Amazon Prime Film/TV Series Recommendations

Wrongway1985 · 26-05-2021 3:55pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

2 Guns (M.Wahlberg/D.Washington)
Almost Famous
Assault on Precinct 13 (A.Stoker)
A Walk in the Woods
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (R.Williams/Kunis)
Being A.P.
Blended (Sandler/Barrymore)
Cemetery Without Crosses (Original Title: Une corde, un Colt...)
Chalet Girl
Chappie
Cop Car
Daddy's Home
Faster (The Rock/B.B.Thornton)
The First King (Original Title: Il primo re)
Free Birds
Get Smart
George Best: All by Himself
Ghostbusters (B.Murray/D.Aykroyd)
Ghostbusters (M.McCarthy/Wiig)
Greenfingers (C.Owen/Mirren)
Holmes & Watson
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
The Mask
Mercury Rising (Willis)
Moon (Rockwell)
Not Another Teen Movie
Only the Brave (Teller/J(o).Brolin/Bridges/J.Connelly)
Pan
Pink: All I Know So Far (Amazon Original)(2021)
Pitch Perfect 2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
RocknRolla
Scorched Earth
Secret in Their Eyes
Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads concert film)
Takers
Unleashed (Original Title: Danny the Dog)(Li/M(o).Freeman)
We Die Young
The Wolfman
Zodiac

The Making of the Mob (Season 1: New York)
Klondike (Miniseries)(R.Madden/Cornish/I.Hart)
Solos (Amazon Original)(2021)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - 31/5
The Kings of Summer - 1/6
Unforgiven - 1/6
Argo - 2/6
The Lincoln Lawyer - 3/6
Source Code - 8/6

peteeeed · 26-05-2021 4:23pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

2 Guns (M.Wahlberg/D.Washington)
Almost Famous
Assault on Precinct 13 (A.Stoker)
A Walk in the Woods
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (R.Williams/Kunis)
Being A.P.
Blended (Sandler/Barrymore)
Cemetery Without Crosses (Original Title: Une corde, un Colt...)
Chalet Girl
Chappie
Cop Car
Daddy's Home
Faster (The Rock/B.B.Thornton)
The First King (Original Title: Il primo re)
Free Birds
Get Smart
George Best: All by Himself
Ghostbusters (B.Murray/D.Aykroyd)
Ghostbusters (M.McCarthy/Wiig)
Greenfingers (C.Owen/Mirren)
Holmes & Watson
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
The Mask
Mercury Rising (Willis)
Moon (Rockwell)
Not Another Teen Movie
Only the Brave (Teller/J(o).Brolin/Bridges/J.Connelly)
Pan
Pink: All I Know So Far (Amazon Original)(2021)
Pitch Perfect 2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
RocknRolla
Scorched Earth
Secret in Their Eyes
Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads concert film)
Takers
Unleashed (Original Title: Danny the Dog)(Li/M(o).Freeman)
We Die Young
The Wolfman
Zodiac

The Making of the Mob (Season 1: New York)
Klondike (Miniseries)(R.Madden/Cornish/I.Hart)
Solos (Amazon Original)(2021)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - 31/5
The Kings of Summer - 1/6
Unforgiven - 1/6
Argo - 2/6
The Lincoln Lawyer - 3/6
Source Code - 8/6

you forgot all the james bonds

Amazon has agreed to acquire MGM in an $8.45 billion (£5.98b) deal.

If approved by regulatory bodies, this will give Amazon and, specifically Amazon Prime Video, access to an enormous catalogue of past and future films.

As well as a library of over 4,000 movies, many of which modern classics, it includes the Bond franchise and the forthcoming addition, No Time to Die.

Other new movies scheduled to appear this year include The Addams Family 2, House of Gucci, and the currently untitled Paul Thomas Anderson project.

MGM is also the studio behind many Oscar winners, such as Silence of the Lambs, Raging Bull, Thelma & Louise, 12 Angry Men, and Poltergeist.

https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/amazon/157086-amazon-to-acquire-mgm-will-gain-rights-to-bond-films

homerun_homer · 27-05-2021 1:55pm

Klonker wrote: »

But overall it was such a great show, I kind of feel bad about it now that it no longer gets the recognition it deserves.

