Amazon Prime Film/TV Series Recommendations

hold my beer · 30-08-2021 10:33PM

Must give The Departed a spin before it, ahem, departs. One of my favourite movies. Highly recommend if you've never seen it

Debub · 31-08-2021 09:48AM

Anyone seen Solos? Reviews please?

thanks

EoinMcLovin · 02-09-2021 04:19PM

https://youtu.be/qvfrXwjedao

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gmisk · 02-09-2021 09:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117838870#Comment_117838870

That looks kind of er cheap in places kinda surprised

Mr Crispy · 02-09-2021 09:38PM

Anyone here familiar with the book series?

spookwoman · 03-09-2021 12:41AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117840009#Comment_117840009

Haven't read it in a about 15 years and never got around to the last ones. Wasn't a bad series of books and I even got the PC game when it came out. Will be interesting to see how the series goes.

Mr.Nice Guy · 04-09-2021 03:39PM

Got round to watching Boss Level. It's good fun if you want to have something light and easy to watch in an evening. Did find the ending a bit underwhelming.

I was shocked to learn Frank Grillo is 56. Looks amazing for his age.

ixoy · 04-09-2021 04:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117840009#Comment_117840009

Finished it a while ago (all 14 tomes) but yes, it's a series with a lot of potential for a good TV show. There's a proper (finished!) story, good range of characters, monsters & magic, etc. It predates 'A Song of Ice and Fire'/'A Game of Thrones' and I don't really think they're alike but no doubt people will compare them anyway.

Wrongway1985 · 04-09-2021 05:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117826759#Comment_117826759

It's pretty much badly written monologues by well known actors, was a pointless exercise imo not sure it would have existed if not for the pandemic. Wasn't a struggle to get through really due to the length of the episodes but not a worthwhile viewing.

FunLover18 · 04-09-2021 08:46PM

I watched a film called The Wedding Guest with Dev Patel, well made but quite slow. Dev is very good as a crim for hire type who arrives at a wedding in Pakistan with nefarious purposes. As I said it's slow and there's not much to the plot, could have done with a bit more tension as I never really felt the characters were in any danger.

Wrongway1985 · 06-09-2021 05:43PM

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

12 Years a Slave

Across the Tracks

The Addiction (Walken)

Black Irish (B(re).Gleeson/M.Leo)

The Blind Side

Cinderella (Amazon Original)(2021)

The Da Vinci Code

Detroit (Boyega/W.Poulter/Mackie)

Ellie Parker (N.Watts)

Face 2 Face

Far More (2021)

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

The Grey

The Guilty (B.Pullman)

Hatchet II

Hotel Transylvania

Inferno

The Informer (J.Kinnaman/R.Pike)

Jerry Maguire

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Meaning of Life (Gilliam/Chapman/Cleese)

Molly's Game

Northern Borders

A Quiet Life (Original title: Una vita tranquilla)

Red (Willis/Mirren)

Red 2

Snatch

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Suicide Squad

That Was Then... This Is Now

Transcendence (J.Depp/R.Hall)

Tremors (K.Bacon)

Unforgiven (Hackman/C.Eastwood/M.Freeman/R.Harris)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (G.Wilder)

Castle (Season 1-8)

Charmed (Season 1-8)

Elementary (Season 1-7)

Fungus the Bogeyman (Season 1)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Body of Lies - 14/9

'71 - 15/9

Love, Rosie - 16/9

The Commuter - 19/9

The White Wolf · 09-09-2021 03:30PM

Went on a horror run yesterday across Netflix and Amazon.

The Dark (2018) is the type of production I like when it comes to horror; low budget which means the effects and make up are forced to be resourceful, and if the idea is good enough it makes for a special effort that separates itself from the umpteen bad attempts on the same budget.

It's quite good, would love to see it explored more. I'm surprised Amazon haven't tried to make more of it.

Knine · 10-09-2021 10:46PM

Eden Lodge was a decent horror! Not what I was expecting 😄

Charlie19 · 13-09-2021 09:15PM

The Voyeurs (2021)

This is a must watch movie just for the ending alone. I didn't know much about it prior to watching and this definitely added had an impact on my experience.

Young couple move into their new apartment that over looks an adjacent apartment owned by a very adventurous couple who are not shy about what they get up to.

S.M.B. · 13-09-2021 09:31PM

I did not realise The Voyeurs was an Amazon Original.

I've been watching LulaRich. A four part documentary about a multi level marketing company / pyramid scheme / cult mainly involving leggings.

