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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: Creed
May 22, 2016 | David Farnor
A gripping, moving human drama that finds fresh weight in boxing movie conventions.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 7 (Faith)
May 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Faith is the title of Episode 7 in Outlander Season 2 – and it more than lives up to it. After a slight step down in quality over recent weeks, the show’s second run rediscovers its … Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 21
May 21, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Warning: This contains spoilers.
After successfully moving all the relevant pieces into place last week, Arrow shifts gears and kicks things up a notch for the latest episode, raising the stakes in considerable fashion and delivering some solidly entertaining fight … Read More
VOD film review: The Big Short
May 16, 2016 | David Farnor
The Big Short is a patronising, awkward and uneven comedy about the financial crisis. And, against all the odds, that’s a good thing.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 6 (Best Laid Schemes)
May 15, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“How did she forgive you?” goads Black Jack in Episode 6 of Outlander Season 2 – and it’s telling that this isn’t the question any of us have been thinking during this second run. If anything, … Read More
VOD film review: The Hunt
May 15, 2016 | David Farnor
Mads Mikkelsen is devastatingly brilliant in Thomas Vinterberg’s brilliantly devastating drama.Read More
VOD film review: Kill Command
May 14, 2016 | David Farnor
A slick indie sci-fi with enough smarts to keep things simple.Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 20 (Genesis)
May 12, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Arrow negotiates a tricky balance between fun and misery as the season enters its endgame.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 5 (Untimely Resurrection)
May 8, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Claire Fraser just might be the worst person ever. Not only is she happy to change the entire history of the world just to save her lover, she’s also willing to ruin a friend’s love life … Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 19
May 7, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Warning: This contains spoilers.
It’s always difficult when a show kills off a main character – you have to strike a tricky balance between giving them an appropriate send-off and keeping the wheels of the show spinning more or less … Read More
