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 TV review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 8 (The Well)
November 25, 2013 | Neil Brazier
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This episode has been billed as a tie-in to the recent movie release Thor: The Dark World, but there isn’t that much in the way of crossover. The crew are on a clean-up mission … Read More
VOD TV review: The Day of the Doctor
November 25, 2013 | David Farnor
It’s better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.
That’s the sentiment The Day of the Doctor seems to arrive at. After 50 years, the anniversary special finds the programme rediscovering The … Read More
50 years on: A look back at Mary Poppins
November 25, 2013 | Neil Brazier
Disney’s classic musical, starring Julie Andrews as the iconic nanny, is practically perfect in every way.
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VOD film review: Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger
November 24, 2013 | David Farnor
This trying festive sequel sparkles and shines, but only intermittently.Read More
VOD film review: Johnny English Reborn
November 24, 2013 | David Farnor
Rowan Atkinson is wasted in this unnecessary, uneven sequel.Read More
VOD film review: Berberian Sound Studio
November 23, 2013 | David Farnor
A fascinating meta-horror featuring Toby Jones, some cabbages and a dangerously aroused goblin? Foley crap, it’s awesome.Read More
VOD film review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
November 23, 2013 | David Farnor
Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig are excellent in David Fincher’s chilling, stylish remake of the Swedish thriller.Read More
Doctor Who: Matt Smith’s best episodes
November 23, 2013 | Simon Kinnear
2010. So young he barely remembered the show of old, Matt Smith somehow managed to suggest the character’s near-1,000 year age with a performance of synapse-popping eccentricity.
Under the supervision of showrunner Steven Moffat, the stories warped to Smith’s … Read More
Doctor Who: David Tennant’s best episodes
November 22, 2013 | Simon Kinnear
The first ‘rock star’ Doctor hit the ground running in 2005 – in a hipster’s pair of Converse trainers, no less – and rarely paused for breath as nu Who rekindled the nation’s love affair with a Time Lord.
MUBI UK film review: Computer Chess
November 22, 2013 | Chris Blohm
Andrew Bujalski black-and-white oddity is a hilarious, profound and eccentric tribute to social awkwardness.Read More
