What’s New on Amazon Prime Video in November 2022 TV for Grownups
The Best Things Coming to Amazon s Prime Video in November
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Diego Lopez Calvin/Prime Video Emily Blunt stars in "The English." This November, you can attend a wedding with , hang out with Harry Styles and spend time in a restaurant with James Corden (he won’t berate the waiters, promise!). They’re all coming to Amazon’s Prime Video, along with a slew of other original programming and a multitude of old familiar titles. Here’s what’s new — and worth viewing — on Prime this month: Coming Nov 1
American Gigolo 1980
It made Richard Gere a star (after John Travolta and Christopher Reeve passed on the part) and put Giorgio Armani on the map. Written and directed by Paul Schrader (, R), this sultry, neo-noir thriller about an exceptionally well-dressed male prostitute framed for a client’s murder was a zeitgeist-defining hit. Showtime recently turned it into a TV series set in modern-day L.A., but half the fun of the original is revisiting the fashion trends of the ’80s — and grooving to Blondie’s “Call Me” on the soundtrack. Face Off 1997
This film hangs on what may be the most preposterous plotline in John Travolta’s oeuvre (including Battlefield Earth!). An FBI agent (Travolta) and a terrorist (Nicolas Cage) swap faces with plastic surgery and spend the rest of the movie trying to wipe their own grins off each other’s faces in over-the-top, dual-pistol, slow-motion gun battles. It’s directed by Hong Kong action auteur John Woo, who’s in top form, filling the screen with spectacular mayhem as his trademark white doves flutter around the carnage. It’s completely bonkers, but you can’t look away. Join today and save 25% off the standard annual rate. Get instant access to discounts, programs, services, and the information you need to benefit every area of your life. Heaven s Gate 1980
The biggest bomb in Hollywood history, it nearly sank its studio, destroyed the career of promising director Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) and inspired some of the nastiest barbs in film critic history (Vincent Canby compared it to “a forced four-hour walking tour of one’s own living room”). But, honestly, with a cast that included , Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt and , how bad could the thing really be? And why are there lots of five-star reviews on the DVD box, and why did the BBC poll call it one of the 100 greatest American films? Only one way to find out… High Fidelity 2000
Here’s a top five list of reasons to adore this bittersweet adaptation of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel about a lovesick music store owner struggling to get over his latest romantic breakup. One, John Cusack’s performance, arguably the most engaging in a career full of endearing turns. Two, Jack Black’s role as a blabbermouth comic-relief sidekick. Three, the soundtrack (Bob Dylan, , Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder). Four, its setting, a quirky neighborhood record shop filled with row upon row of . And five, the numerous lists Cusack’s character makes throughout the film (“All-time, top-five most memorable split-ups”). Bonus track: Hulu’s brief-lived 2020 TV adaptation, with Zoe Kravitz playing the record store owner, was surprisingly great, too. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004
Arguably the most influential film of the last 20 years that nobody remembers. A retro-futuristic thriller set in a fictional 1939 — a world of tomorrow in which Jude Law’s swashbuckling pilot battles giant robots in New York City by zipping between skyscrapers in a tricked-out Curtiss P-40, Angelina Jolie commands an aerial battleship that floats in the clouds above the ocean, and a plucky lady reporter () follows the trail of a missing mad scientist — it’s a Golden Age comic brought spectacularly to life. But what makes it truly revolutionary is that except for the human actors, virtually all of its stunning visuals are rendered through CGI. Without Sky Captain, there’d be no Marvel Universe. Coming Nov 4
My Policeman Amazon Original
Harry Styles continues his transformation from pop star to matinee idol. In a love triangle weeper set in 1950s Brighton, Styles plays Tom, a copper with a deep, dark secret — he’s gay and in love with witty museum curator Patrick (David Dawson) — which becomes even more complicated after he woos and marries Marion (Emma Corrin, young Diana in ). Reviews have been mixed, but Styles’ budding screen charisma might make this movie worth checking out anyway. Coming Nov 11
The English Amazon Original
Emily Blunt plays proper Englishwoman Cornelia Locke, who decamps for Wyoming, circa 1890, to track down the villain she suspects slayed her son. Chaske Spencer (The Twilight Saga) is Eli Whipp, an irascible Pawnee scout on a mission of his own to reclaim lost territory. After the two meet cute, it’s off to the (horse) races in a six-episode buddy action-western coproduced by Amazon and the BBC. Esquire U.K. praises the series as “entertaining” and “thoughtful,” even if it’s “not always an easy show to watch. Heads are blown off, hearts are shot through with arrows.” Mammals Amazon Original
In this darkly comic six-episode vivisection of marital life, James Corden plays a chef — although not at Balthazar, thank heavens — who discovers his pregnant wife (Melia Kreiling) has a deep, dark secret. So he enlists his brother-in-law (Colin Morgan) to hunt down some answers, only to uncover issues within the brother-in-law’s own marriage to the chef’s sister (Sally Hawkins). “It’s a relationship comedy,” Mammals writer Jez Butterworth said at the Prime Video UK showcase in London last May. “It’s more like a whodunit, and I think most relationships do end up as crime scenes, don’t they?” Coming Nov 18
The People We Hate at the Wedding Amazon Original
The biggest wedding movie of the season is obviously and Ticket to Paradise, but here’s another on-screen nuptial to attend. In this snarky comedy, dysfunctional siblings (Kristen Bell and Ben Platt) jet to London to reluctantly attend the wedding of their wealthy and beautiful half sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) and cross wits with their equally dysfunctional mom (Allison Janney). Mayhem and maybe even a bit of hilarity ensue. Coming Nov 23
Good Night Oppy Amazon Original
Think Wall-E, only for real. Documentarian Ryan White hooked up with the special effects wizards of ILM to tell the story of the two Mars rovers NASA shot into space back in 2003 for what were supposed to be three-month missions on the red planet. Astonishingly, one rover, Spirit, kept going for seven years; the other, Opportunity, for nearly 15. The Hollywood Reporter called it a “celebration of unabashed nerdiness and enthusiastic problem-solving, the sort of movie that feels designed to attract Wall-E-loving children, who can then be shaped into the engineers and astrophysicists of the future.” Cyrano 2021
Director Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice, Darkest Hour) turns Edmond Rostand’s classic 19th-century French farce into a modern-day musical, with Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones) as the titular swordsman and wordsmith, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as his dopey pal Christian, and Haley Bennett as the fair Roxanne both desire. If you’ve read the play — or seen the 1964 Mr. Magoo cartoon adaptation — you already know how this deliciously twisty love triangle unfolds. Some critics have complained about the music in Wright’s update, but not even Jim Backus could’ve screwed up its indestructible plot. Ben Svetkey is a contributing writer who covers film and entertainment. Editorial director of Los Angeles Magazine, he previously was a top editor at The Hollywood Reporter and Entertainment Weekly and is the author of the Hollywood novel Leading Man. More on TV for Grownups
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