The 15 best films coming to Prime Video in November 2022
With Harry Styles, Michael B. Jordan, and more, this month features a great selection of unheralded classics, neo-noir, indie darlings, and stellar comedy
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(from left) Val Kilmer in The Doors; Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station; Harry Styles in My Policeman Image: Todd Gilchrist/ Lionsgate Home Video; The Weinstein Company; Prime Video.
Thanksgiving and November in general marks the official start of the holiday season (Halloween got dissed), and that means lots of gathering of family and friends. No matter how you celebrate, it’s always nice to circle up around some home entertainment, and Amazon Prime has got some delicious plans on its menu—including indies, oldies, franchises, and many courses in between.
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The Doors, eh? I saw that opening night with my girlfriend at the time. When “1968″ flashed on the screen she turned to me and asked “How many years until he’s dead?” I answered three, and she groaned. As a lifelong fan of the band I could only agree.
Oliver Stone’s movie looked eerily contemporary too, like an MTV music video circa 1990.
It gets the early rise-to-stardom stuff right and makes ‘65-’67 seem like an amazing time to be alive, but then it just sort of fastforwards into depressing debauchery.
It was not a very good movie. But it did namecheck Arthur Lee & Love, so I guess it gets a cool point for that.
Anyone else noticed that Amazon’s moved a large chunk of their library over to FreeVee? They push that a lot more in their recommendations and “people who watched this” sections, they seem to not be making enough off of memberships.
“Blade Runner reboot Blade Runner 2049““Reboot”? Not “sequel”?
I’m so happy to see “Heaven’s Gate” on this list! I could watch it just for the cinematography, but it’s an amazingly gritty and (apparently) realistic depiction of the times in which it was set. Grab a giant bucket of popcorn and a fizzy beverage of your choice and strap on your catheter; it’s going to be a loooooong, beautiful ride.
“Black Rain, an adaptation of Shōhei Imamura’s Japanese film of the same name.” What? Two different movies, Imamura’s film is about the aftermath of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and has neither Jack nor S**t to do with Scott’s film.
Amazon sent out an inaccurate list, no High Fidelity or Manchurian Candidate.
Fun fact: Cimino kicked Willem Dafoe off the set Heaven’s Gate for laughing. Decades later, Dafoe would have his revenge when he got to narrate Final Cut: The Making & Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate, the documentary about Cimino’s shenanigans.
Re: The Doors – I thought Meg Ryan was miscast as Pamela Courson. Kind of whiny and lightweight.
…blew away fans of the original…Really? I like the original a lot, and while I think 2049 got the visuals and tone right, it’s pretty much the dictionary definition of ponderous.
Actor musician pop sensation Harry Styles…
I think I’d rather re-watch The Relic than The Doors. Also, the book was very good.
The novel Relic was great. and it spawned a whole series of novels and offshoots from those. How the movie could cut out the main character is beyond my understanding. It needs to be redone and redone right with A.X.L. Pendergast front and center.
I saw Black Rain when it came out. Not just lousy, but near anonymous, too. Like the moment you left the theater you asked yourself, “Did I just see something? Nothing is memorable.”
I must post a second time, if only to say that Miami Blues was a terrific film. You should watch it.