It's that time again. Let's look at what's new to streaming on Amazon Prime this month, by random screengrabs wherever the scrolling bar drops us in the movie...
Oh Mary, please don't tell me you're a lesbian."
Saved! (2004)
I've never seen this Christian high school movie but given how often its devout fans bring it up or quote it perhaps I should?
Please help us...
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Don't do it, Brad! Kiki is BIG TROUBLE even though she comes in a tiny cute package.
six more movies after the jump...
I'm glad you're up because you have a kid to care for."
Pusher II (2004)
Before Drive and Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn made Danish films with his then-muse Mads Mikkelsen as violent men. In this trilogy he's a small time criminal just out of prison
Do you still think that my Shylock was inadequate? That was the adjective you used, 'inadequate'!"
Theater of Blood (1973)
Vincent Price is a Shakespearean actor seeking revenge on his critics in this horror flick. I wonder what critics thought of it at the time? Tim Burton, noted Vincent Price enthusiast and future auteur, would have been 15 year old when this movie arrived in theaters.
-Are you hurt?
-Oh it's nothing.
1984 (1984)
Have any of you seen this dystopian film based on the George Orwell? I haven't but I used to love the Eurythmics theme song "Sex Crime (1984)"
-It's so beautiful
-It sleeps. When worn by one with a courageous heart, the stone glows red.
Secret of Nimh (1982)
I looooved this as a kid. I wonder what Don Bluth, the only mainstream off-Disney game in the US animation world back then, thinks of the modern animation boom? So many studios now competing for so many more dollars.
But then... this is where I have trouble. Where do I go from here? I know how you're always saying about the story. 'What if?' 'Then what?' But that's what I don't know the answer to.
Weiner-Dog (2016)
Did you read Daniel Walber's episode of The Furniture on this Todd Solondz film? You should.
A lot of my kids learn emotions cognitively. It doesn't come naturally to them the way it does for you and me so we need to show them. 'This is what happiness looks like. This is what anxious looks like.' And so on..."
Young Adult (2011)
'What about neutral?' Look (!) at the incomprehension and suspicion just lightly dusted over, well, "neutral". Charlize is f***ing brilliant in this movie. It's clearer and clearer as time passes that it's both Jason Reitman's best film, Diablo Cody's best screenplay, and Charlize Theron's best work as an actor. I'm so mad at myself for having it as #11 in my 2011 list. Shoulda made the top ten.
Also New to Streaming on Amazon Prime...
2001 Maniacs, Any Given Sunday, Apollo 13, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Autopsy, Borderland, Breakhart Pass, The Broken, Bronson, Buried, Butterfly Effect 3, Caddyshack, Crazy Eights, Dark Ride, The Death of Ian Stone, The Devil Inside, Dying Breed, Eight Men Out, Fido, Food, Inc, Four Feathers, From Within, Full Metal Jacket, Fun Size, Futureworld, Good Will Hunting, Hair, Heaven's Gate, Imagine That, Lake Dead, Man on Wire, the Mechanic, Mr Mahesty, Mulberry Street, Nightmare Man, Offspring, Out of Time, Pusher I, Pusher II, Pusher III, Reincarnation, Roman Holiday, Scary Movie 2, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Thaw, To the Wonder, Unearthed, and United States of Leland.
Coming Sept 2nd-Sept 12th: Knock Knock, Scout's Guide to Zombie Apocalypse, Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension, and Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction, Bigger Stronger Faster, Cocaine Cowboys, Drillbit Taylor