Reviews
Primetimer's reviewers weigh in on what you should (and shouldn't) be watching
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POSTED November 22, 2022
Trevor Noah's Whimsy and Powers of Observation Fuel His Latest Netflix Special
Noah's heritage creates a singular and fascinating point of view for I Wish You Would.
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POSTED November 18, 2022
Wednesday Takes the Iconic Sullen Tween and Sends Her to Hogwarts
For a girl we’re told is so weird, the show around her is depressingly typical.
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POSTED November 17, 2022
Kumail Nanjiani and Murray Bartlett Make Welcome to Chippendales Sing
Hulu's limited series is a vibrant take on Steve Banerjee's descent into criminality.
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POSTED November 17, 2022
Female Friendship Remains a Refuge in Netflix’s Dead to Me
In the third and final season, murder and chaos are no match for women who support each other.
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POSTED November 14, 2022
Pepsi, Where's My Jet? Offers Big Laughs and Some Big Ideas
Netflix's charming docuseries finds hidden depths in a ludicrous story.
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POSTED November 13, 2022
Sylvester Stallone Can’t Do a Thing With Taylor Sheridan’s Tulsa King
The Paramount+ series barely even tries to tell a good crime story.
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POSTED November 10, 2022
The Glorious Fleishman is In Trouble Is an Ode to Middle Age
Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, and Claire Danes all do career-best work.
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POSTED November 10, 2022
In Prime Video's Mammals, James Corden Adds Real Feeling to a Surreal Story
Jez Butterworth's startling new series finds poetry in a broken marriage.
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POSTED November 7, 2022
The English Almost Has What It Takes to be a Revolutionary Western
If Prime Video’s series would actually commit to its big ideas, it might be less frustrating.
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POSTED November 3, 2022
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me Succeeds by Refusing to Glorify Its Subject
Director Alek Keshishian offers an unvarnished look at Gomez's mental health journey over the past six years.
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POSTED November 3, 2022
Blockbuster Gets Stuck in the Quicksand of a Bad Romance
Netflix’s new sitcom could be great, if its weirdest impulses could get more room.
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POSTED November 2, 2022
Spector Is a Mournful, Essential Rock Docuseries
Showtime’s series finds grand tragedy in a producer turned murderer.
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POSTED October 31, 2022
Netflix's Inside Man Cheapens Itself In Its Quest for Laughs
Steven Moffat's buddy comedy cliches shift focus away from the drama's disturbing morality tales.
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POSTED October 26, 2022
God Forbid Tells on the Falwells, Then Tells On Itself
Hulu's sex scandal doc becomes what it wants to resist.
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POSTED October 25, 2022
Guillermo del Toro Makes a Fine Alfred Hitchcock with Cabinet of Curiosities
Netflix's new horror anthology gives the genre the respect it deserves.