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: C’mon C’mon
February 25, 2022 | David Farnor
Mike Mills’ tenderly performed two-hander about parenthood and childhood is simply profound cinema.Read More
VOD film review: Lamb (2021)
February 25, 2022 | David Farnor
Noomi Rapace delivers a hugely moving performance in this enjoyably unusual and oddly tender folk horror.Read More
The 90s On Netflix: Drop Dead Fred (1991)
February 25, 2022 | Mark Harrison
Phoebe Cates unleashes her inner Rik Mayall in this colourful and subversive comedy.Read More
Time Travel Thursday: A Year From Now (2021)
February 24, 2022 | Matthew Turner
Groundhog Day meets A Christmas Carol in this low-budget drama about a woman who experiences seven years in one week.Read More
UK TV review: Four Hours at the Capitol
February 23, 2022 | Helen Archer
This tense retelling of the 2021 attack on the US Capitol captures the uncertainty of our post-truth age with clarity and precision.Read More
UK TV review: The Walking Dead: Season 11, Episode 9 (No Other Way)
February 22, 2022 | Neil Brazier
Season 11’s second part is off to a promising start with an entertaining and action-packed episode.Read More
Belfast: A moving ode to family and memory
February 21, 2022 | David Farnor
Kenneth Branagh’s sentimental coming-of-age drama set during the Troubles is an unabashedly earnest ode to family and memory.Read More
UK TV review: Star Trek: Discovery: Season 4 Episode 8
February 20, 2022 | Ian Winterton
Discovery returns with dull episode that squanders its mid-season cliffhanger.Read More
UK TV review: Murderville
February 20, 2022 | Sophie Davies
A fun turn from Will Arnett and some new ideas make this US remake of Murder in Successville an entertaining cousin of the original.Read More
VOD film review: Office Space
February 20, 2022 | Laurence Boyce
Mike Judge’s cult 1999 comedy is a timeless workplace satire.Read More
