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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.
Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 6 (Born Again)
March 31, 2015 | David Farnor“What did he look like?” asks Ragnar in Episode 6 of Vikings, when he hears that Athelstan had an encounter with God. The Christian God, that is. Not a Viking one.
Michael Hirst’s series has always been at its best … Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 16 (Conquer)
March 31, 2015 | Neil BrazierAt the end of The Walking Dead’s fifth season, the series shows no signs of fatigue having signed off with another excellent final episode. Repeatedly breaking viewership records, the world continues to want to feast on the show as much … Read More
VOD film review: What We Do in the Shadows (2015)
March 30, 2015 | David FarnorTaiki Waititi’s vampire comedy is moving, clever and mercilessly quick, but most of all, it’s bleeding funny.Read More
VOD film review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
March 28, 2015 | David FarnorMature, childish and thrillingly inventive, Scott Pilgrim is awesome, surprising no one.Read More
VOD film review: Wild Tales
March 27, 2015 | Anna PowerScintillating and seething with rageful rebellion, this Argentine anthology is savagely funny.Read More
UK VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 16 (The Offer)
March 27, 2015 | Matthew TurnerHappily, the good people responsible for UK transmission dates decided not to follow suit on the mini-hiatus Arrow Season 3 took in the US, so we’re now only a week behind, instead of three weeks behind. That, in turn, has … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Outlander Episode 1
March 25, 2015 | David FarnorA man and a woman break into an abandoned castle. They run down into the basement. She perches on the table. He leans in to kiss her. She stops him – and pushes his head down towards her legs.
It’s … Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 15 (Try)
March 24, 2015 | Neil BrazierIf ever The Walking Dead decided to ditch the zombies and focus on the living, Episode 15 is proof that they could do so admirably. Highly intense and brilliantly acted, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) appears to be letting out his … Read More
VOD film review: The King’s Speech
March 23, 2015 | Selina PearsonColin Firth shines in this endearing, amusing and articulate drama.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 5
March 23, 2015 | David FarnorFive episodes in and it’s hard to shake the sense that Season 3 of Vikings doesn’t really know where it’s going. Is it to England again to continue the uneasy truce with King Ecbert? Is it to France to pillage … Read More