Netflix UK film review: At Eternity’s Gate

6

Rating

Willem Dafoe is remarkable in this occasionally overwrought biopic of Vincent Van Gogh.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Triple Frontier

6.7

Rating

J.C. Chandor’s brooding tale of morality and masculinity mostly hits its target.Read More

VOD film review: Life Itself (2018)

4.7

This isn’t This Is Us.

Dan Fogelman’s overwrought ensemble drama drowns in its own sentiment.Read More

VOD film review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

10

Rating

This thrilling sequel carries Star Wars into a new generation with confidence, heart and no end of surprises. Read More

Annihilation: Dizzying, shimmering, extraordinary sci-fi

10

Awe-inspiring

This strange, beautiful, cerebral sci-fi cements Alex Garland as one of genre cinema’s finest living practitioners.Read More

Netflix UK film review: 10 Years (2011)

7

Rating

A cast of future stars make this high-school reunion one to watch, if not remember.Read More

VOD film review: X-Men: Apocalypse

6

Rating

Director: Bryan Singer Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender Certificate: 12 Watch X-Men: Apocalypse online in the UK: iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play

“The third one’s … Read More

VOD film review: Mojave

4.5

Rating

Director: William Monahan Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac Certificate: 15 Watch Mojave online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW TV / iTunes / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play

“To be or not … Read More

UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 5 and 6

9

Rating

Warning: Show Me a Hero is based on actual events. If you don’t know what happened in real life, this review contains spoilers.

Although these episode reviews of Show Me a Hero have largely been on the positive side, a … Read More

UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 4

8.7

Rating

This is a spoiler-free review of Episode 4. Come back after the UK broadcast for added spoilers.

If Alfred Molina’s performance as Spallone in Show Me a Hero to date has resembled, more than any other film or television performance, … Read More