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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.
VOD film review: Drive
July 15, 2016 | David FarnorRyan Gosling is iconic in Nicolas Winding Refn’s cool, compelling genre mixtape.Read More
VOD film review: Precious Cargo
July 14, 2016 | Matthew TurnerAn insultingly lazy Bruce Willis squanders the chance to have fun as a bad guy in this entertaining action thriller.Read More
UK TV review: Preacher, Episode 7 (He Gone)
July 12, 2016 | Chris BryantWarning: This review contains spoilers.
“Custers don’t cry. We fight.”
The title of Preacher Episode 7, He Gone, may refer to Jesse’s casting out of Eugene, but it just as simply fits the preacher himself. Cocooning himself in his own … Read More
Mr. Robot Season 1: The beautiful carnage of the unpredictable
July 11, 2016 | David FarnorWith Mr. Robot Season 2 arriving this week, get booted up to speed with our look back at the end of Season 1. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review of opening episodes, or stream the whole thing now on … Read More
VOD film review: Chicken
July 11, 2016 | Matthew TurnerScott Chambers delivers a terrific performance as a teenager with learning disabilities in this assured debut from director Joe Stephenson.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 13 (Dragonfly in Amber)
July 10, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
Right, this is it, folks. The Outlander Season 2 finale has arrived. And all the signs are there for an ambitious climax – after all, you don’t name an episode after the very book you’re adapting … Read More
VOD film review: A Patch of Fog
July 9, 2016 | Josh Slater-WilliamsAn efficient low-stakes thriller featuring two excellent lead performances.Read More
In defence of Nic Cage’s The Wicker Man remake
July 8, 2016 | Ian LoringNicolas Cage’s unique 2006 remake of the seminal horror deserves reassessment.Read More
UK TV review: American Gothic (Episodes 1 and 2)
July 7, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains mild spoilers
What is it with rich, white families and secrets? Every family has the odd skeleton in the closet, but if they’re wealthy and Caucasian, they’re almost guaranteed to be the subject of a TV show … Read More
UK TV review: Roadies (Episode 1 and 2)
July 7, 2016 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThere comes a time in every music lover’s life where an artist or band they once idolised, or at least reaped significant enjoyment from, starts to sag artistically to a degree you can no longer support. A lot of the … Read More