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The Expanse is the best sci-fi space opera currently on TV. Set in a tense cold war between the Solar System’s competing powers – Earth, Mars, and “The Belt” – it’s part detective noir, part space epic. The Man in the High Castle is a big-budget adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s dystopian alternative history novel, set in a USA divided between the Axis Powers after the Nazis won the Second World War. The Grand Tour is, for all intents and purposes, Top Gear, just without the licensing rights to call itself that; car nuts and fans of Jeremy Clarkson and co. will eat it up. And The Boys is a fantastic (but bleak) spin on the superhero world, in which altruism rarely gets in the way of a good corporate sponsorship. The best ongoing action movie series in the world, Mission Impossible, is here in (most of) its “I can’t believe Tom Cruise did his own stunts” glory. Note: While Prime Video still has a few Mission Impossible movies, Fallout and Rogue Nation have dropped from the service. There’s a decent array of classic movies, too. The Jurassic Park (but not World) trilogy, Airplane, and Heat are all worth your time. And in the comedy aisle, Meet The Parents, and Bridesmaids are always good for a laugh. For the kids, there’s a wealth of old-school shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, plus some new Original programs like Stinky & Dirty, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny and Pete the Cat. While there’s tonnes of good stuff, it must be said that the library is bulked out by some straight-to-home-video rubbish from a bygone age. Take, for example, School Spirit, a film about a horny ghost haunting its old high school.. with sexy results! Or “documentaries” like Secrets of the Ancient World, which exposes the “truth” about the ancient knowledge contained within the pyramids, hidden from us by “the elites”. There’s also some extremely niche material. It probably won’t mean much to anyone else, but I enjoyed a documentary about Leeds United’s 1989 season when they topped the English Second Division.
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