Best movies and TV shows on Amazon Prime
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Amazon is continuously adding new movies and TV shows to its Prime video streaming service, and each week, we'll bring you the best it has to offer!
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In this week's selection of films and shows on Amazon Prime, follow a family as two brothers are reunited for the first time since they were separated by WWII, while the family searches for truths buried in the past. A play filmed for Amazon by Spike Lee follows two young men as they pass their time on a street corner, talking about what they hope to do with their lives and the difficulties of being black in America. Finally, a decorated detective teams with a criminal profiler in order to catch a serial killer who patterns his murders after the child's game of Hangman.
- Aida's Secrets - In this documentary, a family digs for answers after records from World War II lead to two brothers, separated as babies by the war, are finally able to reunite. As the family comes together, they attempt to get the full truth out of their mother, who has secrets of her own.
- Pass Over - Filmed for Amazon by Spike Lee, this play centers on two young black men as they pass the time on a street corner talking trash, reminiscing about the past, encountering street violence, and have a confrontation with a racist, overbearing cop. This riff on Waiting for Godot is a timely look at what it means to be black in America.
- Hangman - A decorated homicide detective partners with a criminal profiler in order to catch a notorious serial killer who bases his murders off of the guessing game Hangman. Because sure, why not?
Looking ahead
This week's new additions to Amazon's Prime Video lineup starts with the fifth season of Vikings, which continues following the exploits of Vikings during the Viking Age, including the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok. You can also catch The Vanishing of Sydney Hall, a film about a gifted young author that disappears, and the enigmatic detective that sets out to find him following a string of mysterious arsons involving his first novel. Finally, in the first part of the first season of Little Big Awesome, best friends Gluko and Lennon work to help the people of Townoplois live their best lives while going on wacky adventures across the land.
- Vikings - Season 5 Part 1 - This series continues to follow the exploits of a number of legendary Vikings during the Viking Age. Following the death of Ragnar Lothbrok in season four, his sons swear revenge on his killers and the show begins following their adventures. We also see the proper introduction of Bishop Heahmund, a pious warrier-bishop. Arrives April 24.
- The Vanishing of Sidney Hall - This film centers around Sidney Hall, a celebrated young author, through three periods in his life as well as a mysterious man looking for him after a string of arsons turn out to be possibly connected to Sidney's first novel, a celebrated but controversial work . Arrives April 25.
- Little Big Awesome - Season 1A - In this original children's series, follow the exploits of Gluko and Lennon, two inseparable best friends, as they head off on different adventures. The pair continually try and help the people of Townopolis live the best lives that they can, such has helping a lost bubble get back to Bubble Land, or stopping a group of naughty kittens from tearing up Grandma's house. Arrives April 27.
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