This Month’s Highlight
Judy
A scale of “good” and “bad” doesn’t really feel like the most accurate way to assess what the actress does in director Rupert Goold’s biopic. It’s a big, committed performance, one that veers between acting and impersonation, and between attempts to capture the real Garland and the outsize image of her. There are times in which Zellweger’s absolutely electric — like the scene in which Judy is hustled, disoriented and anxious, on to an opening night stage in London where she’s slated to perform for the next month or so. Disaster seems imminent, unavoidable even, but instead she pulls herself together out there in the bright lights, and belts out a bravura version of “By Myself” that the movie captures in a long, agile take. Garland was one of the great entertainers of Hollywood, and Zellweger can’t replicate her singing, but what she does is lovely and just as impressive — she evokes the spirit of a Garland performance, all rich voice and richer emotion.—Alison Willmore
Full List of What’s New on Amazon Prime — September 2020
Available September 1
MOVIES
1/1 (2018)
1 Million Happy Nows (2018)
A Birder’s Guide To Everything (2014)
Abe & Phil’s Last Poker Game (2018)
Addicted To Fresno (2015)
Alex Cross (2012)
American Dragons (1998)
Bachelor Lions (2020)
The Bank Job (2008)
Barney Thomson (2016)
Beach Party (1963)
Bewitched (2005)
Big Time (1988)
The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977)
The Birdcage (1997)
Bitter Melon (2018)
Bully (2019)
C.O.G. (2013)
Carrington (1995)
Casino Royale (2006)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
Dark Matter (2007)
De-Lovely (2004)
Defense Of The Realm (1986)
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
Don’t Talk To Irene (2018)
Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine (1965)
The Dunning Man (2018)
Eaten By Lions (2020)
Employee Of The Month (2006)
Enemy Within (2019)
Extreme Justice (1993)
Face 2 Face (2017)
The Festival (2019)
Gas-s-s-s (1970)
The Go-Getters (2018)
The Graduate (1967)
The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The House On Carroll Street (1988)
I’d Like To Be Alone Now (2019)
I’m Not Here (2019)
Kart Racer (2003)
To Keep The Light (2018)
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
The Last House On The Left (1972)
Lord Love A Duck (1966)
Man Of La Mancha (1972)
The Mechanic (1972)
Microbe And Gasoline (2016)
Miss Nobody (2010)
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
Music Within (2007)
No Way To Live (2017)
Patriots Day (2017)
Rambo (2008)
The Ring Thing (2018)
Sex And The City: The Movie (2008)
Sex And The City 2 (2010)
Slash (2007)
Slow Burn (2007)
Snapshots (2018)
Sunlight Jr. (2013)
The Video Dead (1986)
The Visitors (1972)
The Weight Of Water (2002)
The White Bus (1967)
The Woods (2006)
The Yes Men (2004)
The Turkey Bowl (2019)
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls (2007)
Warrior Road (2017)
Weather Girl (2009)
What Children Do (2018)
What If It Works? (2018)
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Yongary: Monster From The Deep (1967)
Zoom (2016)
TV
The Blood Pact: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)
The Bureau: Season 1 (Sundance Now)
A Chef’s Life: Season 1 (PBS Living)
Cedar Cove: Season 1 (Hallmark Movies Now)
The Celtic World: Season 1 (The Great Courses)
Codename: Kids Next Door: Season 1 (Boomerang)
The Crimson Field: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)
George Gently: Season 1 (Acorn TV)
Hero Elementary: Season 1 (PBS Kids)
How to Become a SuperStar Student, 2nd Edition: Season 1 (The Great Courses)
I’m Dying Up Here: Season 1 (Showtime)
The Jack Benny Show: Season 1 (Best TV Ever)
Keeping Faith: Season 1 (Acorn TV)
Last Hope with Troy Dunn: Season 1 (UP Faith & Family)
Nazi Mega Weapons: Season 1 (PBS Documentaries)
The Roy Rogers TV Show: Season 1 (Best Westerns Ever)
Stuck With You: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel)
Texas Metal: Season 1 (MotorTrend on Demand)
Wrong Man: Season 1 (STARZ)
Available September 2
Hell On The Border (2019)
Available September 4
The Boys - Amazon Original Series: Season 2
Dino Dana The Movie - Amazon Original Movie (2020)
Guest House (2020)
Available September 15
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! (2020)
Available September 16
Blackbird (2020)
Available September 18
All In: The Fight for Democracy - Amazon Original Movie (2020)
Antebellum (2020)
Gemini Man (2019)
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)
Available September 22
The Addams Family (2019)
Available September 25
Judy (2019)
Utopia - Amazon Original Series: Season 1
Available September 28
Force of Nature (2020)
Inherit The Viper (2020)
Available September 29
Trauma Center (2019)
Available August 18
The Cup (2012)
Irresistible (2020)
Available August 21
Chemical Hearts (2020) — Amazon Original Movie
Clifford: Season 2B — Amazon Original Series
Available August 22
The Legion (2020)
Available August 23
Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)
Available August 28
Prime Rewind: Inside the Boys — Amazon Original Special
Available August 31
Primal (2019)
The Courier (2019)
For more coverage of the best movies and TV shows available on Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Showtime, check out Vulture’s What to Stream Now hub, which is updated throughout the month.