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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: The Grand Tour Season 2 Episode 5
January 6, 2018 | David FarnorTanks, sheep, shopping malls, and Bill Bailey. Episode 5 of The Grand Tour’s second season has it all – and entirely in the right doses. The sophomore run of Amazon’s motoring series continues to steer promisingly away from the dubious … Read More
VOD film review: A Dark Song
January 2, 2018 | David FarnorGripping, unrelenting and unique, you’ve never seen a haunted house movie like this.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: The Grand Tour Season 2 Episode 4
December 29, 2017 | David FarnorThe Grand Tour’s biggest weakness to date has been its repeatedly forced and contrived nature, particularly when it comes to Clarkson, Hammond and May’s banter. It’s to the show’s credit, then, that they actually pay attention to such criticisms, and … Read More
VOD film review: Dunkirk
December 28, 2017 | David FarnorThis raw, stripped-down war film is a harrowing elegy to British lives lost – and a powerful portrayal of despair in the face of hope.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 5 (Episodes 3 and 4)
December 24, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for Episode 3 and 4. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review of Vikings Season 5’s opening episodes.
How do you sum up a memorable historical figure in a single image? Vikings Season 5 gives us … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Jean-Claude Van Johnson
December 23, 2017 | David FarnorJean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Amazon’s new action comedy series. That premise alone might immediately grab your attention, or it might turn you off, but there’s a twist to the self-aware show: this version of Can … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: The Grand Tour, Season 2 (Episode 2 and 3)
December 22, 2017 | David FarnorIt’s taken a whole season, but The Grand Tour may have just found its top gear – in more ways than one. Amazon’s motoring series has often struggled to find its sweet spot between its own thing and rehashing the … Read More
VOD film review: Princess Cyd
December 22, 2017 | David FarnorThis low-key coming-of-age drama is a gorgeous, generous showcase for two contrasting, complex women.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander Season 3 finale (Episode 12 and 13)
December 21, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for Episode 12 and 13 of Outlander Season 3. Not caught up? Read our reviews here.
Let it never be said that Outlander, a TV series about a time-travelling nurse who falls in love with a … Read More
VOD film review: Brighton Rock (2010)
December 21, 2017 | David FarnorBrighton Rock is stylish and well shot, but this remake is almost as pointless as Pearl Harbor.Read More