Fallout might have Bethesda’s seal of approval through its direct involvement, but there is something fundamentally wrong with this series from Prime Video. It has nothing to do with
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Doug Liman is busy making waves, since his remake of Roadhouse has been sidetracked onto Prime Video, bypassing cinemas, disappointing audiences, and incurring the wrath of this journeyman director
Jack Reacher is an anti-hero made flesh by millions of fiction fans who buy his books each year and forge a bond of kinship with a character, courtesy of
Image via Paramount When Star Trek: Picard premiered on Prime amid lavish ticker tape parades predicting a hero’s welcome, there were some who felt this might be jumping the
With the Seventies swagger of a blaxploitation feature and a cast of ensemble killers packed with personality – The Continental comes to Prime Video this September with all guns
With one vintage Bentley and a taste for the demonic, Crowley (David Tennant) is an uber cool embodiment of evil which leapt from the minds of Neil Gaiman and
High-octane action and lavish European locations are the hallmarks of Citadel – a super slick new espionage romp from Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo. Featuring high-speed inter-railing
Created and written by Tony Basgallop (Servant), The Consultant brings Hollywood chameleon Christoph Waltz (No Time to Die) to Prime Video – breathing life into productivity expert Regus Patoff.
Straight out of the gate and leading with his front foot, Jean-Luc (Patrick Stewart) embarks on his final frontier-busting season from Feb. 16 in Star Trek: Picard. Following the
Launching on Prime Video on 6 January, The Rig sees Vigil star Martin Compston returning to the waves for a gripping new year treat. Days away from shore leave and stranded
Mammals, which hits Prime Video on Nov. 1, is much more than a dramedy with romantic notions and moral conundrums. Writer Jez Butterworth is deliberate in exploring questions of
With fully immersive avatars, time-travelling conundrums and elements of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, Prime Video may have hit pay dirt with its new sci-fi series The Peripheral, streaming from 21 October. Read more
On 2 September, when Prime Video ushers in a Second Age of Middle Earth, with its budget busting fantasy fable Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, a new
Everything about The Terminal List, which comes to Prime Video from 1 July, implies that some turds are simply not worth polishing. It does possess high-end production values, slick
Ever since it debuted on Prime Video in 2019, The Boys has been making waves, bringing biting satire and social commentary to the forefront of its storytelling. Adapted by
Greg Daniels is an super-producer responsible for numerous television shows, including Parks and Recreation, The Office, and more recently Space Force on Netflix. Never afraid to poke fun at an establishment which remains
Following the barnstorming return of Jean-Luc Picard for his own original series on Amazon in early 2020, a second season seemed inevitable. In a virtuoso performance from the veteran
The talent behind this Hulu original, making its way onto Amazon this August beggars belief. Writer John-Henry Butterworth penned Edge of Tomorrow, Get On Up and Le Mans ‘66. Director Jonathan Levine was
Comparisons to Black Mirror are inevitable, but Amazon’s new anthology show Solos avoids tipping over into pitch black satire by giving events a softer edge. Creator David Weil, who is best known for
Oscar-winning writer director Barry Jenkins comes to Amazon with a story of conflicting cultural identity and social intolerance. Adapted from the novel by Colson Whitehead, who serves as an
This is a savage piece of television. It pulls no punches, spares no horses and is relentlessly unsettling without resorting to cliché. Showrunner Little Marvin seems intent on making
Seedy summit meetings attended by undesirable people of power happen every day. A gathering of individuals with opposing ideologies come together in order to gain an advantage. Agendas are
The voice cast on this animated adaptation is outstanding. If this was live action rather than pixel and pen line drawings, some cheque books would be swung wide accommodating
Lakeside sacrifice, gold coin reincarnation and tenuous peace talks lay the groundwork for this penultimate episode. A convergence of opposing ideologies is imminent as new and old are drawn
Sexual liberation can come in many forms and American Gods embraces that notion with open arms. Weaving Chinese folklore together with contemporary attitudes on attraction, gender fluidity and individual identity episode
This feels like a reckoning. A coalition of opposing forces gathered en mass for the sole execution of one singular purpose. Retribution brought forth by eternal deities and rained
There is something inherently humanising about a love story which stretches back centuries. Weathered by war and forever smitten by one affair of the heart, ‘Conscience of the King’
Tell Me Your Secrets is a densely plotted psychological drama from the pen of Harriet Warner, which rests squarely on the shoulders of Lily Rabe, Amy Brenneman and Hamish Linklater.
Tales of technical innovation, demonstrations of genuine power and a side order of Seventies cinema make this episode come alive. Ruminations on the afterlife, a silky smooth voice over
Burgeoning relationships between reincarnated cadavers is something that only works in American Gods. That this bond has developed between an undead wife and coin carrying leprechaun is something else entirely. Incorporating
With news that this season is getting slayed by critics, while fans are apparently abandoning ship like their life depended on it, episode three brings hope. Something approaching a
Episode two might possess the formidable presence of Ian McShane’s Odin, but beyond that Serious Moonlight treads water. Visual flourishes prove distracting but ultimately story seems to be in stasis. Aside from a gathering of Gods
Literary adaptations which strike the same chord as American Gods are rare. In the opening season it redefined the standard and dramatically challenged anyone within spitting distance to a fist fight.