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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: Storks
August 5, 2017 | David Farnor
This surprisingly charming animated comedy is funny, frothy, frantically silly stuff.Read More
UK TV review: Preacher: Season 2, Episode 7
August 5, 2017 | Chris Bryant
Juxtaposing the bizarre and the blue, Preacher hits new heights.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Comrade Detective
August 3, 2017 | David Farnor
“Whenever I get frustrated, I just think: what would Lenin do?”
Twin Peaks. Game of Thrones. The Leftovers. Forget the contest to be best TV show of the summer, Amazon is aiming to be something else: the weirdest.
Its … Read More
VOD film review: Wakefield
August 1, 2017 | Nathanael Smith
A committed turn by Bryan Cranston can’t redeem this uninteresting film about an unlikeable character.Read More
VOD film review: Wake Wood
August 1, 2017 | David Farnor
Rooted in folk horror traditions, Wake Wood is ex-tree-mely good stuff.Read More
VOD film review: Saban’s Power Rangers (2017)
July 29, 2017 | Mark Harrison
This reboot strives for just about everything but Power Rangers.Read More
UK TV review: Preacher: Season 2, Episode 6
July 28, 2017 | Chris Bryant
A tightly controlled episode with powerful grey areas.Read More
UK TV review: Ripper Street Season 5 (spoilers)
July 26, 2017 | David Farnor
Ripper Street’s fifth and final season is a moving farewell to what has become one of Britain’s finest modern dramas.Read More
Amazon First Look UK TV review: The Last Tycoon: Season 1
July 26, 2017 | Patrick Baker
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final, unfinished novel is turned into entertaining but unremarkable melodrama.Read More
VOD film review: The Lost City of Z
July 24, 2017 | Martyn Conterio
James Gray’s tale of discovery, starring Robert Pattinson and Charlie Hunnam, is one of the finest films you’ll see this year or any year.Read More