Wrongway1985 · 15-09-2021 02:17PM

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

Angel of Death/El Angel (Original Title: El Ángel)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (J.Earle Haley/R.Mara)

Around the Block

Beyond the Lights

Chaos Walking

Cloud Atlas

Demoted

Donnie Brasco

Escape from Planet Earth

Exit Speed

Indecency (Original Title: Mo)

In Order of Disappearance (Original Title: Kraftidioten)(S.Skarsgard)

Jasper Jones

The Journey (Spall/Meaney/J.Hurt)

The Lucky One

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Not Suitable For Children

Rocky (I,II,III,IV,V & Balboa)

Straight Outta Compton

The Voyeurs (Amazon Original)(2021)

Walk of Shame (E.Banks)

Ici c'est Paris, 50 ans de passion (Season 2)(Amazon Exclusive)(2021)(Also Season 1)(PSG Football Club doc)

LuLaRich (Amazon Original)(2021)

Mixte (Season 1)(Amazon Exclusive)(2021)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Pixels - 28/9

Also The Green Knight; movie filmed here with Dev Patel/Alicia Vikander arriving 24/9

Full_Circle_81 · 16-09-2021 08:31AM

Can't believe they are getting The Green Knight so soon! Did Amazon co-fund it or just maybe splurge on the rights?

I find David Lowerys movies to be extremely hit and miss, for me at least. Ain't Them Bodies Saints was fine, I enjoyed Pete's Dragon way more than I thought I would, I found A Ghost Story to be one of the most painful movie-watching experiences ever and then I loved The Old Man and the Gun. I'll be giving his latest a go at least!

pixelburp · 16-09-2021 08:41AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117898229#Comment_117898229

I don't think they co-funded, perhaps Amazon just spotted a lot of social media buzz. They've been scooping up a few movies lately.

I sometimes find it hard to rationalize the guy behind the charming Pete's Dragon remake also made A Ghost Story - and this (based on what I've seen of the trailer).

S.M.B. · 16-09-2021 09:22AM

I was completely unaware of this but looks like it's UK theatrical release was cancelled last minute as the delta variant emerged and there was a recent arrangement to have a parallel theatrical/streaming release next week.

https://variety.com/2021/film/global/green-knight-uk-release-date-pulled-1235025640/

https://variety.com/2021/film/global/green-knight-uk-amazon-theatrical-1235034716/

johnny_ultimate · 16-09-2021 09:38AM

Yeah it’s a UK / Ireland specific arrangement after the distributor here got cold feet. Amazon bought up the rights for here, albeit with the caveat from A24 I believe that it’d get some kind of big screen release (still being handled by the original distributor AFAIK).

Man Vs ManUre · 16-09-2021 01:09PM

I watch ‘The Voyeurs’ knowing nothing about it really other than there would be nudity!! Jeez wasn’t expecting a film like that, well worth a watch. Serious babe main star in it.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 18-09-2021 12:17PM

The Man Women's Ball

Written, starring, and directed by Mélanie Laurent. This had it's world premiere at TIFF last week and is now on Prime. It's an adaptation of a book and is about Eugenie, a young Parisian woman in 1885. Having annoyed her father one too many times by having opinions, he takes the first chance he gets (her telling her granny she can see spirits) to throw her into a notorious asylum for "hysterical" women. There she is subjected to a string of horrific "treatments" at the hands of the most renowned doctor in the new field of psychology. Laurent plays one of the head nurses at the asylum who forms a bond with Eugenie because of her alleged ability to speak with the dead, and everything is leading up to the titular ball where the women patients are allowed attend a ball where the richest of Parisian society get their kicks mixing with the "mad" women.

It's slow paced and doesn't shy away from the horrors these women were put through in the name of "science", but it's never exploitative or torture porn. It's probably not everyone's cup of tea but I was enthralled from beginning to end, and Lou de Laage is wonderful in the lead role of Eugenie, and having watched 3 of Laurent's films this year, I am a big fan of her work as a writer and director. (The first film I saw of hers as a director was Galveston, made in English, set in the US, and I wasn't a big fan, but she didn't write that one. So whether it's her writing or just working in her own language, I don't know, but she's definitely a talent)

Sleepy · 21-09-2021 11:01AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117840009#Comment_117840009

The world-building and story were great, the writing and some of the character development (or total lack thereof) was atrocious. It has huge potential for a television series as it's far, far too long a story to be told in film format and the mis-steps of the source material are so widely recognised by it's readership that it wouldn't take a genius to fix them (I'd imagine simply having a few women in the writers room would fix most of them tbh).

