Hidden Gems? You Decide
The Amazon Prime content catalog is loaded with low-budget, independent, direct-to-streaming (or nearly direct) movies that are rubbish, as they might say in the U.K. But there are exceptions, if you can find them.
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Review: Is Amazon Prime’s ‘Outer Range’ Lost in Inner Space?
Viewers already skeptical of Netflix-branded content probably have similar good reasons to be wary of anything labeled as an Amazon Prime Video original.
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While surfing through Amazon Prime content, you never know what you might discover amidst the mediocre original content (which may be why the streaming service is getting into live sports events), direct-to-video schlock, and older movies that are better in your memory than what they actually are.
Lockdown Film Review: ‘Creed II’ Streaming on Amazon Prime
Perhaps catching up on movies you never got around to see makes the current coronavirus lockdown/quarantine somewhat bearable. Or maybe not.
In any event, released in November 2018, Creed II is the second sequel to the the Sylvester Stallone-created and starring Rocky franchise and constitutes the eighth overall installment, taking all the movies in the series collectively.
Content consumers wary of any film or TV series branded as an Amazon Prime Original or Netflix Original may have those feelings justified by White Dragon, an eight-episode mystery drama from the U.K. currently streaming on the retail giant’s video platform. Although the Hong Kong backdrop — both the skyline and the street level — is beautiful, and you’ll appreciate the cinematography especially if you’ve visited there before, the series narrative puts the “drag” in dragon. You may even be sorely tempted to bail as early as episode one when the main character unbelievably can’t figure out how to obtain a phone charging cable in Hong Kong of all places!
Nothing says Christmas like a kick-ass crime drama, right? Over the holidays, you might be scrolling through the Netflix menu — or another streaming platform — trying to find something, anything to watch that looks interesting. This is otherwise known as first-world problems.
Season 1 of the legal/crime drama Goliath on Amazon Prime may provide clues as to whether Season 2 is worth binge-watching. Both seasons consist of eight episodes starring Oscar-winner Billy Bob Thornton. Season 2 premiered on June 15.
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