By Phillip Swann
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Amazon’s Prime Video this week (May 26-June 1, 2024) plans to add 113 new TV shows and movies to its Prime membership lineup. Here’s the three best, in my humble opinion:
Platoon (1986)
Director Oliver Stone’s 1986 Vietnam drama stars Charlie Sheen as a grunt in the brush who’s torn between two sergeants (Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) who have violently different views of how to conduct the war. This is Stone’s masterpiece, perhaps even surpassing 1991’s JFK, in large part because it feels so authentic thanks to the director’s personal experience in the war. Sheen is particularly good and a rewatching of this film and 1987’s Wall Street will make you wonder why he didn’t become a top-tier actor instead of a late-night punchline. Debuts June 1.
Blow Out (1981)
This haunting Brian DePalma-directed drama stars John Travolta as an accidental investigator of a presidential assassination with DePalma’s then wife, Nancy Allen, playing a clueless accessory. This is arguably DePalma’s finest work as he taps into the conspiratorial vibe that still haunted the nation in the early 80s after the political assassinations of the 1960s and the Watergate/intelligence scandals of the 1970s. Travolta is also sensational as the B movie soundman who’s seen and heard enough. Debuts June 1.
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Coen Brothers’ flawless neo-western stars Josh Brolin as a good old boy who stumbles upon a jackpot of money but is then pursued by a ruthless, coin-flipping killer, played deliciously by Javier Bardem. (And let’s not overlook the commanding performance of Tommy Lee Jones as the weather-beaten sheriff.) Joel and Ethan Coen have conspired to make cinema brilliance over the years with films such as Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Miller’s Crossing. But there may be no better Coen Brothers film than No Country for Old Men. If you haven’t seen it, start streaming. Debuts June 1.
Complete List of New Titles Coming This Week to Amazon’s Prime Video:
Tuesday, May 28
The Boys in The Boat (2023)
Thursday, May 30
Die Hart 2: Die Harter (2024)
Friday, May 31
The Outlaws Season 3 (2024)
Saturday, June 1
Las Vegas S1-S5
All Saints
Animal Crackers
Annie (2014)
A Raisin In The Sun
At Close Range
Basic
Battlefield Earth
Bite The Bullet
Black Dynamite
Bloodsport
Blow Out
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Brewster’s Millions
Brick
Bruno
Buck And The Preacher
Class
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Cry Freedom
Dark Angel
Dark Blue
Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
Death At A Funeral
Diablo
Duck Soup
Edge Of Darkness
Eye Of The Needle
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Finding Forrester
Fireproof
Gigli
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II
Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus: The G Annihilation Strategy
Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla
Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla: Final Wars
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Gridiron Gang
Guarding Tess
Hackers
Hellfighters
High Noon
I Am Ali
I Am Bolt
Igby Goes Down
Incendies
It Came From Outer Space
Johnny Mnemonic
Juan Of The Dead
Just Mercy
Kindergarten Cop
Kindergarten Cop 2
Last Tango In Paris
Layer Cake
Little Man
Macarthur
Man’s Favorite Sport?
Midnight Run
Milk
Money Train
No Country For Old Men
No Good Deed
No Stranger Than Love
Noah
Not Without My Daughter
Ong Bak – The Thai Warrior
Open Season
Outlaws And Angels
Overboard
Pariah
Paths Of Glory
Platoon
Precious
Predestination
Punch-Drunk Love
Quantum Of Solace
Revenge
Saved!
Six Degrees Of Separation
Skyfall
Sleepover
Soapdish
Some Kind Of Wonderful
St. Elmo’s Fire
Stomp The Yard
Superbad (Unrated)
Takers
Tangerine
Teen Wolf
The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
The African Queen
The Animal
The Battle Of Britain
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Danish Girl
The Haunting
The Hurricane
The Kids Are All Right
The Last Castle
The Man in the Moon
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Mechanic
The Missouri Breaks
The Quiet Man
The Russia House
The War Wagon
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Tomahawk
Vertical Limit
Written On The Wind
You Got Served
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