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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.
The Accountant 2: A surprisingly entertaining sequel
August 23, 2025 | David Farnor
The addition of Jon Bernthal makes this unexpected sequel about Ben Affleck’s killer auditor a surprisingly entertaining actioner. Read More
007: Road to a Million: Season 2: A successful reboot
August 23, 2025 | Ivan Radford
This successful, and sorely needed, reformatting of Amazon’s James Bond reality series makes for a thrilling and fun competition.Read More
Why you should be watching Amazon’s Upload
August 23, 2025 | David Farnor
Greg Daniels’ high-concept sci-fi comedy balances absurd silliness with satirical smarts.Read More
The Pickup: An entertaining ride
August 18, 2025 | David Farnor
More action than comedy, if you put down your expectations, The Pickup is an entertaining ride.Read More
Why Butterfly should be your next box set
August 17, 2025 | Ivan Radford
Daniel Dae Kim gets the lead role he deserves with this thrilling, action-packed drama.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: One Night in Idaho: The College Murders
July 29, 2025 | Helen Archer
This premature documentary about the murders of four University of Idaho students falls into the same true crime trap it purports to critique.Read More
Heads of State: A massively entertaining action comedy
July 6, 2025 | David Farnor
Idris Elba and John Cena are a massively entertaining odd-couple in this bright and breezy action comedy.Read More
Deep Cover: An inspired comedy
July 6, 2025 | David Farnor
This inspired crime comedy about improv actors recruited by the cops brilliantly commits to the bit – and then some.Read More
28 Weeks Later: A scary, worthy successor
June 23, 2025 | David Farnor
Balancing family emotion with military action, this ambitious, gritty horror sequel is a worthy, scary successor.Read More
Warfare: A riveting, real-time feat
May 24, 2025 | Ivan Radford
A boldly stripped-down retelling of a conflict from the Iraq war, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is a riveting, real-time feat of filmmaking.Read More
