NEW SEALED LEGO Creator Emerald Night Train set (10194) in BoxAmazon Prime Video has been in India for a month and I decided to finally sign up in order to find out what in their seemingly large library might interest a car or bike enthusiast. Unfortunately, car movies aren’t quite the gold standard for cinema. You have to make do with explosions, car chases and gravity-defying stunts in place of a great storyline that actually captures how most petrolheads connect with their rides. For instance, why hasn’t someone already made a film about the Zen motorcyclist (played by Royal Enfield’s Sid Lal) living in the Himalayas and leading lost motorists back to civilisation? Because it’s so much more important to make yet another Fast and Furious film about loving your family – that’s why. So while this list doesn’t yet feature my absolutely original and yet to be scripted movie, let’s dive right into what you can stream legally in India, courtesy of Amazon Prime. We did not even know that Amazon had a video streaming site until we heard that Jeremy Clarkson and team were moving from Top Gear and developing an Amazon Prime original series.
The Grand Tour pretty much follows in the footsteps of Top Gear (which now is hosted by Matt Le Blanc). The only downside is that while the ensemble is the same, it’s not as British as before – even the opening credits featuring Johnny Nash’s I Can See Clearly Now is a little underwhelming. The episodes follow a format similar to Top Gear though – the most notable ones feature an Aston Martin Vulcan as the hosts train for the special forces, and a typical Top Gear-like session with a Porsche 911 GT3 RS taking on a BMW M4 GTS. Comedian Jimmy Carr also makes an appearance. This six-episode series is a Southern American (read Deep South) adventure with a plot straight from a Western. But what it is is actually ‘darkly comic swamp noir’. There’s even some buried treasure involved. This Sundance entry makes it to this list owing to the lovely retro makes and models featured in the car chase sequences – right from the word go. The main ‘character’ is a 1973 Volkswagen Station Wagen – it fits right into the landscape!
This is clearly the Citizen Kane of car movies – the best that we could find up till now. The plot surrounds a heist, skipping across Europe and America and even involves the manipulation of the world’s largest traffic jam. While the cast includes Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg and Jason Statham, the real stars are the cars that feature in all those lovely explosions and chase sequences. The movie heavily showcased the 2003 Mini Cooper S but the freightliners manage to steal the show on the roads too. Now, I am not saying that Michael Bay, as a director, is bad at his job, but the YouTube channel Screen Junkies has labelled him as ‘most likely to masturbate to an explosion’. If I were to summarise a Transformers film, it would be thus – exploding building, explosion in space, exploding car, flying car culminating into an explosion, car exploding into an autobot, and credits roll. But hey, they formula seems to have worked for four films that were global blockbusters.
And who am I to argue with the cash registers. Also, who cares when the yellow Chevrolet Camaro (Bumblebee) and the blue and red Peterbilt 379 pick-up truck (Optimus Prime) look so frikkin’ awesome on screen – even though the camera seems to be moving all over the place without quite focussing on either one of them for more than a millisecond. Sure, you’re used to CGI generated action sequences, but there’s something old-world about stunts that don’t depend on special effects. Based in a fictional, post-apocalyptic world where the earth is just on large desert (appropriately called the Wasteland), Mad Max delivers all the thrills and punches of a car movie, along with engaging characters and a great story (Michael Bay, please note). Complementing the old-timey action scenes are the rides – the likes of a 70s Kawasaki Z 1000 and a worn out Ford Falcon. This one is a film that doesn’t take itself too seriously and neither should you. First off, the story is based on Elvis Presley impersonators robbing a casino.
And just like The King himself, the cars used for the getaway are just as grand. There’s a 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, a 1998 Dodge Ram and a 1987 Chevrolet Caprice, to name a few. The film itself starts with the protagonist Kurt Russell catching a kid trying to steal the air valve caps off the wheels of his old Cadillac. Jamie Foxx plays a taxi driver held hostage by a contract killer (Tom Cruise) as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles. That 1995 Ford Crown Victoria ends up seeing some things it shouldn’t have. Amazon Prime Video allows you a free trial for the first month, after which the yearly subscription costs Rs 499.in allen Kategorien in Hardware in Software in Games in Video/Foto/TV in Telefon & Co in Audio/HIFI in Filme in Haushalt in Sport & Freizeit in Drogerie in Auto & Motorrad in Spielzeug & Modellbau in Baumarkt & Garten Some of the March 2017 releases are now available LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home. David writes in to let us know that these sets include new LEGO Star Wars, Ninjago, Super Heroes and more.
While they have been available in Europe for some time now, this should be the first official availability at LEGO Brand Stores and LEGO Shop at Home. See What’s New: US | -Free LEGO 30607 Disco and Clown Batman Minifigures w/$75 purchase (Feb 10-28) -Free LEGO Batgirl Minifigure Poster w/any purchase (until February 19) The part 2 review of LEGO 10252 Volkswagen Beetle is now here. If you missed the review earlier, you should check the part 1 review first. Part 2 review showcases more of the functions along with the bag 3 build. We’ve included lots of images so that you can have a closer look at this set! Released a few months ago back on August 1st, 2016, the LEGO 10252 Volkswagen Beetle is the latest addition to the LEGO Modular Vehicles series. This was one of the first sets that we decided to build this holiday season as we really liked the 2011 LEGO 10220 Volkswagen T1 Camper Van. What is this set all about and what are the features? Check out the Toys N Bricks review to find out more!
10252 Volkswagen Beetle is available at various LEGO Shop at Home Countries (USA | This was one of the first sets that I decided to build this holiday season as I really liked the 2011 LEGO 10220 Volkswagen T1 Camper Van. Check out the Toys N Bricks review in the LEGO Forums to find out more! Part 2 of our review of the latest Technic flagship set, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, is finally up – find out how it rates in the forum and let us know how you feel in the comments and poll! Today, the latest major Technic set will be released – the brand new Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Thanks to the LEGO and the Community Engagements & Events, we here at TnB have a copy to review! So, does it live up to the hype? Read on to get a good idea of what this set is all about! The latest and largest Minecraft set was available to LEGOShop VIP members a couple weeks ago and will be available to all next week. Read our review to see if this set is the one for you. Our part 2 LEGO Disney Minifigures Series 16 review is now here!
