Just in the time for the weekend…
It’s a pretty big week in terms on the ‘movies randomly added to a big streaming service’ front.
On Tuesday, amidst the carnage of Storm Barra, we brought you a comprehensive list of eight new films that were quietly added to the Amazon Prime Video library.
Get those ones here, if you’re intrigued.
But they’ve only gone and done it again, right as the weekend hits.
If you’re an Amazon Prime Video subscriber, take your pick from…
The Departed
One of the more quotable films of the last two decades, The Departed needs little introduction but sure look, we’ll give it one anyway.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon face off under the looming shadow of Jack Nicholson’s gangster in Martin Scorsese’s revered, Oscar-winning Boston crime saga.
A strong supporting cast includes Mark Wahlberg, Vera Farmiga, Ray Winstone and Alec Baldwin among other familiar faces.
You’ve almost definitely seen The Departed once or twice already but few two-and-a-half hour films move this fast.
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Whiplash
Are you rushing or are you dragging?
J.K. Simmons took home a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his turn here as a militaristic music teacher who takes Miles Teller’s talented drummer under his wing.
A richly compelling and often upsetting story of obsession, Whiplash leaves one hell of a mark.
Heartbreakers
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver trick men to fall in love with them as part of an elaborate money-making con artist scheme.
Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta and Jason Lee get caught in the crossfire.
Wild Card
Jason Statham mixes dangerous business with violent pleasure in Las Vegas.
Hairspray
The 2007 version of the Broadway musical of the same name sees the likes of John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden and Zac Efron dance up a storm.
Room 237
If you love The Shining, you might appreciate a lengthy, academic documentary on the subject in which various talking heads present numerous theories on what the film is really about.
The Legend of Tarzan
Alexander Skarsgård slips into the loin cloth of the famous fictional hunter alongside the likes of Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Djimon Hounsou and Christoph Waltz.
Surf’s Up
Animated mockumentary comedy boasting the vocal talents of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges and Zooey Deschanel.
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