The 90s On Netflix: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

October 5, 2018 | Mark Harrison

Alan Rickman’s BAFTA-winning turn is the not-so-secret weapon of this earnest pantomime blockbuster.Read More

VOD film review: Eye in the Sky

August 13, 2016 | Mark Harrison

A morality play that grips tight with well-chosen words and assured direction.Read More

RIP Alan Rickman: The best bad guy a film could have

January 14, 2016 | James R

Alan Rickman belonged to that rare group of humans who could say more with their eyebrows than most people could in a two-hour monologue. It was that ability to strike fear into an audience with a tiny flick of his … Read More

VOD film review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

October 8, 2015 | James R

Bloody, funny, poetic and tragic, Tim Burton and Sweeney Todd prove the perfect match.Read More

VOD film review: A Little Chaos

August 31, 2015 | James R

Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet are charming in this low-key drama about Louis XIV’s gardener.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Gambit (2012)

October 5, 2013 | James R

Director: Michael Hoffman Cast: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci Watch Gambit online in the UK: Netflix UK

A woman gets up to answer the door in her hotel. She talks to the concierge, turns the lights off … Read More