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.
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
VOD film review: Old Henry
February 20, 2022 | Matthew Turner
Tim Blake Nelson is a joy to watch in this slow-burn, visually stunning Western about redemption and identity.Read More
VOD film review: The Real Charlie Chaplin
February 19, 2022 | David Farnor
Charlie Chaplin’s persona is thoughtfully unpicked in this playful, probing documentary.Read More
VOD film review: Kimi (2022)
February 19, 2022 | Matthew Turner
Technology, privacy and paranoia collide in Steven Soderbergh’s knowing, tense conspiracy thriller.Read More
