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: Orange Is the New Black
September 18, 2013 | Chris Bryant
Piper Chapman is sentenced to 15 months in a federal prison in Litchfield, New York, for transporting drug money for her ex-lover in Orange Is the New Black.
Played brilliantly by Taylor Schilling as a quiet, respectful and well-educated … Read More
Amazon Prime film review: Trouble with the Curve
September 17, 2013 | David Farnor
Director: Robert Lorenz Cast: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard Certificate: 12 Watch Trouble with the Curve online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play / Amazon Instant … Read More
LOVEFiLM Instant review: Vikings Season 1 Episode 6
September 17, 2013 | David Farnor
Pacing. It’s what makes a great TV show stand out from a good TV show. It’s one thing Game of Thrones has perfected over its three seasons, building to a climax in the penultimate episode before using its 10th chapter … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 14 (Ozymandias)
September 16, 2013 | Andrew Jones
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“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand / Half sunk, a shattered visage lies…” – Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Everything … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Abduction
September 15, 2013 | Chris Bryant
This messily written actioner is not the Taylor Lautner vehicle you are looking for.Read More
VOD film review: Pitch Perfect
September 14, 2013 | David Farnor
This catchy music comedy will get your sides splitting and vocal chords humming.Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Copper Season 1, Episode 1
September 13, 2013 | David Farnor
Meet Copper. He’s a maverick. A wild card. A guy not afraid to break the rules. He has messy hair. He wears a hat – but damn it, he always gets results. Sound familiar? Good. Because while BBC America’s TV … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Burn After Reading
September 12, 2013 | David Farnor
The Coen brothers’ short, sharp farce is 90 minutes of carefully crafted nonsense.Read More
VOD film review: Taken 2
September 11, 2013 | David Farnor
Director: Olivier Megaton Cast: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen Certificate: 12A Watch online: Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Rakuten TV / Google Play
It’s hard to tell what people expected from Taken 2. The first … Read More
