Another new month, another raft of promising-sounding original TV series coming to Prime Video, to be thought about for exactly five minutes and then forgotten forever, probably. (I’m kidding, sort of—I definitely heard people talking about Daisy Jones and the Six for, like, a week at least.)
I’m personally most excited for Dead Ringers (April 21), a gender-flipped, miniseries-length take on David Cronenberg’s twisted mid-’80s thriller of the same name, with Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz taking over the dual role of creepy twin gynecologists whose lives are bound together in increasingly bizarre ways. Amazon has only released a brief teaser so far, but I’m willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
Dead Ringers - Teaser | Prime Video
Then there’s Citadel (April 28), a new high-concept spy series starring Richard Madden (Game of Thrones), Priyanka Chopra, and Stanley Tucci. More interesting than the log line—Madden and Chopra are ex-agents of a former global spy ring that has collapsed, resulting in the memory of its agents being erased (in theory anyway)—is the global scope of the nascent franchise: Prime Video is also launching spinoffs/alternate versions set in countries around the world in order to “enhance the entire entertainment experience,” or so Amazon promises.
Citadel - Official Trailer | Prime Video
On the movie front, I was initially thrilled and titillated to see the title of Judy Blume Forever on the list, before I noted the lack of a possessive; this is not an adaptation of Blume’s legendarily naughty coming of age novel Forever, but a documentary about the author’s own enduring appeal. Don’t get me wrong, Judy Blume rules. I was just hoping to se the Ralph scene committed to film. If you know, you know.
Judy Blume Forever - Official Trailer | Prime Video
Here’s everything else coming to Prime Video in April—as well as the ad-supported, Amazon-owned streamer Freevee.
TV series coming to Prime Video in April 2023
Arriving April 4
Redefined: J.R. Smith (2023)Arriving April 6
Lizzy Hoo: Hoo Cares!? (2023)Arriving April 14
Arriving April 21
Arriving April 28
Movies coming to Prime Video in April 2023
Arriving April 1
American Gigolo (1980)At the Gate of the Ghost (2013)Bend It Like Beckham (2003)Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)Couples Retreat (2009)Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001)Death Wish 2 (1982)Death Wish 3 (1985)Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)Dirty Pretty Things (2003)Face/Off (1997)Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)Fighting with My Family (2019)Forrest Gump (1994)Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)Jet Li’s Fearless (2006)Jigsaw (2017)Jumping the Broom (2011)Keeping the Faith (2000)Liar Liar (1997)Life of Pi (2012)Lifeguard (1976)Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2017)Max Payne (2008)McLintock (1963)Moonlight and Valentino (1995)Morning Glory (2010)My Cousin Vinny (1992)Ong Bak (2005)Philomena (2013)Racing With the Moon (1984)Ray (2004)School Ties (1992)Shanghai Knights (2003)Shanghai Noon (2000)Shrek Forever After (2010)Small Soldiers (1998)Soul Surfer (2011)Speed (1994)Staying Alive (1983)Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990)Terminator Genisys (2015)The Aviator (2004)The Big Lebowski (1998)The Breakfast Club (1985)The Descendants (2011)The Joy Luck Club (1993)The Longest Yard (1974)The Mechanic (2011)The Medallion (2003)The Sisters Brothers (2018)The Two Faces of January (2014)The Young Messiah (2016)Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012)Titanic (1997)To the Wonder (2012)Top Gun (1986)Vanilla Sky (2001)We’re No Angels (1989)Whiplash (2014)Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)Arriving April 4
Arriving April 7
On a Wing and a Prayer (2023)Gangs of Lagos (2023)Arriving April 11
Ticket to Paradise (2022)Arriving April 12
Alter Ego (2022)Big Bad Wolves (2014)Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006)Kill Me Three Times (2015)Life Itself (2014)The Quest of Alain Ducasse (2018)Whose Streets? (2017)Arriving April 19
Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008)Chai Lai Angels: Dangerous Flowers (2006)Demon Warriors (2007)Happy Happy (2011)I Melt With You (2011)Magic Trip (2011)Playback (2012)Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)Arriving April 21
Judy Blume Forever (2023)Arriving April 26
Crazy Love (2007)Syrup (2013)What’s coming to Amazon Freevee in April 2023
Movies arriving in April 2023
A Shot in the Dark (1964)Agent Cody Banks (2003)Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)American Psycho (2000)Bad Teacher (2011)Being Frank (2018)Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)De-Lovely (2004)Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)Doula (2022)Fame (2009)Firewalker (1986)Friends with Benefits (2011)Jane Eyre (2011)Joy (2015)Just Go with It (2011)Killer Joe (2011)Land (2021)Land of the Lost (2009)Looper (2012)Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)Major Payne (1995)Missing in Action (1984)Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)Paranoia (2013)Peter Pan (2003)Posse (1993)Rescue Dawn (2006)Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020)Safe House (2012)Shutter Island (2010)Six Degrees of Separation (1993)Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)Tango One (2018)The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)The Bone Collector (1999)The Boss (2016)The Colour Room (2021)The Current War (2017)The Cutting Edge (1992)The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)The Missouri Breaks (1976)The Other Guys (2010)The Pink Panther (2006)The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)Thief (1981)Tombstone (1993)Whatever Works (2009)Arriving April 6
Saban’s Power Rangers (2017)Arriving April 26
TV series coming in April 2023
Arriving April 1
Touched By an Angel (1994)The Twilight Zone S1-2 (2019)The Twilight Zone S1-5 (1959)Hawaii Five-O S1-12 (1968)Arriving April 7
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