It does and it doesn't get it's fair recognition. It doesn't from those who gave up or called it disappointing, and that tends to be the loudest voice and makes anyone who likes it look like an apologist, but it still has a huge fanbase. It changed the landscape of network television in the USA in it's own way. While Sopranos may have led the way for prestige television, Lost developed a huge fandom in the dawn of the internet, picking apart every episode week by week online, which added to the obsession with the show. For better or worse you could say since some people feel like there wasn't enough answers for all their time spent digging, but there are plenty within the show, outside the show and it makes for great theory videos.

It was the first podcast when Apple launched their podcast app, and it was a brilliant one at that, even though the creators weren't sure what scope podcasts would have. This alone was influential to many shows since.

Then add to the mix it was a show that stood it's ground and they asked for an end date, rather than be dragged into the ground, lost momentum, run out of road and eventually get cancelled. That's very much not the normal in TV. Shows like this were hour long (minus ads so 40ish mins) and 24 a season. Think 24, X-Files etc they all had huge seasons, and now the new normal can be having a network show like this run with less so they don't have to drag things out as much.

Many LOST podcasts have been popping up in recent times too which each seem to point out that it still has a large fandom who are interested in re-binging the show, or discovering it as new. I only learned recently that Michael Giachino and the RTE Orchestra performed a LOST concert in NCH in 2019. I'm raging I missed it. It was recorded for a vinyl release too.

cdgalwegian · 27-05-2021 7:49pm

Klonker wrote: »

Just finished watching Lost and I'd recommend it to anyone to give it a go. I watched it week to week when it originally aired and haven't watched it since but I enjoyed it a lot more on my second watch, binge watching it over the previous few weeks. It's a lot easier remembering a scene from a previous season you watched 2 weeks ago rather than 2 years ago!

I feel like since it's finale Lost's reputation has taken a huge hit and I think it's unjustified. For me it's still up there as one of the best, smartest, groundbreaking shows of all time so if you've never seen it or haven't seen it since it original aired it's definitely worth the investment of your time.

homerun_homer wrote: »

It does and it doesn't get it's fair recognition. It doesn't from those who gave up or called it disappointing, and that tends to be the loudest voice and makes anyone who likes it look like an apologist, but it still has a huge fanbase. It changed the landscape of network television in the USA in it's own way. While Sopranos may have led the way for prestige television, Lost developed a huge fandom in the dawn of the internet, picking apart every episode week by week online, which added to the obsession with the show. For better or worse you could say since some people feel like there wasn't enough answers for all their time spent digging, but there are plenty within the show, outside the show and it makes for great theory videos..

I tried watching the first couple of episodes not too long after it first aired and couldn't take to it. However, after watching the first 2 seasons of The Leftovers- Lindelof's fantastic creation- I binge-watched the lot before season 3 of The Leftovers started. I quite enjoyed it. I knew in advance the ending was naff, which it was, but the whole thing was enjoyable right the way through.

peteeeed · 27-05-2021 7:55pm

Klonker wrote: »

I know people who watched the first few seasons when it original aired and then gave up on it only to return for the final few episodes only to complain it didn't make sense!

The main negative I had about the show was
when Locke died. I know the actor was still there but he wasn't the character Locke. He was one of the best characters (my favourite to that point and I think a lot of people's) and now our only way of seeing that character was in some flash forwards/back/sideways. I didnt think it was a bad plot or anything, I just think the show missed the character of Locke.

But overall it was such a great show, I kind of feel bad about it now that it no longer gets the recognition it deserves.

i think the flak it gets is justified as the last season was a mess and then the last episode was terrible . pity as it was a great idea and had a few good seasons

Nalz · 27-05-2021 11:05pm

peteeeed wrote: »

i think the flak it gets is justified as the last season was a mess and then the last episode was terrible . pity as it was a great idea and had a few good seasons

100% on the money. Awful ending

peteeeed · 28-05-2021 8:30am

Nalz wrote: »

100% on the money. Awful ending

i remember talking to a friend who had watched it all at the time like me and we thought the season 6 scripts had got jumbled up together and they just went with it

EltonJohn69 · 29-05-2021 1:20pm

Good documentary on Halston, works as a good companion piece if you have seen the show on Netflix.

Theboinkmaster · 29-05-2021 7:07pm

deisedude wrote: »

I never really got into it. Watched the first 2 seasons and I just wasnt enjoying it.

Having heard the hullabaloo at the end of the series justifies my decision

Not really - the first 4 seasons of game of thrones are some of the best tv ever produced. Then you have later episodes like battle of the bastards which again is one of the best tv episodes ever made.

