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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.
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
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 10
June 13, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
As Outlander nears the end of its second season, it has to start delivering on all of those promises it made at the start – and then some. Unlike most programmes, Ron D. Moore’s take on … Read More
UK TV review: Preacher Season 1, Episode 3
June 13, 2016 | Chris Bryant
AMC’s Preacher continues weaving mysteries among the supernatural shenanigans, answering some of the bigger questions and laying the groundwork for some new ones. Including the discovery that Cassidy likes Justin Bieber. (That question may never be answered, we suspect.)
It … Read More
VOD film review: Paranormal Activity
June 8, 2016 | David Farnor
When things don’t happen, it’s brilliantly disturbing. When they do, it’s a slight disappointment.
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UK TV review: Preacher Season 1, Episode 2
June 6, 2016 | Chris Bryant
This is a spoiler-free review.
Less explosive that the opening episode, Episode 2 of Preacher centres on setting a shady, intimidating stage for the unfolding of the fallout from Jesse’s encounter with true good and true evil, as well as … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 9 (Je Suis Prest)
June 5, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“Je Suis Prest” reads the Fraser family motto. It’s a nice nod that the show embraces it for the title of Episode 9 of Season 2, as it tackles not just questions of families and loyalties, … Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 23 (Schism)
June 5, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Considering how much fun last week’s episode was, it’s a crushing disappointment that Arrow Season 4 ends as weakly as it does. In addition to flat-out bungling its most important moments, the finale is riddled with … Read More
VOD film review: Misconduct
June 3, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Spellbindingly bad on every conceivable level.Read More
