I’m glad Amazon didn’t buy into the cancellation of Mel
LOL Mel Gibson has been ‘uncancelled’ for many years. He’s been working regularly in productions big and small since 2010 - he was off the radar for a relatively short amount of time.
Frankly, given his repugnant racist, anti-semitic and homophobic remarks over the years, he got off pretty damn easy as far as these things go.
It doesn't really bother me if someone is an asshole - if they make good movies, I'll watch them!
After eight years of waiting, Evangelion 3.0+1.01 is finally out on Prime today. Watched it earlier and it was worth the wait: the sort of insane, epic, baffling, thoughtful mix of introspection and spectacle that only Hideaki Anno can deliver. It really is quite the trip - 160 or so minutes of pure Evangelion. It really gives the filmmakers the time to explore what they want to - a quiet sojourn to a rural village takes up a good hour of the running time, and the extended finale has plenty of time for surrealistic interludes alongside the quite frankly preposterously large scale battles.
The '3.0+1.01' title is of course confusing as all hell for anyone unfamiliar with the series, and maybe even those who are! This is the fourth and final film in the 'Rebuild' series, which is basically a cinematic reimagining of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion tv series and End of Evangelion film (both of which are on Netflix). Amazon has been thoughtful enough to add the three other Rebuild films today as well, so you can watch them all. It's definitely recommended to watch the original series and film first (it's all great, but EoE is particularly stunning), although these new films are certainly watchable as their own thing - but there's a lot of stuff that makes a lot more sense if you've seen the original series through as well. If you want to dive straight in to the new series of films though, the order is 1.11, 2.22, 3.33 and then finally this new one 3.0+1.01.
Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so
Bend It Like Beckham
Boss Level (Grillo/Gibson/Watts)(Amazon Original)(2021)
The Double
Dreamscape
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Find Me Guilty (V.Diesel)
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
Happythankyoumoreplease
Jumanji (R.Williams/Dunst)
Looper
Miss Sloane (Chastain/Strong)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Next of Kin
Now You See Me
Peter Rabbit
Prisoners (Jackman/J.Gyllenhaal)
P.S. I Love You
The Runner
The Secret Life of Pets
Sicario
Trainwreck
The Trials of Cate McCall (Beckinsale/Nolte/J.Cromwell)
Welcome to the Rileys (K.Stewart/Galdolfini)
What a Girl Wants
Why Stop Now?
The Woman in the Window
Zombieland
DC's Stargirl (Season 2)(2021)(Amazon Exclusive) - Episodes weekly till conclusion
Impastor (Season 1-2)
Modern Love (Season 2)(Amazon Original)(2021)
Some Girls (Season 1-3)
Star Trek: Lower Decks (Season 2)(2021)(Amazon Original) - Episodes weekly till conclusion
Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)
The True History of the Kelly Gang - 21/8
Get Smart - 23/8
Call Me by Your Name - 25/8
Pan - 25/8
The Prestige - 27/8
Cruel Summer is good, it's probably an episode or two too long but the last two episodes made up for it.
Boss level is pretty well done. Great fun
Literally just finished it this morning. Man it's short, barely 80 minutes of movie; quite the runtime whiplash after the needlessly long (but enjoyable) The Suicide Squad.
I've no idea what to make of it at first blush, but it sure was something. Not least, a girlboss movie written by outed sex pest Max Landis. Can't fault it for never flinching on its premise though. I'd like to see what the director does next.
They spoke about the Landis connection last year when it screened at TIFF. They (the director, and Chloe Moretz who was a producer too) said that the script was hugely rewritten after Landis left the project. He claims it's still his. I dunno. I felt like the extremely sexist opening scenes were probably his, beyond that, I dunno. I do remember reading more about it at the time but I can't remember all of what was said.
Sicario is a good one, wonder when the 2nd one will be on.
Finished Clarkson's farm, fantastic, can't wait for season 2.
