 15 Watch Mindscape online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Eircom / Virgin Movies / EE / TalkTalk / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Sky Store … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Pompeii
August 29, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Cast: Kit Harrington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Certificate: 12 Watch Pompeii online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Rakuten TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
VOD film review: The Informant (Gibraltar)
August 28, 2014 | James Butlin
Director: Julien Leclercq Cast: Gilles Lellouche, Tahar Rahim, Riccardo Scamarcio Certificate: 15 Watch The Informant online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play / Sky … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 1 (Deep Breath)
August 25, 2014 | Simon Kinnear
Warning: This contains mild spoilers
It’s the perfect title, of course. Every X number of years, Doctor Who fans gather, breath held, to find out if the new guy is going to match up to the standards set by previous … Read More
VOD film review: Gainsbourg
August 25, 2014 | David Farnor
With fantastical visuals and a stylish soundtrack, this arresting look at a controversial artist is flawed but above the ordinary.Read More
VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 8 (Almost Home)
August 25, 2014 | Jo Bromilow
It’s getting harder to know what to make of this final season, what conclusion to eventually draw, as the various threads get tied up. What started out as a decent scale conflict between our protagonists and the Hep V vampires … Read More
VOD film review: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
August 23, 2014 | Ian Loring
This machine-tooled young adult fantasy is a franchise non-starter.Read More
VOD film review: Calvary
August 22, 2014 | David Farnor
Brendan Gleeson is brilliant in John Michael McDonagh’s bleak, funny and moving tale of a good man coming to terms with his mortality.Read More
VOD film review: Two Days, One Night
August 21, 2014 | Matthew Turner
The Dardennes are at the top of their game with this superbly written, brilliantly acted drama.Read More
