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.
First look UK TV review: Peaky Blinders Season 6
February 27, 2022 | David Farnor
The final chapter of Steven Knight’s crime saga is as stylish and riveting as ever.Read More
VOD film review: Space Jam: A New Legacy
February 27, 2022 | David Farnor
This bizarrely misjudged sequel will leave both kids and grown-ups bored and disappointed.Read More
Classic Doctor Who: Sea Devils and the Silurians
February 27, 2022 | Mark Harrison
Offering more than 600 Doctor Who episodes broadcast between 1963 and 1996, the Whoniverse’s library of Classic Doctor Who is bigger on the inside. If you’ve watched all of the new series already, then why not join us as we … Read 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