But if you didn’t enjoy the first 2 seasons then it wasn’t for you, but your loss IMO.

deisedude · 29-05-2021 8:47pm

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

Not really - the first 4 seasons of game of thrones are some of the best tv ever produced. Then you have later episodes like battle of the bastards which again is one of the best tv episodes ever made.

But if you didn’t enjoy the first 2 seasons then it wasn’t for you, but your loss IMO.

Just didn't do it for me

I love the Sopranos, The Wire and Breaking Bad but plenty people don't like them either despite them being generally critically acclaimed

killbillvol2 · 29-05-2021 9:42pm

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

Not really - the first 4 seasons of game of thrones are some of the best tv ever produced. Then you have later episodes like battle of the bastards which again is one of the best tv episodes ever made.

But if you didn’t enjoy the first 2 seasons then it wasn’t for you, but your loss IMO.

Apart from the fact that it's not on AMAZON do you really think you're going to alter their opinion? They didn't like it. You did. Move on.

RandomViewer · 30-05-2021 12:08pm

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

Not really - the first 4 seasons of game of thrones are some of the best tv ever produced. Then you have later episodes like battle of the bastards which again is one of the best tv episodes ever made.

But if you didn’t enjoy the first 2 seasons then it wasn’t for you, but your loss IMO.

I know people who love Game of Thrones, I looked at it a few times and just didnt care for it, watched a couple of episodes of the Leftovers and was bored,

Theboinkmaster · 30-05-2021 7:49pm

deisedude wrote: »

Just didn't do it for me

I love the Sopranos, The Wire and Breaking Bad but plenty people don't like them either despite them being generally critically acclaimed

Yeah I watched first 2 seasons of sopranos and just couldn’t get into it so I hear what you’re saying.

My point really was the fact that even though season 8 was a turd and the series ended badly, first 4 seasons are widely regarded as awesome tv.

Theboinkmaster · 30-05-2021 7:50pm

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Apart from the fact that it's not on AMAZON do you really think you're going to alter their opinion? They didn't like it. You did. Move on.

Obviously not but that wasn’t the point my post was making. Re read it.

RandomViewer · 30-05-2021 8:08pm

Watched Detective Pikachu , Ryan Reynolds won't refuse a paycheck and I need to make more effort in my film choices

gmisk · 31-05-2021 8:18pm

Very decent doc called Kaiser added to amazon prime one for footie fans, interesting story!
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6823890/

gmisk · 01-06-2021 10:29am

Saint Maud has also been added....it is grim but rather terrific imo
I think it was Mark Kermodes film of the year

Mickeroo · 01-06-2021 11:07am

gmisk wrote: »

Very decent doc called Kaiser added to amazon prime one for footie fans, interesting story!
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6823890/

That sounds interesting, before clicking your link I had assumed from the name it was going to be about Franz Beckenbauer!

gmisk · 01-06-2021 11:08am

Mickeroo wrote: »

That sounds interesting, before clicking your link I had assumed from the name it was going to be about Franz Beckenbauer!

Ha not quite, it's a decent watch probably not a bad idea to go into it blind

flasher0030 · 01-06-2021 11:19am

gmisk wrote: »

Saint Maud has also been added....it is grim but rather terrific imo
I think it was Mark Kermodes film of the year

Each to their own of course, but I did not enjoy it. I'm not anti-grimness by any means, but I just thought it dragged on a lot. Just filming her as she was going through her deluded fantasy world. I liked the idea at the very end. Which was a bit of a shock, and at least somewhat redeemed the movie, for me anyway.

gmisk · 01-06-2021 11:27am

flasher0030 wrote: »

Each to their own of course, but I did not enjoy it. I'm not anti-grimness by any means, but I just thought it dragged on a lot. Just filming her as she was going through her deluded fantasy world. I liked the idea at the very end. Which was a bit of a shock, and at least somewhat redeemed the movie, for me anyway.

I don't think I enjoyed it either tbh.
But found it really effective and affecting.
Not for everyone but worth a watch I think

shrapnel222 · 01-06-2021 1:16pm

gmisk wrote: »

Saint Maud has also been added....it is grim but rather terrific imo
I think it was Mark Kermodes film of the year

loved it. what a film! some scenes gave me chills, and that doesn't happen often!

JP Liz V1 · 01-06-2021 1:40pm

New Amsterdam moving from Amazon Prime to Sky Witness for season 3

The White Wolf · 01-06-2021 10:05pm

I'm into my less than quality Vampire productions and Prime has them in abundance. I watched Corbin Nash and I Had Bloody Good Fun at House Barker tonight, and I enjoyed them.

