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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 Prime Video film review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
February 4, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Woody Allen Cast: Rebecca Hall, Scarlet Johansson, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz Certificate: 12 Watch Vicky Cristina Barcelona online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
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VOD film review: Magic in the Moonlight
February 3, 2015 | David Farnor
Director: Woody Allen Cast: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Simon McBurney Certificate: 12A Watch Magic in the Moonlight online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play
VOD film review: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
February 3, 2015 | David Farnor
David Lowery’s delicate, sun-washed Western is a gorgeously atmospheric tale of doomed romance.Read More
VOD film review: Life after Beth
January 31, 2015 | Matthew Turner
Director: Jeff Baena Cast: Dane DeHaan, Aubrey Plaza, John C Reilly, Molly Shannon, Anna Kendrick Certificate: 15
A worthy successor to Shaun of the Dead, writer-director Jeff Baena’s zomcom gets the comedy-horror balance exactly right and delivers some huge laughs, … Read More
VOD film review: Source Code
January 29, 2015 | David Farnor
Source Code matches confident mainstream entertainment with indie sci-fi smarts.Read More
VOD film review: In Order of Disappearance
January 27, 2015 | David Farnor
Fargo meets Taken? You wonder why Norway hasn’t made it sooner.Read More
VOD film review: Gone Girl
January 26, 2015 | David Farnor
A gleefully dark satire on marriage, media and the stories that are told in each.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Black Sails Season 2, Episode 1
January 25, 2015 | David Farnor
“There is simply no way of stealing that gold.”
The strength of Black Sails has always been its complexity. Rather than settle for being a Pirates of the Caribbean knock-off, it strives to plunder waters with more depth. And so, … Read More
Amazon kids’ TV pilot review: Table 58, Niko and the Sword of Light, Just Add Magic
January 23, 2015 | David Farnor
We’ve written before on why kids are important to VOD companies and how Netflix and Amazon are vying to win them over, but while Netflix continues to focus on spin-off series from DreamWorks Animation, it’s to Amazon’s credit that they … Read More
VOD film review: If I Stay
January 20, 2015 | David Farnor
The relationship between the human couple may not always engage, but their relationship with music does.Read More
