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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: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
May 6, 2014 | Selina Pearson
Reality and fantasy collide in this charming, funny, life-affirming comedy-drama.Read More
UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7 Episode 3 (Field Trip)
May 3, 2014 | Chris Bryant
Episode 3 opens in Mad Men’s most relaxed position: Don smoking in a cinema. He sees the cars pull away and the couples that adorn the screen, as they hold hands and fall in love – a contrast to what … Read More
Amazon Prime Video film review: Rabbit Hole
May 1, 2014 | David Farnor
Director: John Cameron Mitchell Cast: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Miles Teller Certificate: 15 Watch Rabbit Hole online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
Grief. A source of inspiration for all … Read More
Mean Girls: How the web made fetch happen
April 30, 2014 | David Farnor
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of everyone’s favourite high school movie: Mean Girls. Of course, any fan will already be aware of that. Why? Because The Internet.
Tina Fey’s comedy has been the popular girl in the teen flick … Read More
VOD film review: Big Bad Wolves
April 29, 2014 | David Farnor
This provocative, gripping and darkly funny thriller blows and blows until your nerves fall down.Read More
VOD film review: All Is Lost
April 28, 2014 | David Farnor
Unfolding in near silence, this powerful study of powerhouse resilience is a moving, riveting, ruthless watch.Read More
UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2 (A Day’s Work)
April 27, 2014 | Chris Bryant
It’s Valentine’s Day 1969 and, as far as our advertising executive’s lives go, the game has changed. Struggling against their old ideals and their own success, the heavy-drinking colleagues navigate the inter-office politics with the same misunderstandings and grudges they … Read More
VOD film review: Magic Magic
April 25, 2014 | David Farnor
Michael Cera and Sebastián Silva team up for this uneasy trip into creepy territory.Read More
VOD film review: The Island President
April 22, 2014 | David Farnor
This urgent documentary brings home the high personal stakes of failing to tackle climate change.Read More
Why you should be watching Parks and Recreation
April 20, 2014 | David Farnor
Warm, funny and irresistibly positive, this comedy never fails to make you smile.Read More
