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: Homeland Season 3 Episode 4 (Game On)
October 29, 2013 | David FarnorPhoto: (C) 2011 FX Networks LLC. All Rights Reserved
“The agency is weak, Saul. It could die of a common cold. And she’s a full-blown contagion.”
That’s Dar Adal (F. Murray Mozart-killer Abrahams) chatting to Saul (Mandy Patinkin) about Carrie … Read More
VOD film review: Sinister
October 28, 2013 | David FarnorHaunted house, check. Freaky children, check. Sinister is a classic American horror movie – and all the better for it.Read More
VOD film review: Take Shelter
October 28, 2013 | David FarnorA stunning, harrowing drama with a performance from Michael Shannon that will blow you away.Read More
VOD film review: Gangster Squad
October 27, 2013 | David FarnorGrown-ups dressing up to play cops and robbers. And nothing much more.Read More
VOD film review: National Treasure
October 27, 2013 | Chris BryantNic Cage goes full Indiana Jones for this exciting, interesting, light-hearted and amusing blockbuster.Read More
Disney+ short film review: Toy Story of Terror!
October 26, 2013 | David FarnorThis heartfelt, female-led Pixar short is frighteningly fun for the family.Read More
iTunes review: Doctor Who – The Web of Fear
October 26, 2013 | Simon KinnearThe second of two six-part Doctor Who stories – alongside The Enemy Of The World – recently returned to the BBC Archives after being missing, presumed destroyed. Aside from Episode 1, the story has been unseen in the UK since … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Crossing Lines (Episode 1 and 2)
October 25, 2013 | Andrew JonesAmazon’s new acquisition, Crossing Lines, sees William Fichtner – of Drive Angry, Heat and Elysium fame – as Carl Hickman, a former New York detective hiding out in Amsterdam with an injured hand but a deductive mind. Hickman’s brilliance is called … Read More
VOD TV review: Downton Abbey Season 4, Episode 5
October 24, 2013 | Neil BrazierDownton Abbey almost takes a deep breath this week and glosses over most of what’s come before. With the death of one of its residents, the show is set to take back the farm they have left behind, but Robert … Read More
VOD film review: The Selfish Giant
October 24, 2013 | David FarnorClio Barnard’s scrapheap coming-of-age drama is a tiny, towering study of friendship and class.Read More
















