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Things are changing in Amazon’s streaming world. The e-retailer just announced that it’s shutting down its free, ad-supported streamer Freevee, with shows like Judy Justice and the Australian soap Neighbours migrating to its main service, Prime Video. And Prime is continuing to stream lots of interesting fare, including holiday favorites like It’s a Wonderful Life and Love Actually. There are also new shows, including a Colin Jost-hosted version of Jeopardy! featuring teams answering (or asking) questions exclusively about pop culture. Even sweeter may be a new series, The Sticky, starring Emmy winner Margo Martindale, 73, and Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, 65, based on the real-life heist of thousands of barrels of Canadian maple syrup. Plan to swap the microwave popcorn for some flapjacks and enjoy.
Here are our picks for Prime’s best new offerings.
Coming December 1
Holiday Inn (1942)
The classic Hollywood musical starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire continues to charm with its let’s-put-on-a-show spirt and a host of Irving Berlin songs, including a standard that was introduced with this film: “White Christmas.”
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Frank Capra’s sentimental tale about a small-town boy in a moment of holiday-season depression was a box office flop, but it may be Hollywood’s biggest cult hit – charming millions of viewers each December with its life-affirming message about how everybody can make a difference in this old world.
Scrooged (1988)
In this updated version of A Christmas Carol, Bill Murray, 74, plays a Scroogey television network executive bent on holiday ratings domination at all cost – until a series of ghostly visitors reminds him of the true spirit of the season. The film works better as biting media-world satire than warm-hearted transformation story, but Carol Kane, 72, is a hoot as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
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