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Last Updated: January 7, 2024
Prime Video has a very short list of genre titles this month, but they are packing some surprise titles. If action rom-coms are your thing, then you might be the audience The Fall Guy has been looking for. If you have been waiting for streamers to realize we want to see Pam Grier movies outside of just February, the app has heard our prayers. They are adding Coffy and Foxy Brown this January, so we do not have to wait for these titles to appear in February this year. While Pam Grier should be more than enough to make your subscription worth it, I have also found five other gems I think we should make time for this month. Please check out this chaotic smorgasbord of titles that I am dying to get into this January.
Check out which five titles have my attention this January.
Blink Twice (dir. Zoë Kravitz)
A tech billionaire invites a waitress to his private island, where she soon begins questioning her reality. We all thought we knew what this movie was, but we walked into something completely different. Not only is Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut film a masterclass, but it is also a whole vibe. This was one of my favorite movies of 2024, and I do not know if I will ever stop talking about it. This stacked cast is anchored by Naomi Ackie (The End of the Fucking World and Mickey 17) and Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street and Magic Mike). While I wish it had kept its original title, Pussy Island, I have very few other notes for this film. If you are still subscribed to Prime Video, this is the best thing hitting the streamer this month. If the content warning is not a dealbreaker Blink Twice is pure cinema.
The Equalizer (dir. Antoine Fuqua)
A mysterious man with a deadly past returns to his violent ways to help a young woman escape Russian gangsters. This Denzel Washington franchise is a moment, and I am happy the first movie is finally streaming again. His take on Robert McCall is easily the coolest and most brutal to date. Prime Video understands that The Equalizer is the perfect New Year movie. It is hard to not want to set goals and be more intentional with our actions after watching Washington kick so much ass without taking any names. This thriller has so many amazing kills, a ridiculous amount of violence, and the nerve to be grounded by a Denzel award-caliber performance. What is not to love? Prime Video also has the second film, but you will have to unfortunately go to Netflix to see the third movie. I watched the entire trilogy last year, and it changed me on a spiritual level.
How to Get Away with Murder: Complete Series
A brilliant professor and a group of her more ambitious law students become entangled in murder. Hear me out! We are drowning in content about lawyers ending up on the wrong side of the law. However, none of them are this chaotic, compelling, and confusing. This ABC thriller had a twist and a turn every hour and was led by Viola Davis herself. This was another time Davis did not win nearly enough awards for her performance, proving that award season is a joke. I have been thinking about revisiting the series lately because I do not think once was enough. If you are also looking for an addictive binge, then this is it! I promise you this show has some pretty iconic moments between murders, betrayals, and conspiracies. How to Get Away with Murder is possibly the deadliest fun we will ever get from broadcast TV.
The Rig: Season 2
Things do not go according to plan for a team on a remote Scottish oil rig. What was supposed to be a simple job has taken a turn for the supernatural. I recently hit play on season one, so having the new season land on Prime Video on January 2 was a huge win. If you also dig claustrophobic UK thrillers, you might want to check this out. I have no idea where this is going, but I am having a great time (so far). The cast includes Iain Glen (Game of Thrones and the Resident Evil movies) and Rochenda Sandall (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Hijack). Each season is made up of six episodes. So, the entire series is roughly 12 hours and can be done in one weekend.
Wicker Park (dir. Paul McGuigan)
A young Chicagoan believes he has spotted his long-lost ex-girlfriend and becomes obsessed with this woman. I will, of course, be watching this Josh Hartnett thriller set in one of my favorite places I have ever lived. If Hartnett is not enough to make you take this journey, do it for Matthew Lillard. This was the Lillard era after Scream and before he began his quest to be America’s favorite dad. The aughts were a simpler time for us all, and we did not appreciate that decade nearly enough. Rose Byrne and Diane Kruger help round out the cast of this millennial-coded thriller. I enjoy revisiting this thriller and shaking my head because these Wicker Park shenanigans would have never worked in the parts of the city where I lived and worked. So, the odds are high that I am rewatching it and judging these characters as you read this.
Everything coming to Prime Video in January
Basic
Blink Twice
Coffy
Edge of Tomorrow
Foxy Brown
How to Get Away with Murder S1-S6
Jurassic World
Mystery Men
Rampage (2018)
Rollerball (2002)
Scarface
The Calendar Killer
The Equalizer
The Fall Guy
The Grey
The Rig S2
Wicker Park
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Did you also find some buried treasure in this lineup? Then Let me know what titles hitting Prime Video have your attention this January at @misssharai.
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