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: 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
VOD film review: The Boys Are Back
November 21, 2013 | David FarnorDirector: Scott Hicks Cast: Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, George McKay, Emma Booth, Julia Blake, Nicholas McAnulty Certificate: 12 Watch The Boys Are Back online in the UK: Netflix UK / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) … Read More
Doctor Who: Christopher Eccleston’s best episodes
November 21, 2013 | Simon Kinnear
2005. The rumours reckoned Bill Nighy or (God forbid) Alan Davies. Instead, Russell T Davies bagged one of the country’s leading actors to highlight that the return of Doctor Who, after a long hiatus, was thinking big.
Eccleston delivered with … Read More
VOD film review: Despicable Me 2
November 21, 2013 | David Farnor
There aren’t many films that really understand children. This surprisingly heartfelt sequel is one of them.Read More
