Best Movies and Shows to Watch on Amazon Prime: January 2018
Report by SEAN CAPTAIN
A streaming service's "new" offerings used to feel more like a Greatest Hits lineup of old shows and movies, but Amazon is increasingly supplying fresh content. February sees the release of one new series, and the return of several other original shows. Amazon also delivers recent films from 2017, inducing Breathe, Good Time, Human Flow and Logan Lucky.
Here are our picks from Amazon's February offerings. Come back at the beginning of the month to see our full descriptions.
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TV Shows
Absentia, Season 1 (Feb. 2)
The Expanse, Season 2 (Feb. 7)
Grand Prix Driver, Season 1 (Feb. 9)
Mozart in the Jungle, Season 4 (Feb. 16)
The Tick, Season 1B (Feb. 23)
Movies
A Fish Called Wanda (Feb. 1)
Manhattan (Feb. 1)
Manhunter (Feb. 1)
Sabrina (Feb. 1)
Swimming with Sharks (Feb. 1)
Breathe (Feb. 10)
Good Time (Feb. 11)
Star Trek (Feb. 14)
Human Flow (Feb. 16)
Logan Lucky (Feb. 16)
In the meantime, you can check out our January picks:
TV Shows
Doctor Who, Season 10 (Jan. 1)
Grimm, Season 6 (Jan. 6)
Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt is not just a cop, but also a Grimm: a supernatural guardian. This police procedural with a fantasy twist reaches its harrowing conclusion in Season 6.
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, Season 1 (Jan. 12)
The sci-fi master continues his posthumous success streak at Amazon. This 10-episode anthology series, inspired by the author's dystopian tales, features A-list actors, including Anna Paquin, Steve Buscemi, Terrence Howard and Bryan Cranston.
Just Add Magic, Season 2B (Jan. 19)
In Amazon's high-gloss magical realism show, three neonate bakers discover a magic cookbook in which every recipe unleashes a spell. The second season continues after a cliff-hanger in which their nemesis, a boy named Chuck, has trapped one of the girls inside the cookbook.
Grantchester, Season 3 (Jan. 30)
Sidney Chambers is one righteous detective: The 1950s English vicar has a side gig as crime solver. Inspector Geordie Keating is Chambers' legal partner and, in Season 3, may become his life partner — a precarious situation for the man of God Chambers.
Movies and Specials
2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish (Jan. 1)
The flowerful New Year's tradition celebrates its 129th year. Amazon will stream the parade live, beginning at 8 a.m. Pacific Time/noon Eastern Time.
All Is Lost (Jan. 1)
Credit: LionsgateA series of mishaps transforms a dreamy solo voyage across the Indian Ocean into a desperate struggle for survival. Robert Redford garnered a Golden Globe nomination playing the unnamed man who dominates nearly every frame.
Capote (Jan. 1)
The late Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Oscar for his 2005 portrayal of Truman Capote, the eccentric, conflicted author of "In Cold Blood." In researching the grisly 1959 murder of a Kansas farming family, Capote becomes deeply invested in the participants in the story, especially the convicted killer, Perry Smith.
Hustle & Flow (Jan. 1)
Long before he had a hip-hop Empire, Terrence Howard played a two-bit pimp with dreams of making it as a musician in this gritty 2005 drama. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for its infectious anthem "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," and Howard was also nominated for best actor.
Requiem for a Dream (Jan. 1)
Darren Aronofsky's masterwork is the tale of four Coney Island residents, each struggling with a drug addiction that has left him or her distanced from reality. This dark tale from 2000 remains sadly poignant during today's opioid epidemic.
Reservoir Dogs (Jan. 1)
Six criminals, all strangers under assumed names (like Mr. Pink and Mr. Orange), get together for a jewel heist that goes terribly wrong. Quentin Tarantino's first feature filmintroduces the hallmarks of his style, including nonlinear storytelling, oodles of pop culture references, tons of violence and the director's cameo role.
Six Degrees of Separation (Jan. 1)
Based on the play of the same name, this 1993 movie weaves together the story of New York flimflam artist David Hampton and the erudite theory that everyone on Earth is just a few relationships away from everyone else. It features a standout early performance from Will Smith, as the con man who wins favor with Manhattan art dealers played by Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherland.
Step into Liquid (Jan. 1)
Did you know that people surf in Ireland — and in the wakes of oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico? This stunningly shot 2003 documentary traces the history of surfing and the story of its devotees over the decades and around the world.
Thelma & Louise (Jan. 1)
A quarter-century before the #metoo hashtag, screenwriter Callie Khouri took on oppression and sexual assault in the guise of an outlaw road film. This 1991 movie ignited public debate and earned an Oscar for Khouri, as well as nominations for its lead actresses, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, and its director, Ridley Scott.
Zodiac (Jan. 1)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo play a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective, respectively. They're all vying to catch the Zodiac killer, who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. David Fincher, known then as the master of creepy films, directed this 2007 movie, which is based on true events.
A Ghost Story (Jan. 7)
A dead man's spirit returns, dressed in a white sheet, to visit his wife — only to find that he is no longer moored to a linear timeline. As he journeys through time and space, the ghost's previous life slips away, while his expansive understanding of the wider world grows
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