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: Hysteria
November 15, 2013 | David FarnorThis playful romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator is a hugely entertaining delight.Read More
NOW TV review: Yonderland (Episode 1 & 2)
November 15, 2013 | Andrew JonesSky’s push for more original comedy in their line-up has had ups and downs (The Cafe is wonderful, but Trollied never really did anything). Yonderland is an up.
Grabbing the folk behind BAFTA-winning CBBC sketch show Horrible Histories and making … Read More
VOD film review: Easy Money
November 14, 2013 | David FarnorThis darkly gripping thriller is a cool ride through a cynical criminal underworld.Read More
VOD TV review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 6 (F.Z.Z.T.)
November 13, 2013 | Neil BrazierPhoto: Walt Disney, All rights reserved.
For all the doubters who are tuning out of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, they have missed one of the series highlights in Episode 6: F.Z.Z.T. When volunteer fire fighters start exploding from massive electrical charges … Read More
VOD film review: The Great Gatsby
November 13, 2013 | David FarnorA flawless, yet ultimately empty spectacle turned into a flawless, yet ultimately empty spectacle.Read More
VOD film review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
November 12, 2013 | David FarnorThe Hobbit goes there and back and there and back and there and back again in an unexpectedly messy trek.Read More
VOD TV review: Downton Abbey Season 4, Episode 8
November 12, 2013 | Neil BrazierAll roads lead to this, the Downton Abbey Season Four finale, and if you have spent the past eight weeks on this journey, you too might be left with an overwhelming feeling of disappointment. The final episode doesn’t exactly tie … Read More
VOD film review: The Internship
November 12, 2013 | Neil BrazierVince Vaughn and Owen Wilson’s chemistry brings laughs to this predictable comedy.Read More
VOD film review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition
November 11, 2013 | Ian LoringDirector: Peter Jackson Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Aidan Gillen, James Nesbitt, Sylvester McCoy Certificate: 12
With the middle installment of Peter Jackson’s new trilogy soon to be upon us, the big man settles back into his Extended … Read More
VOD TV review: Homeland Season 3, Episode 6 (So Positive)
November 11, 2013 | David Farnor“This is just the f-cking beginning.”
If Quinn (Rupert Friend) wasn’t so good at his job at the CIA, he’d be a great choice for head writer of Homeland: another week, another pithy summation of the show’s current situation. Because … Read More