Amazon Prime

House of David review: ‘hokey biblical adaptation rings hollow’

The new Amazon Prime Video series offers no new insights into the story of David and Goliath

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Newcomer Michael Iskander appears as the shepherd-turned-King David in House of David. (Photo: Jonathan Prime/Prime Video)

Queen Ahinoam (Ayelet Zurer) and King Saul (Ali Suliman) in 'House of David'. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Prime © Amazon Content Services LLC)

House of David revives ancient story of faith and destiny amid Israel’s modern struggles

By Eliana Jordan

4 min read

Television

Breaking Dad Amazon Prime review: A mediocre story stretched too thin

By Josh Kaplan

2 min read

Kate Box as Dulcie Collins, Madeleine Sami as Eddie Redcliffe, Tom Ballard as Sven Alderman, Nina Oyama as Abby Matsuda & Naarah as Sharelle Muir

Deadloch review: Guffaws aplenty in a down-under drama

By Josh Howie

2 min read

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel review series 5 review: Housewife superstar relishes her moment

By Josh Howie

2 min read

Jury Duty review: The verdict’s in for this sweet piece of genius

By Josh Howie

2 min read

Amazon Prime

Observant, pro-Israel Jews aren't shown on TV says Hapless creator

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

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TV review: The Power - Charged up women... but with a short circuit

Lessons bought home by Naomi Alderman's book - the impact of physical difference between the sexes, how power corrupts - are at risk of dilution in screen version

By Josh Howie

2 min read

April 5, 2023 12:34

Meet Naomi Alderman, the ‘tough Jew’ asking questions

As her bestselling sci-fi novel The Power reaches our TV screens, award-winning novelist Naomi Alderman describes how her schooldays started a lifetime of questioning Orthodox attitudes towards women

By Nicole Lampert

6 min read

March 30, 2023 16:18

By Tanya Gold

Is it me or is Mrs Maisel horribly offensive?

Amazon’s gaudy television show is a great success - but it is an insult to Jewish women and Jewish comics

3 min read

November 10, 2022 13:03

Amazon Studios shows Rachel Brosnahan in a scene from "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

Exposed: jihadi propaganda on sale on Amazon

A podcast by an al-Qaeda terrorist, a screed by a cleric who called the Holocaust 'divine punishment' and a host of other extremist material was found on online market site

By Felix Pope

3 min read

October 20, 2022 11:29

Exposed: jihadi propaganda on sale on Amazon

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV review: Hamishe dwarves …but what’s it all about?

Amazon's blockbuster production is as close as television gets to the cinematic but after two episodes, for all the superb special effects, acting, music and costumes, we are left wondering where this journey is taking us

By Josh Howie

2 min read

September 8, 2022 10:02

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV review: Hamishe dwarves …but what’s it all about?

Undone TV review: 'A somewhat off-putting blurring of animation and real life'

It only takes a few minutes of the first episode of Undone's second series to finally get to the happy ending we’d wanted and been waiting for, leaving the writers in a bit of a pickle; what next?

By Josh Howie

2 min read

May 6, 2022 15:02