Amazon Prime in April: What to Watch When You Can't Leave the House
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After the longest March of all time, it's finally April. But with most Americans still stuck at home for the foreseeable future, the serial streaming will continue.
Here are a few of the best movies and shows coming this April to Amazon Prime:
- Diamonds Are Forever, Dr. No, For Your Eyes Only. From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Octopussy and more (April 1.) You'll be able to hold your own 13 Days of 007, with the arrival on Prime of more than 20 different James Bond movies-yes, even the non-canonical Never Say Never Again. It's every Bond film from the pre-Daniel Craig era, starting with Dr. No and continuing through Die Another Day.
- The Bodyguard (April 1.) The famous 1992 romance, starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, and the song '"I Will Always Love You," is now available on Prime.
- Invisible Life (April 3.) This 2019 Portuguese film, also known as The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, got a theatrical release through Amazon and now hits Prime. It follows two sisters (Carol Duarte and Julia Stockler) and their tribulations in 1950s Rio de Janeiro.
- Rambo: Last Blood (April 10.) Last year's fifth and final Rambo movie, which is billed as the last, starring a 72-year-old Sylvester Stallone going toe-to-toe with Mexican drug cartels, likely owed more to the Taken franchise than to the First Blood one. It hits Prime on April 10.
- Les Misérables (April 10.) It may have that title, but this 2019 French film has nothing directly to do with the Victor Hugo novel, nor with the musical, Jean Valjean, Javert, or "One Day More." Directed by Ladj Ly, it's a film about tension between police and young immigrants near Paris. Les Misérables was France's nominee for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars this year.
The Lighthouse (April 16.) This bonkers drama, from The Witch director Robert Eggers, stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, as two men working at a lighthouse and slowly going insane from the isolation. Shot in beautiful black and white, The Lighthouse contains some shocking stuff about mermaids, and also Dafoe's iconic "fond of me lobster?" speech.
- Bosch, Season 6 (April 17.) The popular police procedural, starring Titus Welliver as Michael Connelly's detective Harry Bosch, returns for another season. The series was recently renewed for its seventh and final season.
Stephen Silver, a technology writer for The National Interest, is a journalist, essayist and film critic, who is also a contributor to Philly Voice, Philadelphia Weekly, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Living Life Fearless, Backstage magazine, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons.