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: Identity Thief
July 18, 2013 | David Farnor
A talented cast are wasted in this resolutely unfunny comedy.Read More
VOD film review: Robot & Frank
July 16, 2013 | David Farnor
A smart, sweet look at ageing, memory, death… and robots.Read More
VOD film review: Ginger & Rosa
July 13, 2013 | David Farnor
Sally Potter’s 60s coming-of-age drama is an intense, moving portrait of youth faced with growing up too fast.Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: The Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 1
July 12, 2013 | David Farnor
It’s not often you like a character who says almost nothing at all. Then again, it’s not often you see The Walking Dead. Frank Darabont’s series, based on the graphic novels by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, starts … Read More
Netflix review: Archer Season 1
July 10, 2013 | Philip W Bayles
Archer is one of those bizarre TV shows that’s hard to pin down. It’s like a the love child of The Office and Leslie Nielsen’s Bond parody Spy Hard, but that doesn’t even begin to convey the tone of the … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 2
July 9, 2013 | Ruby
For Season Two of Breaking Bad, the episode count almost doubles to a more conventional 13 episodes so you might think the writers would take their collective foot off the gas. Thankfully, they don’t, so we get to hang out … Read More
Amazon Prime film review: Broken
July 8, 2013 | Chris Bryant
Director: Rufus Norris Cast: Eloise Laurence, Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear Watch Broken online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
Three sets of neighbours live down … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Vikings Season 1, Episode 2
July 5, 2013 | David Farnor
“All things begin and end with stories…”
That’s Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) rousing the troops before they sail West. Why? To reach England of course, a land of untold riches. Or so the stories say – whoever wrote them has clearly … Read More
Netflix review: Arrested Development Series 4 Episode 15
July 5, 2013 | Andrew JonesBlockheads. That’s the title of the finale of Arrested Development Season Four, which focuses mostly on George Michael’s life, as he is kicked out, not unlike his father, from the dorm, moves into Sudden Valley, where his father used to … Read More
