Summer 2021 is going to be a lot better than summer 2020, vaccines are being praised (yay, science!) But you will be forgiven if you’re not ready to go back to theaters for a zippy summer blockbuster. Speaking of which, they’re in short supply anyway – barring a couple of belated tent poles from last year (including Fast 9 and Black Widow), multiplexes are barely performing as usual – but Amazon Prime Video is here to fill the void These days seems to be perfect, it’s too hot to think about.
The setup for The Tomorrow War (July 2nd) is perfect high-concept summer trash (although it was) originally produced by Paramount Pictures for a release in late 2020): In the future, humanity will defend the earth against alien invaders, and things are going badly. Fortunately, there is time travel and they decide to use it to go back in time and recruit a range of contemporary people to train to fight in what, well, you know the title. The photogenic new additions include Chris Pratt and Betty Gilpin, and if you’ve seen a movie before, you don’t need to watch the trailer to predict how it’ll go on – but that will help you get the idea with additional ones Possibilities, the premise makes no sense.
I’m joking, I’m joking I am sure it all works very well in context.
If your summer entertainment preferences tend to be on the soapy end of the spectrum, check out the US premiere of The Pursuit of Love (July 30th), a BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s Downton Abbey-ish [1945societynovelofthesamename1945[1945gleichnamigerGesellschaftsroman1945. Written and directed by actress and screenwriter Emily Mortimer (Doll & em), this mid-20th century look at the lives of British upper-class stars Lily James and Andrew Scott.
Everything comes to Amazon Prime Video in July 2021
July 1
- 30 days night (2007)
- 30 minutes or less (2011)
- Kidnapping (2016)
- Absence of Malice (1981)
- Across the Universe (2007)
- Alien (1979)
- An apprenticeship (2009)
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
- Awakening (1990)
- Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011)
- Big Fish (2003)
- Burlesque (2010)
- Crimson Tide (1995)
- Fat Albert (2004)
- Frozen River (2008)
- Green Lantern (2011)
- Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner (1967)
- Hell Boy (2004)
- Me, Robot (2004)
- Irrational Man (2015)
- Jack and Jill (2011)
- Julie & Julia (2009)
- Madeline (1998)
- Marie-Antoinette (2006)
- Midnight in Paris (2011)
- Money Train (1995)
- Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
- By the water (1954)
- Only Lovers Alive (2014)
- Open season (2006)
- Patton (1970)
- Philadelphia (1993)
- Phone booth (2003)
- Premonition (2007)
- Ramona and Beezus (2010)
- Rear window (1954)
- Driving with Boys (1988)
- School Dizziness (1988)
- Snap (2001)
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
- The Beast (2001)
- The family stone (2005)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- The International (2009)
- The Lady in the Van (2006)
- The Last King of Scotland (2006)
- The Mask of Zorro (1998)
- The Messengers (2007)
- The Stepfather (2009)
- The Wild Thornberry Movie (2002)
- With love to Rome (2012)
- Underworld: Evolution (2006)
- Dizziness (1958)
- When a Stranger Calls (2006)
- Your Highness (2011)
- American Experience: JFK (2013) (PBS Documentaries)
- An Ordinary Woman: Season 1 (Theme)
- BBQ with Franklin: Season 1 (PBS Living)
- Cold Case Files Classic: Season 1 (A&E Crime Central)
- Follow the Money: Season 1 (Theme)
- How the States Got Their Shapes: Season 1 (History Vault)
- Indian Summers: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)
- Professor T: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)
- Relative Race: Season 3 (UP Faith & Family)
- The Art of Crime: Season 1 (MhZ Choice)
- The Yogi Bear Show: Season 1 (Boomerang)
2nd July
5th July
July 9th
- Our friend (2019)
- Sydney Luxe Offer: Season 1
15th of July
16th of July
- Miss Pettigrew Live for a Day (2008)
- Make the cut: Season 2
30th July
- The Pursuit of Love: Season 1
