Prime TV: Best New Shows & Movies This Week (December 27)

This week Amazon’s Prime Video and IMDb TV are adding a huge selection of content to mark the start of the year. A lot of studios have been moving their releases back to movie theaters over the past few months around the ongoing pandemic. However, some movies are still coming to streaming, if not immediately, then soon after their release. These releases offer an opportunity for audiences who prefer the comfort of their own couches to catch new releases, as well as to curl up with some classics.

Last week, Amazon added two movies and a comedy special to wrap up the year. Who You Think I Am is a French film about a middle-aged professor who creates a fake social media account and begins a romantic relationship. Being The Ricardos is a biographical drama based on the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and stars Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in the lead roles. Finally, Yearly Departed is a comedy special returning for its second year as an all-female cast of comedians provide eulogies for the last year and wish it good riddance. They also added some older movies to the platform.

A lot of the streaming platforms use a weekly release cycle that sees them drop all new content on one day of the week. Amazon Prime Video and IMDb TV on the other hand use a monthly cycle. This means that Prime Video makes new additions to their platform throughout the month and the week. But it also means that the start of the month sees a heavier weighting of content. Their new content usually includes a selection of Amazon Originals, movies and TV series that are arriving on streaming for the first time ever, and some older content that is making its debut on Amazon’s streaming services. Here is everything that Amazon is adding to Prime Video during the week of December 27 as it works to ring in the new year of 2022.

Lady Of The Manor (2021) – December 31

The first film added to Amazon’s Prime Video this week is the comedy movie Lady of The Manor. Written by Justin and Christian Long, the movie stars Justin Long, Melanie Lynskey, Judy Greer, Luis Guzmán, and Ryan Phillippe. Hanna Kolinsky (Lynskey) takes a job at at Wadsworth Manor to portray an 1800s Southern belle, expecting to skate by. Her time is complicated however when the ghost of the real Lady Wadsworth (Judy Greer) appears to her and insists that she get her act together of be haunted forever.

Time Is Up (2021) – December 31

Prime Video will also receive the romantic drama Time Is Up which stars Bella Thorne, Sebastiano Pigazzi, and Benjamin Mascolo. When Vivien (Thorne) goes to Rome to meet up with her boyfriend Steve (Pigazzi), she ends up spending the time with Roy (Mascolo) instead. However, when she is hit by a car she suffers from short-term memory loss and must piece the events of that day back together to discover who she truly loves.

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard – December 28

A sequel to the 2017 movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard sees the return of Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, and Richard E. Grant with Frank Grillo, Tom Hopper, Antonio Banderas, and Morgan Freeman also appearing alongside them. In Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Michael Bryce (Reynolds) is attempting to retire from his job as a bodyguard and is taking a much-needed vacation until Sonia Kincaid (Hayek) insists she works for him and help her to recover her husband, Darius (Jackson) from the criminals that have kidnapped him.

The Protégé – December 31

Prime Video will receive two movies where Samuel L. Jackson plays a hitman this week with the second one being The Protégé. Moody (Jackson) discovers Anna (Maggie Q) in the aftermath of a bloodbath and together they travel the globe working as a pair of hired killers. When Moody’s past catches up to him, Anna is forced to investigate and begins to unravel a complex thread of intrigue. The film also stars Michael Keaton and Robert Patrick.

Movies New To Amazon Prime Video

As well as adding brand new content and Amazon Originals, Prime Video also receives a selection of older movies spread throughout the month that are available to Prime subscribers at no extra cost. To celebrate both the start of a new month and a new year, January will see a huge selection of new movies arrive on Prime Video. Some highlights include the first four Mission: Impossible movies, the original Stargate, and The Prestige. Here is a complete list of these movies that are coming to Amazon’s Prime Video for the first time. All movies will be available to stream on January 1, 2022.

• Beasts Of The Southern Wild (2012)
• 127 Hours (2010)
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
• Alien Vs. Predator – Requiem (2007)
• Alien Vs. Predator – Requiem (Uncut) (2008)
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild (2012)
• Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
• Bringing Down The House (2003)
• Crazy Heart (2009)
• Deja Vu (2006)
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
• Enemy At The Gates (2001)
• Eve’s Bayou (1997)
• Facing Ali (2009)
• Fat Albert (2004)
• Good Hair (2009)
• I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
• John Tucker Must Die (2006)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Kevin Hart Let Me Explain (2013)
• Kick-Ass (2010)
• Like Mike (2002)
• Mad Money (2008)
• Made Of Honor (2008)
• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000)
• Mission: Impossible III (2006)
• Mission: Impossible IV Ghost Protocol (2011)
• More Than A Game (2009)
• 3000 (2004)
• My Week With Marilyn (2011)
• Mystery Team (2009)
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
• Once (2007)
• Poetic Justice (1993)
• Predator (1987)
• Push (2009)
• Red Tails (2012)
• Runaway Bride (1999)
• W.A.T. (2003)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Secrets In The Water (2020)
• Shallow Hal (2001)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• Sinister (2013)
• Sister Act (1992)
• Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
• Stargate (1994)
• Super Troopers (2002)
• The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
• The Descendants (2011)
• The Family Stone (2005)
• The Great Debaters (2013)
• The Missing (2003)
• The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
• The Prestige (2006)
• The Sapphires (2013)
• Traitor (2008)
• Unfaithful (2002)
• The Village (2004)
• Waitress (2007)
• When A Man Loves A Woman (1994)
• Words And Pictures (2014)

TV Series New To Amazon Prime Video

As well as a healthy selection of movies, Amazon often adds TV series to their selections that are available with a Prime subscription. On January 2, Amazon will be adding the first 5 seasons of The Blacklist to Prime Video. The TV series is a crime thriller starring James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington, a former U.S. Naval Intelligence officer who reappears after a 20-year absence and claims that he wants to help the FBI to track down the criminals that he has been working with during his time away.

New Movies To IMDb TV

Amazon’s Prime Video service provides a wide array of movies and TV series to viewers with a Prime subscription. However, Amazon also runs IMDb TV, an ad-supported streaming service where all of its content can be viewed for no additional fees. For the beginning of January, IMDb TV is getting a huge range of movies added to its list. Some of the most notable are Fight Club, Puss in Boots, and The Joy Luck Club. Unless otherwise noted, all moves will be available on IMDb TV for streaming on January 1.

• Escape Plan (2013) – December 31
• 21 (2008)
• 500 Days of Summer (2009)
• A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
• Alex Cross (2012)
• American Psycho (2000)
• Before Midnight (2013)
• Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
• Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
• Cold Pursuit (2019)
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• Despicable Me (2010)
• Double Take (2001)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Ghost in the Shell (2017)
• I Can Only Imagine (2018)
• In Time (2011)
• Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)
• Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
• Labor Day (2013)
• Meet the Browns (2008)
• Megamind (2010)
• Morning Glory (2010)
• Project Almanac (2015)
• Puss in Boots (2011)
• Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
• Road to Perdition (2002)
• Rock Dog (2016)
• Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
• Seven Pounds (2008)
• Shanghai Knights (2003)
• The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
• The Gambler (2014)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
• The International (2009)
• The Intervention (2016)
• The Joy Luck Club (1993)
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
• The Nut Job (2014)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
• The Tourist (2010)
• The Watch (2012)
• Tombstone (1993)
• Underworld (2003)
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
• Underworld: Awakening (2012)
• Why Did I Get Married? (2007)

January 1 sees a bumper crop of content being added to Amazon streaming platforms. Whether settling in for the new year to watch Amazon Prime Video or IMDb TV, there’s definitely something available for everyone.

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