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Knives Out and Crawl are among the new movies, TV shows, and originals streaming on Amazon Prime Video this month.

by RT Staff | May 27, 2020 | Comments

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Amazon Prime Video is restocking big time in the month of June. The latest movies, new Amazon Original series, and other new releases coming to the streaming giant include movies Knives Out, Crawl, and Child’s Play, as well as season 1 of Amazon Original series El Presidente and Amazon Original special Gina Brillon: The Floor Is Lava. Read on if you’re looking for a worthy binge, starting with a few titles to look out for at the top.

HIGHLIGHTS

How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 99%

Description: The son of a Viking chief must capture a dragon in order to mark his passage into manhood and prove his worthiness to the tribe in directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois’ adaptation of Cressida Cowell’s popular children’s book. Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse provide voices for the DreamWorks Animation production.

Critics Consensus: Boasting dazzling animation, a script with surprising dramatic depth, and thrilling 3-D sequences, How to Train Your Dragon soars.

Premiere Date: Monday, June 1, 2020

Child's Play (2019) 64%

Description: A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic, Child’s Play follows Karen (Aubrey Plaza), a single mother who gifts her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman) a Buddi doll, unaware of its more sinister nature.

Critics Consensus: Child’s Play updates an ’80s horror icon for the Internet of Things era, with predictably gruesome – and generally entertaining – results.

Premiere Date: Friday, June 12, 2020

Knives Out (2019) 97%

Description: Writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in Knives Out, a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death. The film’s all-star ensemble cast includes Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, and Jaeden Martell.

Critics Consensus: Knives Out sharpens old murder-mystery tropes with a keenly assembled suspense outing that makes brilliant use of writer-director Rian Johnson’s stellar ensemble.

Premiere Date: Friday, June 12, 2020

Crawl (2019) 84%

Description: When a massive hurricane hits her Florida hometown, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father (Barry Pepper). Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the strengthening storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears.

Critics Consensus: An action-packed creature feature that’s fast, terrifying, and benefits greatly from a completely game Kaya Scodelario, Crawl is a fun throw-back with just enough self-awareness to work.

Premiere Date: Thursday, June 18, 2020

Guns Akimbo (2019) 52%

Description: Miles’ (Daniel Radcliffe) nerdy existence as a video game developer takes a dramatic turn when he inadvertently gets caught up as the next contestant with SKIZM, an underground gang live-streaming real-life death matches. While Miles excels at running away from everything, that won’t help him outlast Nix (Samara Weaving), a killer at the top of her game.

Critics Consensus: Frenetic to a fault, Guns Akimbo may leave some viewers reaching for the killswitch – but for others, its videogame-style violence will have plenty of replay value.

Premiere Date: Saturday, June 27, 2020

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Movies

Dirty Dancing (1987) 72%
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) 23%
Fair Game (2010) 78%
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974)
Futureworld (1976) 36%
Grown Ups (2010) 10%
How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 99%
Incident at Loch Ness (2004) 64%
Joyride (1997)
Kingpin (1996) 49%
Nate and Hayes (1983) 0%
Sex Drive (2008) 46%
Shrek Forever After (2010) 58%
The Cookout (2004) 5%
The Natural (1984) 83%
Trade (2007) 33%
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) 66%
You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008) 38%

Series

Annie Oakley: Season 1 (Best Westerns Ever)
Dragnet: Season 1 (Best TV Ever)
Finding Your Roots: Season 1 (2012) -- (PBS Living)
The Forsyte Saga: Season 1 (2002) 86% (PBS Masterpiece)
Professor T: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)
Super Why!: Season 1 (2007) -- (PBS Kids)
SWV Reunited: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel)
The Black Death: The World’s Most Devastating Plague (The Great Courses)