Tag - Amazon Prime

Freeze Frame: “Love Lies Bleeding” (R), “Arthur the King” (PG-13), “One Life” (PG), “American Dreamer” (Not rated)

The action thriller "Love Lies Bleeding" is an example of extremely well-made sleaze, a midnight movie with a mind. Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brien star in a twisted lesbian romance embellished with violent revenge and occasional magic realism. It's sordid and excessive but give a tip of the hat for...

Freeze Frame: “The Teachers’ Lounge” (PG-13), “Suncoast” (R), “Upgraded” (R), “Genius: MLK/X” (Unrated)

“The Teachers' Lounge" is a German film deservedly nominated for the Best International Feature at this year's Oscars. Leonie Benesch plays a naive novice schoolteacher who sets off a volatile firestorm when she accuses one of her fellow employees of petty theft. Smart and involving, it plays like a thriller and can...

FREEZE FRAME: “Argylle” (PG-13), “Scrambled” (R), “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (R)

The wildly imaginative tongue-in-cheek action comedy "Argylle" is the sort of movie that the term "meta" was coined for. Bryce Dallas Howard stars as a homebody novelist. She becomes the target of assassins when the adventures of her fictional spy hero, played by Henry Cavill, parallel actual events. Sam Rockwell...

Freeze Frame: “The Zone of Interest” (R), “The Underdoggs” (R)

The banality of evil is the subject of the devastating German entry, "The Zone of Interest," loosely based on the novel by Martin Amis. It’s the favorite to win this year's International Film Oscar. The film is about Rudolph Hoss, the Commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp during WWII, and...

Freeze Frame: “Maestro” (R), “Elieen” (R), “Leave the World Behind” (R), “Merry Little Batman” (TV-Y7)

The contentious relationship between renowned composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia is the focus of the biopic, "Maestro." It's in theaters now and on Netflix on December 20th. Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan will likely receive Oscar nominations for their impressive performances in this drama that deals with Bernstein's...

Freeze Frame: “Candy Cane Lane” (PG), “May December” (R), “Family Switch” (PG), “Under the Influencer” (Not rated)

Eddie Murphy's comic dexterity isn't enough to save the bloated Amazon Prime Christmas fantasy, "Candy Cane Lane." Murphy makes a deal with a backslidden elf to help him win a neighborhood decoration prize. There is too much of everything in this wacky and painfully overlong mess. “Candy Cane Lane” is...

Freeze Frame: “The Burial” (R), “Dear David” (R), “Garden City, Kansas” (Not rated), “Herd” (Not rated)

A flamboyant lawyer attempts to dig up some justice in "The Burial," an Amazon Prime drama inspired by a true story. Jamie Foxx gives a magnetic performance as Willie E. Gary, a personal injury lawyer who took on a big corporation in a contract law case, representing an exploited funeral...