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Reviews and recommendations of what films and TV shows are worth watching online on Amazon Prime Instant Video – and what to avoid.
UK TV review: Preacher: Season 2, Episode 7
August 5, 2017 | Chris BryantJuxtaposing the bizarre and the blue, Preacher hits new heights.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Comrade Detective
August 3, 2017 | David Farnor“Whenever I get frustrated, I just think: what would Lenin do?”
Twin Peaks. Game of Thrones. The Leftovers. Forget the contest to be best TV show of the summer, Amazon is aiming to be something else: the weirdest.
Its … Read More
VOD film review: Wakefield
August 1, 2017 | Nathanael SmithA committed turn by Bryan Cranston can’t redeem this uninteresting film about an unlikeable character.Read More
VOD film review: Wake Wood
August 1, 2017 | David FarnorRooted in folk horror traditions, Wake Wood is ex-tree-mely good stuff.Read More
VOD film review: Saban’s Power Rangers (2017)
July 29, 2017 | Mark HarrisonThis reboot strives for just about everything but Power Rangers.Read More
UK TV review: Preacher: Season 2, Episode 6
July 28, 2017 | Chris BryantA tightly controlled episode with powerful grey areas.Read More
UK TV review: Ripper Street Season 5 (spoilers)
July 26, 2017 | David FarnorRipper Street’s fifth and final season is a moving farewell to what has become one of Britain’s finest modern dramas.Read More
Amazon First Look UK TV review: The Last Tycoon: Season 1
July 26, 2017 | Patrick BakerF. Scott Fitzgerald’s final, unfinished novel is turned into entertaining but unremarkable melodrama.Read More
VOD film review: Get Out
July 25, 2017 | David FarnorA scathingly sharp horror that doesn’t need monsters to be horrifying.Read More
UK TV review: Preacher: Season 2, Episode 5 (Dallas)
July 21, 2017 | Chris BryantWarning this contains spoilers.
Having spent most of Season 2 on the run from superhuman gunslingers, trawling jazz clubs for The Almighty, fighting radicalised holy ninjas, and buddying up with the Fuhrer, Preacher remains comfortably grounded in Episode 5, a … Read More