The former stars Smalljon Umber from Game of Thrones and Corey Feldman as a cross dressing Vampire so I'll let ye decide if it's for you. :pac:

Wrongway1985 · 02-06-2021 3:07pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

Abhijan (The Expedition)
All the Money in the World (M.Williams/C.Plummer/M.Wahlberg)
Amazing Love
The Bachelors (J.K. Simmons)
Bad Teacher
Ballerina (Also known as 'Leap!')
Bicycle Thieves (Original Title: Ladri di biciclette)
Daisy - A Hen Into The Wild
Drum
England Is Mine
For My Daughter's Honor (Also known as 'Indecent Seduction')(G.Cole)
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) & Blood & Iron (2007)
Justice League
The Last Witch Hunter (V.Diesel/R.Leslie)
Life with Father
Memorial Day
Metal Heart
mother!
The Night is Young
Northmen - A Viking Saga
Pride (Nighy/Staunton/D.West/Considine)
Safelight
Saint Maud
Seven
The Snail and the Whale
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In (Amazon Original)(2021)
The Violators
Wonder Man

Panic (Season 1)(Amazon Original)(2021)
Sea Wolf (2 Part Miniseries)
Six (Season 1-2)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Edge of Tomorrow - 9/6
Flight - 9/6
Murder by Numbers - 11/6
Official Secrets - 14/6
Sleepy Hollow - 14/6
Bohemian Rhapsody - 15/6
Life - 15/6

Justified (Season 1-6) - 9/6
Unforgettable (Season 1-3) - 9/6

Wrongway1985 · 11-06-2021 5:30pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

A Girl from Mogadishu
Black Butterfly (Banderas)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Depp/Highmore)
The Danish Girl (Redmayne/Vikander)
Dangerous Moves (Original Title: La Diagonale Du Fou)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
The Edge of Seventeen
The Endless Summer
The Departed (DiCaprio/Nicholson/Damon)
The Face of Love
First Response
The Frontrunner (Jackman/V.Farmiga/J.K.Simmons)
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo's Child
Hairspray
Hangman (Pacino)
The Interpreter (Kidman/S.Penn)
Iron Men (Sports Documentary - West Ham United)
Jailbreak (Original Title: Pacto de Fuga)(2020)
Jonathan
Kept Woman
Kittie: Live at the London Music Hall
The Last Lullaby
Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
The Legend of Tarzan (A.Skarsgard/M.Robbie/S.L.Jackson)
The Little Rascals
Love in Paradise
Love on the Air
Love Ranch (Mirren/Pesci)
Most Beautiful Island
Mystery Men
The Outpost (S.Eastwood/C.L.Jones)(2019)
Pawn Sacrifice (T.Maguire/L.Rabe)
Riddick
Ronin (De Niro/Reno)
Room on the Broom
Sassy Pants
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
True Appaloosa
Two Step
Wild Card
Wilde (S.Fry/J.Law)

The Armstrong and Miller Show (Season 1-3)
The Family Man (Season 2)(Amazon Original)(2021)
Head Above Water (Sports Documentary - Australia Olympic Swimming)(Amazon Original)(2021)
Justified (Season 1-6)
Revolting Rhymes (Part 1&2)
Unforgettable (Season 1-3)
When Eagles Dare: Crystal Palace F.C. (Amazon Exclusive)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Romeo + Juliet - 16/6
The Terminator - 17/6
Aquaman - 19/6
Pearl Harbor - 19/6
We Own the Night - 21/6
The Rite - 24/6

RandomViewer · 11-06-2021 6:19pm

Panic, 10 episode teen drama,though all the teens are played by actors closer to 30 nothing special but it does have Jack Nicholson's son Ray

Charlie19 · 11-06-2021 11:16pm

Fair Game 2010.
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.

Senator (Chappaquidick) 2017
Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

Gold 2016.
Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

Founder 2016.
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.

I watched those four recently and I'd highly recommend them and would easily give a solid 7/10.

www.imdb.com

Need a Username · 12-06-2021 7:19am

RandomViewer wrote: »

Panic, 10 episode teen drama,though all the teens are played by actors closer to 30 nothing special but it does have Jack Nicholson's son Ray

I knew he seemed familiar.

Most teenagers are played by 30 year olds but in the case of Panic some of them really look old.

The lead and her two friends do at least look and beg have under 20.

The first episode was good.

Terence Rattigan · 14-06-2021 2:55pm

The Founder 2016.
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.

really enjoyed this one, Michael Keaton is great in it.

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