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: Side by Side
May 26, 2013 | David Farnor
Director: Christopher Kenneally Cast: Keanu Reeves Certificate: 15
“I wanted to call film up and say: ‘I met someone’.”
That’s Steven Soderbergh talking to Keanu Reeves about discovering digital filmmaking. A documentary discussing the cinematic changeover from print to pixels, Side … Read More
Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 1
May 25, 2013 | Andrew Jones
It’s rare to see a TV show find itself as quickly as 2003’s Arrested Development did. The story of Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, as a deadpan genius) trying to keep his family’s housing business afloat when his father, George Sr. … Read More
Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 3
May 25, 2013 | Andrew Jones
The truncated final broadcast season of Arrested Development can be split into two halves in terms of plot and quality.
The first six episodes deal with Michael (Jason Bateman) falling for beautiful British girl Rita Leeds (a game Charlize Theron), … Read More
Netflix review: Arrested Development – Season 2
May 25, 2013 | Andrew Jones
Season Two of Arrested Development gleefully starts where Season One stopped – and finds even more juice in the narcissistic fruit that makes up the lifestyle of the Bluths.
Finding out the further quirks of each character, and what the … Read More
VOD film review: Submarine
May 25, 2013 | David Farnor
Richard Ayoade’s gently hilarious directorial debut is quality naval gazing cinema. Read More
VOD film review: 3:10 to Yuma
May 25, 2013 | David Farnor
Explosive yet character-driven, this Western has energy to spare.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Tabloid
May 25, 2013 | David Farnor
Director: Errol Morris Cast: Joyce McKinney Certificate: 15
“Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess…” Thus starts the biopic of Joyce McKinney, an odd, bubbly and likeable sixty-something with an outrageous past. Tabloid is a tale of … Read More
VOD film review: Death Proof
May 25, 2013 | David Farnor
Quentin Tarantino’s fifth movie spends all day barking but never bites.Read More
VOD film review: The American
May 25, 2013 | David Farnor
Anton Corbijn sticks to his sedated guns for this gorgeously atmospheric assassin drama.Read More
VOD film review: Michael Clayton
May 25, 2013 | David Farnor
Director: Tony Gilroy Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack Certificate: 15 Watch Michael Clayton online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
Who is Michael Clayton? Part lawyer, … Read More
