Victoria Luxford
Victoria Luxford is a film journalist and critic who covers contemporary film and television for NME, with a focus on how screen stories connect to culture, politics and performance. She writes news, reviews and features that move between franchise cinema, streaming television and industry craft, drawing on a career in film journalism that dates back to 2007. Her work stands out for treating genre titles and mainstream releases with the same seriousness as awards-season fare, looking closely at what these projects say and how they are made.
Film and TV news on franchises and talent
On the film and TV desk at NME, Luxford covers developments around major franchises and the people who anchor them. Her reporting on Russell Crowe’s continued public criticism of Gladiator 2 sets the actor’s comments in the context of legacy sequels, creative change and expectations around revisiting celebrated films, showing an interest in how talent responds when studios return to past successes. In coverage tied to series like The Boys, she writes about the way long-running shows evolve from sharp genre satire into stories that mirror real-world unrest, treating superhero material as a lens on contemporary politics rather than just spectacle. Across these pieces she keeps the language clear and direct, foregrounding the key quotes and decisions that matter for audiences following the next instalment of familiar properties.
Streaming series and television reviews
Luxford’s recent output includes a run of reviews of high-profile and emerging television series for NME, particularly on streaming platforms.
She has reviewed seasons of shows such as The Boys, The Bear, and Ironheart, using them to explore how character arcs, tone and pacing shift as shows move into later runs or spin off from larger universes. In her assessment of The Boys’ final season, she calls out the way the series moves beyond comic-book parody to resemble present-day political turmoil, and highlights Antony Starr’s portrayal of Homelander as a standout, giving the season a full five-star rating. Her reviews of series like The Bear and Ironheart pay close attention to performance, structure and how each show balances genre expectations with more intimate storytelling, placing equal weight on craft and audience impact.
Elsewhere, she writes about titles such as the miniseries Mr Scorsese and projects like They Will Kill You, reinforcing a pattern of engaging with both prestige-leaning work and more niche thrillers in the same critical framework.
Long-running work as a film critic
Beyond her current work for NME, Luxford has built a substantial track record as a film critic across different outlets since starting in 2007.
Her archive includes early reviews such as a write-up of Skyfall for a regional newspaper, showing her interest in mainstream franchise cinema long before the current wave of legacy sequels. She also writes feature pieces that look at the craft side of screen work, including an article for Red Bull built around an interview with veteran stunt driver Debbie Evans about her career and practical advice for entering the stunt industry. Over time she has contributed reviews and commentary to a range of magazines, newspapers and specialist film platforms, maintaining a consistent focus on how films and series function as stories and as part of a wider screen culture.
This breadth of experience feeds into her current coverage, where she treats each new release - whether a streaming series or a major theatrical title - as part of a longer conversation about cinema and television.
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