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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: Imperium
September 23, 2016 | Chris BryantDaniel Radcliffe delivers an intense performance in this subtle, brooding study of hate.Read More
UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire: Season 3, Episode 5
September 22, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“You keep me grounded,” Cameron tells Donna in Episode 5 of Halt and Catch Fire, Yerba Buena. Three seasons in, we know that Cameron has always needed Donna’s influence to ground her, but this is the … Read More
VOD film review: Green Room
September 21, 2016 | David FarnorThe only thing more shocking than how gory Green Room is? How efficient it is at being gory. This is a visceral, bone-snappingly raw horror.Read More
VOD film review: The Neighbour
September 17, 2016 | David FarnorA visceral, scuzzy thriller.Read More
VOD film review: Our Kind of Traitor
September 15, 2016 | David FarnorThis efficient John le Carré thriller races along with just enough class to keep you hooked.Read More
VOD film review: Flushed Away
September 15, 2016 | David FarnorAardman and DreamWorks team up for this likeable outing.Read More
UK TV review: Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 10
September 14, 2016 | David FarnorThis review contains spoilers. Not caught up with Mr. Robot Season 2 yet? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1 and 2.
Mr. Robot’s second season has got to the point where we’d be better off listing a series of … Read More
UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 3, Episode 4
September 13, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
Nothing has the whiff of sweet pleasure and bitter aroma of disappointment like a microwaved cheese Danish. We know it. Gordon knows it. And yet he still finds himself nauseous, dizzying and twitching, nuking one in … Read More
Why One Mississippi should be your next box set
September 12, 2016 | David FarnorTig Notaro’s poignant autobiographical comedy is beautifully honest and hugely moving.Read More
UK TV review: Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 8 and 9
September 5, 2016 | David FarnorThis review contains spoilers. Not caught up with Mr. Robot Season 2 yet? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1 and 2.
Dogs. If you had “dogs” down on your Mr. Robot Bingo Card, congratulations: you’re our lucky winner. Because … Read More