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.
Netflix UK film review: Bait
January 15, 2014 | David Farnor
Director: Kimble Rendall Cast: Chris Betts, Richard Brancatisano Certificate: 15 Watch Bait online in the UK: Netflix UK / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
Just when you thought it was safe to … Read More
VOD film review: The Great Beauty
January 15, 2014 | David Farnor
Paolo Sorrentino’s beautiful satire is a swooning, scathing portrait of a city you can fall in love with, again and again.Read More
NOW TV film review: 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded
January 14, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Director: Roel Reiné Cast: Randy Orton, Tom Stevens, Cindy Busby Certificate: 15 Watch online: NOW
For those who saw 2009’s 12 Rounds, chances are they were watching it to see WWE Superstar John Cena and not for the surprisingly slightly-better-than-average … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 3 Episode 3 (His Last Vow)
January 13, 2014 | David Farnor
Warning: This review contains mild spoilers.
“The problems of your past are your business. The problems of your future are my privilege.”
It’s hard to know exactly how you would react to the news that the woman you’ve just married … Read More
VOD film review: Enchanted (Disney)
January 13, 2014 | David Farnor
Witty, hilarious and unabashedly earnest, this post-modern Disney flick deftly hits the mark.Read More
VOD film review: Chimpanzee (Disney Nature)
January 12, 2014 | David Farnor
Chimpanzee is all too cute for children not to enjoy it. That goes for mom and dad too.Read More
The English Patient: A sumptuous indie epic
January 12, 2014 | Simon Kinnear
A sumptuous-but-subtle ‘indie epic’ mixes literate intelligent and cinematic passion to defy its middlebrow reputation.Read More
VOD film review: You’re Next
January 11, 2014 | Ian Loring
Director: Adam Wingard Cast: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Nicholas Tucci Certificate: 18
The tale of You’re Next’s release history is one which strikes many familiar chords with Drew Goddard’s recent cult classic Cabin In The Woods: both had … Read More
VOD film review: The Muppets
January 11, 2014 | David Farnor
This fuzzy franchise revival is most sensational, inspirational, celebrational and Muppetational. Read More
Netflix film review: The Square (documentary)
January 10, 2014 | David Farnor
Director: Jehane Noujaim Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmed Hassan Certificate: 15 Watch online: Netflix UK
“Only we can tell our stories,” says one protestor near the start of The Square, as they erect an open-air cinema in the middle of … Read More
