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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: Shell
January 7, 2017 | David FarnorA calm and absorbing coming-of-age drama, shot through with a heartbreaking sense of tangible isolation.Read More
VOD film review: Lair of the White Worm (1988)
January 6, 2017 | Anton BitelMore pantomime than horror, Ken Russell’s unsurprisingly outrageous romp exposes conflicting substrates of British identity.Read More
UK TV review: Vikings Season 4, Episode 14 and 15
January 4, 2017 | David FarnorA moving double-bill sees Vikings at its very best as the ambitious Season 4 continues.Read More
VOD film review: Fight Club
January 4, 2017 | Simon KinnearDavid Fincher’s instant classic is at once timeless and a product of its time.Read More
VOD film review: A Story of Children and Film
January 2, 2017 | David FarnorPlayful, poetic and profound filmmaking.Read More
UK TV review: The Grand Tour Namibia Special (Episode 7 and 8)
January 2, 2017 | David FarnorPathetic attempts at controversial banter. Celebrity Braincrash. The American and his one joke. Halfway through the first season and the problems with Amazon’s motoring show are clear. The idea of returning to the old Top Gear special format for a … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: The Man in the High Castle Season 2 (Episodes 6 to 10) – spoilers
January 2, 2017 | Ian WintertonWarning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with The Man in the High Castle Season 2? Read our spoiler-free review of the opening episode here.
The breathtaking revelation of a different Juliana living in our version of 1962 was the … Read More
VOD film review: The Daughter
December 29, 2016 | Matthew TurnerTheatre director Simon Stone makes an impressive film debut with this emotional adaptation of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck.Read More
Inside No. 9 Season 2: Impeccably crafted horror and humour
December 27, 2016 | David FarnorInside No. 9 gets better and bolder with a second collection of bite-sized brilliance.Read More
VOD film review: Operation Chromite
December 26, 2016 | Matthew TurnerLiam Neeson proves a distracting presence in this uneven Korean war thriller.Read More