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: Midnight in Paris
March 31, 2014 | David Farnor
Owen Wilson is superb in this hilarious, magical ode to nostalgia.Read More
Amazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Vikings Season 2, Episode 5 (Answers in Blood)
March 31, 2014 | David Farnor
One of the things that Michael Hirst’s Vikings does best is subvert the stereotypes about the Vikings. Nowhere is that better demonstrated that in Lagertha, Ragnar’s wife and shield maiden. Such a role, you might assume, would be a secondary, … Read More
VOD film review: Martha Marcy May Marlene
March 30, 2014 | David Farnor
Elizabeth Olsen delivers a breakout turn in this chilling and absorbing study of a young woman piecing herself back together after escaping a cult.
Netflix TV review: House of Cards Season 2, Episode 10 (Chapter 23)
March 30, 2014 | Chris Bryant
If Episode 9 was Frank striking the match, this one is him holding it to the fuse. Upon realising that his and Tusk’s cold war – their mutually assured destruction – is no longer working for him, Frank decides to … Read More
VOD film review: Don Jon
March 29, 2014 | James Butlin
Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes a solid start behind the camera in this unconventional romantic comedy.Read More
UK TV review: True Detective – Season 1, Episode 6
March 29, 2014 | David Farnor
A gripping cycle of broken masculinity.Read More
Netflix TV series review: From Dusk Till Dawn (Episode 3)
March 28, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Having just renewed From Dusk Till Dawn for a second season, Episode 3 of the Netflix Original series spices things up. Saturated in orange and blue hues, the Gecko brothers are making a little stop off at a motel while … Read More
VOD film review: The Past
March 28, 2014 | Simon Kinnear
Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi heads to France for this smart drama about the futility of making up for past actions.Read More
VOD film review: Call Me Kuchu
March 28, 2014 | David Farnor
Directors: Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall Cast: David Kato Certificate: 12 Watch Call Me Kuchu online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play
To be sung to the tune of Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe
Everyone wishes … Read More
VOD film review: Weekend (2011)
March 27, 2014 | VOD News
Andrew Haigh’s intimate snapshot of a 48-hour romance is superb, sensitive cinema.Read More
