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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 Instant Video TV review: Vikings Season 2, Episode 2
March 9, 2014 | David Farnor
“These are interesting times. The world is changing and we must change with it.”
That’s Ragnar as he addresses the villagers at Kattegat. It’s a speech that Vikings takes to heart with the second episode of Season 2. Set four … Read More
VOD film review: Horrible Bosses
March 9, 2014 | David Farnor
With a game cast and an appealing premise, it’s hard not to enjoy this amusingly chaotic comedy.Read More
VOD film review: Gravity
March 2, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Alfonso Cuaron’s intimate survival thriller is a breathtakingly personal piece of sci-fi.Read More
Prime Instant Video TV review: Vikings Season 2, Episode 1
February 28, 2014 | David Farnor
When Vikings first landed on Amazon Prime Instant Video, the comparisons to Game of Thrones were perhaps inevitable. But Michael Hirst’s series soon sailed into its own waters, embracing its smaller scale to concentrate on an tiny band of characters … Read More
VOD film review: Synecdoche New York
February 28, 2014 | David Farnor
Charlie Kaufman’s deconstruction of human existence through the construct of theatre is dense, difficult and delightful.Read More
First Look review: Amazon Prime Instant Video TV series Alpha House
February 27, 2014 | Chris Bryant
As Amazon Prime Instant Video launches in the UK, one of its first pieces of new content is the Amazon Original sitcom, Alpha House, which was commissioned on the back of strong public response to a pilot last year.
Does … Read More
VOD film review: The Next Three Days
February 25, 2014 | David Farnor
Russell Crowe is riveting in this implausible but nail-biting thriller. Read More
Prime Instant Video review: Vikings – A look back at Season 1, Episode 7, 8 and 9
February 24, 2014 | David Farnor
When Vikings first sailed onto LOVEFiLM Instant’s shores, the comparisons to Game of Thrones were inevitable. Swords, mountains, beards, surely they were similar? But while the History Channel’s epic, written by Michael Hirst, unfolded on a smaller scale, by the … Read More
Why 30 Rock should be your next box set
February 22, 2014 | Chris Bryant
Tina Fey’s sitcom is witty, self-aware and utterly joyful.Read More
VOD film review: The Fifth Estate
February 22, 2014 | Jo Bromilow
The film’s real failing is it has no idea whose tale it is telling.Read More
