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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 1, Episode 5 (South Will Rise Again)
June 27, 2016 | Chris Bryant
After a few weeks of Jesse spreading the good word, Tulip spreading vengeance, and Cassidy spreading the smell of whiskey, Preacher’s fifth episode is a sobering, balancing look forward into what may come.
When Fiore and DeBlanc catch up … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 12 (The Hail Mary)
June 26, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Time and tide wait for no man – and that’s clearer than ever as Outlander Season 2 nears its big, battled-filled finale.
Diana Gabaldon’s story has always been one titled against the odds – romance against … Read More
VOD film review: Adult Life Skills
June 25, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Jodie Whittaker delivers a winning performance in this charming British comedy-drama.Read More
VOD film review: Suburra
June 24, 2016 | David Farnor
A gripping crime thriller with style to spare.Read More
VOD film review: Remainder
June 21, 2016 | Anton Bitel
This mystery of memory and madness is one to watch over and over again.Read More
UK TV review: Preacher Season 1, Episode 4 (Monster Swamp)
June 21, 2016 | Chris Bryant
“You know the rules, I don’t talk about how my meat gets made and you don’t talk about your magic man in the sky.”
Odin Quincannon’s words to Jesse might sound tough in Episode 4 of Preacher, but it seems … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 11 (Vengeance Is Mine)
June 20, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
It’s not easy being the head of the Jacobite Rebellion. Firstly, your nickname is Bonnie. Secondly, you look and sound like a petulant schoolboy. And thirdly, nobody in your war cabinet can agree on what the … Read More
Why you should be watching UnREAL on Amazon Prime Video
June 19, 2016 | Helen Archer
There is something very fitting about the fact that it was Lifetime which picked up the darkly brilliant drama UnREAL last year. The natural home of the kind of output popular with predominately female viewers – from TV movies that … Read More
Amazon pilot reviews: The Interestings, The Last Tycoon, Little Big Awesome and more
June 18, 2016 | David Farnor
Amazon’s summer 2016 pilot season is here, with two adult dramas and six kids’ series available for anyone (including non-Amazon Prime Video subscribers) to stream for free. Audience feedback is then used to choose which pilots get commissioned to become … Read More
VOD film review: Tale of Tales
June 17, 2016 | David Farnor
This dark trio of fairy tales is unabashedly bonkers and enchantingly unique.Read More
