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 review: Arrested Development Series 4 Episode 2
May 28, 2013 | Andrew JonesBorderline Personalities brings in Arrested Development’s well known political slant to Season Four. No longer related to the Bush administration, Season Four opts for a look at US immigration and George Sr.’s wranglings to build a wall on the border … Read More
Netflix review: Lore
May 28, 2013 | David FarnorDirector: Catherine Shortland Cast: Saskia Rosendahl, Kal Malina Watch online: Apple TV (iTunes) / Netflix UK
It’s not easy growing up as a teenager. But try growing up at the end of World War II with Nazis for parents. Facing … Read More
Netflix review: Arrested Development Series 4 Episode 1
May 27, 2013 | Andrew JonesFlight of the Phoenix is our opener for this new series of Arrested Development, where, after many years, we return to the life of Michael Bluth, who is facing his darkest hour: out of pocket, out of options, out of … Read More
VOD film review: Side by Side
May 26, 2013 | David FarnorDirector: Christopher Kenneally Cast: Keanu Reeves Certificate: 15
“I wanted to call film up and say: ‘I met someone’.”
That’s Steven Soderbergh talking to Keanu Reeves about discovering digital filmmaking. A documentary discussing the cinematic changeover from print to pixels, Side … Read More
Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 1
May 25, 2013 | Andrew JonesIt’s rare to see a TV show find itself as quickly as 2003’s Arrested Development did. The story of Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, as a deadpan genius) trying to keep his family’s housing business afloat when his father, George Sr. … Read More
Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 3
May 25, 2013 | Andrew JonesThe truncated final broadcast season of Arrested Development can be split into two halves in terms of plot and quality.
The first six episodes deal with Michael (Jason Bateman) falling for beautiful British girl Rita Leeds (a game Charlize Theron), … Read More
Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 2
May 25, 2013 | Andrew JonesSeason Two of Arrested Development gleefully starts where Season One stopped – and finds even more juice in the narcissistic fruit that makes up the lifestyle of the Bluths.
Finding out the further quirks of each character, and what the … Read More
VOD film review: Submarine
May 25, 2013 | David FarnorRichard Ayoade’s gently hilarious directorial debut is quality naval gazing cinema. Read More
VOD film review: 3:10 to Yuma
May 25, 2013 | David FarnorExplosive yet character-driven, this Western has energy to spare.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Tabloid
May 25, 2013 | David FarnorDirector: Errol Morris Cast: Joyce McKinney Certificate: 15
“Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess…” Thus starts the biopic of Joyce McKinney, an odd, bubbly and likeable sixty-something with an outrageous past. Tabloid is a tale of … Read More