Amazon Prime Video continues to release a variety of movies for its summer slate. In the peak month of the season, viewers will be able to access some major recent releases like Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza”Starring the Haim sisters and “The Lost City,”This is a packed with stars like Channing Tatum (Sandy Bullock), Daniel Radcliffe (Brad Pitt) and Channing Tatum (Daniel Radcliffe).
Those looking for older classic films won’t be disappointed either as Meryl Streep-studded “The Devil Wears Prada,”And “Mamma Mia! ”will also head to the streamer (with the musical gracing Freevee’s catalog). Nicholas Cage’s “Face/Off” and the late James Caan’s “Thief”Arrive August 1 along “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,” which stars the late Paul Sorvino’s daughter Mira. Don’t count out “Grey’s Anatomy”Sandra Oh and Kate Walsh are both alumnus. “Under the Tuscan Sun” either.
For those who like true story films, Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” — arriving August 5 — recounts the events that led to a Thai soccer team and their coachThe miraculous rescue that occurred after being trapped in a cave.
These are the top 7 movies that Amazon Prime Video will be streaming in August.
“Thirteen Lives” (2022)
Based on the true story “Thirteen Lives”This film will show how 12 Thai boys got trapped in Tham Luang Cave with their coach after a storm flooded the tunnel system and trapped them inside a mountain. Ron Howard directs this film, which promises suspense. A team of skilled divers discovers that the boys are alive behind the maze-like tunnels. However, it soon becomes clear that it will prove to be much more difficult to rescue them. Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen and Joel Edgerton star as the team of divers — John Volanthen, Rick Stanto and Harry Harris — who plan the navigation of the complicated caves to find all thirteen bodies alive.
“Thirteen Lives”Also, it is being shown in select theaters.
“Before Midnight” (2013)
The final chapter in Richard Linklater’s intensely beloved “Before” trilogy unfolds 20 years after the fateful train ride that brought Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) together. “Before Midnight”The couple, with their twin daughters as companions, are enjoying a summer in Greece. The couple takes stock of their relationship on the last night of their vacation after the glow of the honeymoon years has faded. The film is not the same. Hawke, Delpy, and Linklater’s Oscar-nominated screenplay matches the formers’ electric-as-ever chemistry with the profound dialogue that made the first two films instant classics. It is a remake of its predecessors. “Before Midnight”The entire process takes place within a single day. Peloponnesian Coast offers the ideal backdrop for lovers to gaze upon their twilight decades as the sun rises, sets and falls.
“The Devil Wears Prada” (2006)
“The Devil Wears Prada”(2006) will never be out of fashion, especially as it stars Anne Hathaway (Hathaway), Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt. Andy Sachs (Hathaway), is hired as the editor-in-chief at Runway magazine, Miranda Priestly (Streep). This job is intimidating and very demanding. Andy, who dreams of becoming a journalist, is hired as Miranda’s second assistant. Emily (Blunt) advises Andy as Miranda’s first assistant. Stanley Tucci is Nigel. He comforts Andy and helps her dress for the high-stakes environment. The moral of the story involves Andy choosing between her career ambition and the life she has built before changing herself at Miranda’s bidding, much to the disappointment of her boyfriend Nate (Adrian Grenier) and friends and family.
“Thief” (1981)
While our dearly departed James Caan’s most well-known role was undoubtedly “The Godfather,” his best performance was unquestionably in Michael Mann’s “Thief.”In “Thief”Frank is played by Caan. He is a career criminal who finds himself in a new relationship with Tuesday Weld. This makes him reconsider his crimes. (The movie is partly inspired by a memoir called “The Home Invaders: Confessions of a Cat Burglar”Frank Hohimer, which was released six years before. Caan is surrounded with great actors who play tough guys like James Belushi (plus Willie Nelson), and Caan perfectly inhabits the role. His manner of walking and carrying himself also reflects his profession and the danger he puts himself in. The film features stunning cinematography by Donald Thorin, and a dreamy score by Tangerine Dream. It was initially seen as a disappointment financially but has since become a true cult classic. Mann became the foremost chronicler of America’s criminal underbelly.“Thief”This was his first movie!), something that he would reiterate thanks to later masterpieces like “Heat”And “Collateral.”
“Licorice Pizza” (2021)
The sun-drenched SoCal setting is complemented by a distinctly episodic feel. “Licorice Pizza”It was almost made to be watched on a summer evening. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ninth feature takes place in an early-1970s San Fernando Valley and revolves around enterprising teenager Gary (Cooper Hoffman) and his twenty-something crush, Alana (Alana Haim). Bradley Cooper, Maya Rudolph (Sean Penn), Benny Safdie, Benny Safdie, Tom Waits, and others play the characters in their on-again-off-again friendship. Not to mention Haim’s actual family, including sister-bandmates Este and Danielle. Buoyed by Alana and Gary’s high-spirited shenanigans, “Licorice Pizza”It meanders just as fast as it speeds along. Haim and Hoffman both shine bright, and they’re never better than when they share the screen. Nostalgists will appreciate set designer Florencia Martin’s recreations of real locations, and there’s plenty of Valley trivia embedded throughout the film. Best of all, the production spared no expense on its soundtrack, which features the likes of Paul McCartney and Wings, David Bowie, Sonny & Cher and The Doors.
“The Lost City” (2022)
Loretta (Sandra Bullock), a highly successful romance action novelist is about to promote her new book when she realizes how she feels. Enter Abigail Fairfax, Daniel Radcliffe. He kidnaps Loretta and forces her to read her novel in order to find The Lost City. There he believes treasure is hiding. Loretta’s book cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), who poses for her character Dash, takes her words that he is just a model seriously and sets out to rescue her to prove that he actually embodies traits of the fictional man he represents. Dash’s abilities to save Loretta prove questionable at best, but not to worry because actual action hero Jack Trainer (Brad Pitt) arrives to save the day. Other cast members include Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Beth Hatten, Oscar Nuñez as Oscar, Patti Harrison as Allison and Bowen Yang as Ray the Moderator.
“The Lost City”Prime Video will be available August 10, 2010.
“Mamma Mia!” (2008)
Streep is back, again “The Dropout” star Amanda Seyfried. This classic musical journey follows Sophie (Seyfried) as she delves into her mother Donna’s (Streep) journal to try and discover who her father is. Donna and Sophie live in Greece, and Sophie’s motivation to find her real father is partly due to her impending wedding day. According to Donna’s journal (where an ellipses means she sleeps with someone), three men could potentially have sired Sophie — Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Bill (Stellan Skarsgård), or Harry (Colin Firth). The best part about the ABBA soundtrack is
“Mamma Mia!”Freevee will be available starting August 1