Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in “Bad Boys” By Andrew Silver

“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (2023)

Get ready for the Beast Wars as “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” is available now on Prime Video. When the planet-eating robot, Unicorn (Colman Domingo, “Fear the Walking Dead”), devours the homeworld of an advanced race of Transformers known as the Maximals, Optimus Primal (Ron Pearlman, “Hellboy,” 2004) and his Beasties flee to Earth with a key that can create portals in space and time. However, the key sends the Maximals to the distant past. when Unicorn and his Terrorcon army threaten the Earth a millennia later, the Maximals awaken to help their ancestors, the Autobots, keep their new homeworld from becoming the menacingly massive robot’s lunch. However, how does one stop a robot the size of a planet? Directed by Steven Caple Jr. (“Creed II,” 2018) and with a screenplay by Joby Harold (“Obi Wan Kenobi”), Darnell Metayer (“BMF”), Josh Peters (“BMF”), Erich Hoeber (“Battleship,” 2012) and Jon Hoeber (“Meg 2:The Trench,” 2023), the film stars Anthony Ramos (“A Star Is Born,” 2018) as Noah Diaz, Luna Lauren Velez (“Spider-man: across the Spider-verse,” 2023) as Breanna Diaz, Dominique Fishback (“Swarm”) as Elena Wallace and Peter Cullen (“Bumblebee,” 2018) as Optimus Prime.the cast also includes Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” 2022), Pete Davidson (“The King of Staten Island,” 2020), Liza Koshy (“Ruby Gillman: teenage Kraken,” 2023) and John Dimaggio (“Futurama”).

“Airplane!” (1980)

Enjoy the nuanced parody of the disaster film genre in comedy classic “Airplane!,” currently available to stream on Prime Video. Ted Striker (Robert Hays, “Superhero Movie,” 2008) is an ex-fighter pilot with a fear of flying and unique drinking problem: he can’t seem to get beverages in his mouth. Due to Ted’s odd behaviour and inability to keep a job, his girlfriend, Elaine Dickenson (Julie Hagerty, “Marriage Story,” 2019), decides to end their relationship right before leaving for her job as a flight attendant. Unable to face facts, Ted decides to buy a ticket on the flight Elaine is working on to win her back. what ensues is a series of unfortunate and hilarious events, which leads to Ted having to conquer his fear and safely land the titular airplane. In addition to Hays and Hagerty, the cast includes Leslie Nielsen (“The Naked Gun 2½:The Smell of Fear,” 1991), Kareem Abdul-jabbar (“Glass Onion,” 2022), Lloyd Bridges (“Hot Shots!,” 1991), Peter Graves (“Mission: Impossible”), Lorna Patterson (“Goodtime Girls”), Robert Stack (“Written on the Wind,” 1956) and the inflatable balloon man Otto. Moreover, “Airplane!” served as the directorial debuts for the writing trio of Jim Abrahams (“Top Secret!,” 1984) and bothers David (“The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!,” 1988) and Jerry Zucker (“Rat Race,” 2001).

“Bad Boys” and “Bad Boys II”

Whatcha gonna do when this duo of crimefighting bad boys comes for you? Find out as director Michael Bay’s (“Armageddon,” 1998) “Bad Boys” and “Bad Boys II” are available right now on Prime Video for your viewing pleasure. will Smith (“Men in Black,” 1997) and Matthew Lawrence (“Big Momma’s House,” 2000) star as Miami Police Department detectives and friends Mike Lowry and Marcus Burnett, respectively. In the first movie, Lowry and Burnett need to reclaim $100 million of seized heroin stolen from evidence before Internal Affairs shuts down their department. taking place eight years following the events of “Bad Boys,” the second movie follows the duo as they investigate organizations trafficking drugs into Miami. with writing credits from George Gallo (“Midnight Run,” 1988), Michael Barrie (“Late Show with David Letterman”), Jim Mulholland (“Oscar,” 1991) and Doug Richardson (“Die Hard 2,” 1990), “Bad Boys” stars Téa Leoni (“Jurassic Park III,” 2001), Tchéky Karyo (“The Patriot,” 2000), Theresa Randle (“Spawn,” 1997), Marg Helgenberger (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”), Nestor Serrano (“The Day After Tomorrow,” 2004) and Julio Oscar Mechoso (“Blue Streak,” 1999). Including writing credits from Ron Shelton (), Jerry Stahl () and husband-wife team of Cormac () and Marianne Wibberley (), “Bad Boys II” stars Jordi Mollà (“Riddick,” 2013), Gabrielle Union (“Bring It On,” 2000), Peter Stormare (“Fargo,” 1996) and Joe Pantoliano (“Momento,” 2000).