Just watched it. Absolutely ridiculous but I enjoyed it too. Chris Pratt is a terrible actor but he's so likeable. I think it's because I love him in Parks and Rec.
Just flicked on 9 perfect strangers last night. The casting is excellent and 2 episodes in, its very good.
I watched all 3 eps that are up. The cast is great but I wasn't overly impressed with it as a whole. It just kind of felt like something I've seen done before and done better. It kept my attention but I wasn't really invested in any of the characters, ad the fact it's now gone to weekly episodes makes me wonder if I'll even finish it.
The 6th Day
Admission (T.Fey/P.Rudd)
The Bank Job
Beat the Devil (Bogart)
Bronson (T.Hardy)
The Emperor of Paris (Original Title: L'Empereur de Paris)
Flatliners (K.Sutherland/J.Roberts)
Flatliners (E.Page/D.Luna)
Fool's Gold
The Glass Man
Greenfingers
Hacksaw Ridge
Hollow Man
In Search of A Midnight Kiss
Jack Reacher
Kansas City
Kill Command
The Last Movie Star
Legion
Machete
Road Trip
Spacewalker (Original Title: Время первых)
Spotlight
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Too Late
Trumbo
Walking Out
House M.D. (Season 1-8)
Nine Perfect Strangers (Amazon Exclusive)(2021)(First 3 episodes, rest following weekly until conclusion)
Seven - 29/8
Miss You Already - 31/8
The Gentlemen - 2/9
I know it's not a film, but I wish Halt and Catch Fire came back; as is often the way with our modern streaming world you can halfway through a season when ... poof! The show disappears.
I am relatively new to Amazon prime (using amazon UK as I am in Ireland.)
There is so much that is "not available in your location".....
am i missing something?
Irish users use primevideo(dot)com, not the actual Amazon website. That might be your problem.
great show/ hugely underrated
6th day hidden gem/ underrated ??? Or late career Arnie trash ??
OMG - I was just accessing through amazon website....... THANK YOU SO MUCH...... game changer......
What do you do different?
I think they used prime video for com rather than the Amazon website. Prime video app works for me no problem
Kevin can f##k himself....it's kind of amazing....i think...Annie Murphy..wow
Is this on Prime!?
It is indeed! Well worth a watch at least so far...only a few episodes in.
Amazing! I've heard really good things!
Thanks, didn't know this was up on Prime!
The Gentlemen - Guy Ritchie film. Very light, funny and entertaining. Pleasantly surprised as I'm not much of a fan of any of the actors involved, nor Ritchie, but it was probably the most enjoyable movie experience I've had in a long time.
21
Anna Lucasta
Betty Blue (Original Title: 37°2 le matin)
The Big Caper
Blade Runner 2049
The Bone Collector
The Condemned
Crime of Passion
Dive
The Expendables
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 3
The Expendables 3 (Extended Cut)
Girl, Interrupted
The Good Neighbor (Original Title: Unter Nachbarn)
Gran Torino
Groundhog Day
Kill Me Three Times (Pegg)
The Last Samurai (T.Cruise/K.Watanabe)
Light of My Life (C.Affleck/C.Moss)
Memorial Day
Now You See Me 2
Pavarotti (Ron Howard directed doc on the famous tenor)
The Princess Bride
Prospect
Ratchet & Clank
Return to Paradise
Snowpiercer (C.Evans/T.Swinton)
Street Fighter
Troy
The Walking Target
Thunder Road (R.Mitchum)
The Vault (F.Highmore/Bergés-Frisbey/L.Cunningham)(Amazon Original)(2021)
The Wonderful Country (R.Mitchum)
KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF (Season 1)(2021)
Fernando (Season 2)(Amazon Exclusive)(2021)
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Season 1-3)
The Front Runner - 5/9
1917 - 9/9
The Departed - 9/9
Room - 9/9
Chef - 11/9
Also Justified & Unforgotten are both down to leave again on 9/9
