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: Up in the Air
July 2, 2014 | Selina Pearson
Reitman follows Juno with another snappy script that snipes at the selfishness of corporate America.Read More
VOD TV recap: 24: Live Another Day Episode 9
July 2, 2014 | David Farnor
This contains spoilers.
Let it never be said that 24 doesn’t know how to mix it up. So far, Live Another Day has delivered a versatile blend of stupidity, sentiment, action and more stupidity. After last week’s unexpectedly moving farewell … Read More
VOD film review: The Five-Year Engagement
July 2, 2014 | David Farnor
Emily Blunt and Alison Brie shine in this funny, sweet and engaging rom-com.Read More
Sky Atlantic TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 1 Episode 7 (Possession)
July 1, 2014 | Alex Clements
Claustrophobia isn’t simply the fear of enclosed spaces; it’s a powerful reaction to being contained within them. Sufferers often report an inability to breathe, as if oxygen is running out. Penny Dreadful knows how to do claustrophobia. Almost the entirety … Read More
UK TV review: Why The Shield is a TV milestone
July 1, 2014 | Andrew Jones
The best anti-hero on the small screen since Walter White – but this came first.Read More
VOD film review: The Grand Budapest Hotel
July 1, 2014 | David Farnor
Ralph Fiennes is wonderful in Wes Anderson’s hilarious clockwork dainty that ticks along with a polite smile.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Monty Python: Almost The Truth (Lawyers Cut)
June 30, 2014 | James Butlin
A detailed, yet accessible, history of Monty Python, you won’t find many better comedy documentaries around.Read More
VOD film review: Moonrise Kingdom
June 30, 2014 | David Farnor
Hilariously 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 Bryant
Warning: 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 Farnor
It’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
