With all the depressing, disturbing events happening in the real word, it’s no wonder consumers would look to streaming video for an escape — or perhaps some therapy, as it were.
Tag: Amazon Prime Video
‘Streaming Services Are Now Worse Than Cable Used to Be’
In a concise manner, the TikTok video embedded below from Christopher Claflin pretty much says it all about the mostly mediocre fare available across the over-saturated, subscription-based streaming universe including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Disney+ and even as user-generated content on YouTube (even given its censorship regimen) and elsewhere continues to grow in popularity.
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.
Review: ‘Dragged Across Concrete’ on Netflix
A Review of ‘Homestead’ on Tubi Also Follows Below
As a follow-up to previous posts, here are some additional capsule reviews of gangster/thriller movies (content not for kids) available on streaming services. As always, your mileage may vary.
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.
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.
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