Wrongway1985 · 23-09-2021 05:43PM

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

2012

Boy Wonder

The Bucket List

Duplicity

Everest

Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Amazon Original)(2021)

Get Hard

How to Be Single

Lemon

Let's Kill Ward's Wife

The Mad Women's Ball (Original Title: Le bal des folles)(M.Laurent)(Amazon Original)(2021)

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

Nerdland

Salt and Fire

Star Trek Beyond

Half & Half (Season 1-4)

Moesha (Season 1-6)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Blood Diamond - 30/9

The Great Gatsby - 30/9

He's Just Not That Into You - 2/10

Man Vs ManUre · 23-09-2021 08:21PM

Running Scared has been added recently. Must be over 10 years ago that I watched it and remember it being very good. I think it is a modern twister version of red riding hood.

mewso · 23-09-2021 11:05PM

Watched Chaos Walking which I expected to be average enough but was pleasantly surprised. Nothing earth shattering but certainly passes the time reasonably well. Solid cast (Mads as the bad guy is always worth a look), interesting premise and I hadn't realised it was directed by Doug Liman of the first Bourne Identity (you know when the camera wasn't swinging all over the place during action sequences) and Edge of Tomorrow fame.

24-09-2021 12:51PM

Recently finished the Second Season of The Boys. Really enjoyed it and wouldn't have bothered with it only one of my mates recommended it.

maximo31 · 30-09-2021 09:27PM

Hotel Coolgardie well worth a watch. Documentary following two Finnish girls who go work in a pub in the Oz outback.

Wrongway1985 · 02-10-2021 04:22PM

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

5 Flights Up

12 Strong (C.Hemsworth)

100 Streets (I.Elba/G.Arterton)

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

A Few Good Men

Aftermath

An American Affair

And Then There Were None

Alison

Ashes in the Snow (B.Powley)

Barely Lethal (H.Steinfeld/S.Turner)

The Baytown Outlaws

The Beaver (M.Gibson/J.Foster)

Big Daddy (A.Sandler)

Bingo Hell (Amazon Original)(2021)

Birds of Paradise (Amazon Original)(2021)

Black as Night (Amazon Original)(2021)

Boy (J.Rolleston/T.Waititi)

Breaking Surface

Bridget Jones's Baby

Bringing Down the House (S.Martin)

Cardboard Gangsters

The Children

The Contender (Oldman/Bridges/C.Slater)

Dark Crimes

Death at a Funeral

Detour

Don't Breathe

Driving Miss Daisy (M.Freeman/J.Tandy)

Dunkirk

Eat Locals

Elsa & Fred

The Escape (G.Arterton)

The Escapist (B.Cox/D.Lewis)

The Fly Room

Ghost in the Shell (S.Johansson/M.Pitt)

The Huntsman: Winter's War

The Green Knight (D.Patel/Vikander)(Amazon Original)(2021)

Happy Death Day 2U

Heidi

The Help

The Holiday

Hotel Coolgardie

Igor

Imperium (D.Radcliffe/T.Collette)

Infinite (M.Wahlberg)(Amazon Exclusive)(2021)

Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again

Kong: Skull Island

The Lego Batman Movie

Life As We Know It

The Loft

Love Actually

The Maiden Heist

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (I.Elba/N.Harris)

Man Down

The Man Without a Face

Misconduct

Muriel's Wedding

My Days of Mercy (E.Page/K.Mara)

Odd Thomas

The Perfect Host

The Pirates of Somalia (E.Peters/Pacino)

Poseidon (K.Russell/R.Dreyfuss)

Raspberry Magic

Renegades (J.K.Simmons)

The Resident

Selma

The Shallows (B.Lively)

Shark Tale

Sister

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Spiderman (T.Maguire/K.Dunst/W.Dafoe)

Sugar Mountain

Superbad

Two Night Stand (M.Teller)

The Ugly Truth

Us (Nyong'o)

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Void

The Wicker Man (Cage)

Winter's End

The Witches (A.Huston)

Woman on the Run

Wonder Woman (G.Gadot)

100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone (Season 1)

90210 (Season 1-5)

All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs (Amazon Original)(2021)

The Bernie Mac Show (Season 1-5)

Fresh Meat (Season 1-4)

Goliath (Season 4)(Amazon Original)(2021)

My Wife and Kids (Season 1-5)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Season 1-7)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Parasite - 6/10

The Other Boleyn Girl - 11/10

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 02-10-2021 04:25PM

^ I still haven't gotten around to Parasite yet. Might be the kick in the bum I need to sit down and watch it.

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