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It’s May, so Amazon Prime has found the perfect month for a May-December romance with a twist — a movie, The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway as a middle-aged woman who romances a man two decades younger. But the streamer isn’t just looking for love — Josh Brolin’s sci-fi Western drama series Outer Range returns for a second season, while Jeremy Clarkson heads back to the farm for another cycle of Clarkson’s Farm. If you’re looking for something extraordinary, though, just look up — way up — to the U.S. Navy’s famed Blue Angels aerial squadron captured on film in a high-flying IMAX documentary. Don’t forget to stock up on Dramamine along with the popcorn.
Here are all of the highlights on Prime this month.
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Coming May 2
The Idea of You
In a steamy flip on the traditional May-December romance, a 40-something single mom (Anne Hathaway) embarks on an unlikely fling with the 24-year-old lead singer (Nicholas Galitzine) of her teenage daughter’s fave boy band. The film, based on Robinne Lee’s bestseller, earned raves at its premiere at the SXSW Film Festival.
Coming May 3
Clarkson’s Farm, Season 3
England has long history of so-called gentleman farmers. But former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson, 64, presents himself more as a rural buffoon in the new season of the show about his misadventures running his 1,000-acre farm in the Cotswolds of England. We see him blundering with backhoes, mushrooms, goats and even piglets (who apparently use his jacket pockets as toilets). The new season will drop in two batches, on May 3 and May 10.
Coming May 9
Maxton Hall — The World Between Us, Season 1
James Beaufort (Damian Hardung) is an arrogant rich kid who dominates the social scene at his elite private high school, Maxton Hall. He soon crosses paths with a plucky scholarship student (Harriet Herbig-Matten) — whom he first tries to silence after she witnesses something incriminating, and then gradually falls for. The six-episode series is based on a YA bestseller by German author Mona Karsten.
The GOAT, Season 1
In this new competition series, 14 reality TV veterans face off in challenges testing their “strength and lack of life skills,” as comedian host Daniel Tosh jokes. This looks like a decidedly sillier, more humiliating version of the Alan Cumming-hosted The Traitors on Peacock. It’s a goat-eat-goat world, and you may want to heat up some microwave popcorn.
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