Amazon Prime
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: Oblivion
August 19, 2013 | Philip W Bayles
Nice visuals, shame about the script.Read More
VOD film review: Evil Dead (2013)
August 16, 2013 | Chris Blohm
As a relentless shocker, Evil Dead delivers, but it doesn’t stick to the skin in the same way as the original.Read More
VOD film review: Spring Breakers
August 14, 2013 | David Farnor
Harmony Korine’s uneven satire manages to be about something – and at the same time absolutely nothing.Read More
VOD film review: Good Vibrations
August 6, 2013 | David Farnor
This infectiously upbeat music biopic will ring in your ears for days.Read More
VOD film review: The Place Beyond the Pines
August 5, 2013 | Chris Bryant
Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper are excellent in this quiet, thoughtful and stunning epic of fathers and sons.Read More
VOD film review: Side Effects
August 2, 2013 | David Farnor
An addictive, entertaining thriller that should come with its own warning label.Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: The Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 3
August 2, 2013 | David Farnor
“Tell it to the frogs.” It sounds silly, but Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) means it when she says it to Shane (Jon Bernthal). Why? Because she’s just been reunited with her husband, Rick (Andrew Lincoln).
Yes, only three episodes into … Read More
VOD film review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
July 31, 2013 | David Farnor
A darkly fun, but disappointingly formulaic comedyRead More
VOD film review: Super 8
July 30, 2013 | David Farnor
As meta as Cloverfield and as moving as The Goonies.Read More
VOD film review: The Paperboy
July 25, 2013 | David Farnor
A star-studded cast and enjoyable strange script make Lee Daniels’ feisty, humid thriller an unlikely pleasure.Read More
