Five of the Coen Brothers’ films are currently (as of 4/5/16) included in the Amazon Prime Video catalog, and their Raising Arizona is currently available to own in HD for $6.99. Blood Simple (R, 4.5/5 stars) Abby is cheating on her saloonkeeper husband, Marty. The object of her affections is Ray, one of Marty’s bartenders. … Read more
All of these films got a lot of Oscar buzz earlier this year, and some were winners. Now they’re all available for purchase or rent in Amazon Video format. The Revenant (R, 4/5 stars, currently priced at $14.99 to own in SD or HD) While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass … Read more
Star Wars: The Force Awakens + Bonus Features (PG-13, available to pre-order for $17.99) won’t be released on Blu-ray until Tuesday, April 5, but if you order it in digital HD it will be added to your Amazon Video Library on Friday April 1, with all the same bonus features as the Blu-ray release and … Read more
It’s your friendly KF on KND Editor April Hamilton here. If your primary, or only, exposure to Michael Fassbender is through the X-Men movies, you’re missing out on this actor’s incredible versatility. X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past are my favorite X-Men movies specifically because of Fassbender’s excellent, weighty performances as the … Read more
These TV sitcoms are among the all-time greats. Multiple Emmy award winners all, these shows became cultural phenomena and kept us laughing along through the decades, from the 50’s through the 90’s. Right now, every one of them has multiple seasons available in the Prime Video catalog, for Prime members to view for free. Cheers … Read more
Here are two very different TV shows from the BBC, both currently (as of 3/17/16) included in the Prime Video catalog. The first is a sweeping historical drama set in post- American Revolution Britain. The second is a supernatural comedy series aimed at tweens and up. Poldark (5/5 stars) It’s 1783 and Ross Poldark returns … Read more
Surely by now, you’ve heard of Marc Maron. Whether in his stand up comedy, books, WTF podcast or IFC television show, Maron’s always smart, funny, endearingly neurotic and disarmingly frank. He’s interviewed notables from Louis C.K. to President Barack Obama on his WTF podcast, which provides the backdrop for his semi-autobiographical television show. Whatever your … Read more
Just in time for Spring Break, Amazon’s put some recent-release family films on sale to own for $10 each in HD—even less, in the case of Pixels (currently $7.99 in HD). No specific end date is shown for this limited-time sale, so be sure to get the ones you want right away. Descriptions below are … Read more