11 movies to check out on Prime Video this March

Based on the video game series of the same name, the blockbuster horror movie stars Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Matthew Lillard. The A.V. Club’s , “The core premise of the games is so basic and primal that it’s brilliant: evil Chuck E. Cheese. The beloved ’80s pizza place, loaded with video games and an animatronic house band, always felt just a touch creepy; the Five Nights games amped that factor up so much that most remaining Chuck E. Cheese locations removed their animatronics completely. The in-game explanation for the menace factor is morbidly hilarious in the initial installment: the animatronics are freed to walk around at night so their gears don’t seize up. However, if their AI detects humans, knowing they ought not be there after hours, it misidentifies them as robot endoskeletons, and they promptly get stuffed into spare suits, which kills them.”

Neil Jordan’s neo-noir crime thriller , set in 1939 Los Angeles, stars Liam Neeson as Philip Marlowe—a brooding detective hired by a beautiful heiress to find her missing lover. Based on the 2014 novel The Black-Eyed Blonde, Marlowe also stars Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Ian Hart, and Alan Cumming. The A.V. Club’s , “Marlowe is an odd duck of a movie. It features recognizable genre contours, including treacherous blondes; thrust-and-parry dialogue that plays as sexual flirtation even when it’s straight exposition; and Philip Marlowe getting stomped on and (nearly) drugged. It’s also very ‘meta.’”

Peter Farrelly’s latest solo comedy stars Zac Efron, John Cena, Jermaine Fowler, Andrew Santino, Lex Scott Davis, and William H. Macy. The official plot description reads: “When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years after creating this ‘friend,’ Dean, JT, and Wes (Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler) still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. When their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio decide to hire washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator ‘Rock Hard’ Rod (John Cena) to bring him to life. But when Rod takes his role of a lifetime too far, they begin to wish they’d never invented Ricky in the first place.”

In the romantic comedy , Toula Portokalos (writer-director-actress Nia Vardalos) attempts to locate her dearly departed father’s childhood friends in Greece for a family reunion. The second sequel to 2002’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding also stars John Corbett, Louis Mandylor, Elena Kampouris, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone, Lainie Kazan, and Andrea Martin. The A.V. Club’s , “Vardalos balances comedy and emotion, and her familiarity with the cultural setting, as well as her affinity for the sprawling cast, reap dividends on-screen. The result is a level of authenticity and depth that wasn’t as evident in the first two outings.”

No, this is not the 2002 biographical drama Frida starring Salma Hayek as surrealist Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Instead, this is a new documentary about Kahlo directed by Carla Gutierrez that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Documentary Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award. The official description of 2024’s Frida reads: “An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo, Frida is told through her own words for the very first time, drawn from her famed illustrated diary, revealing letters, essays, and candid print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.”

Doug Liman’s reimagining of 1989’s stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams, Joaquim de Almeida, Austin Post, and Conor McGregor. The official description reads: “Road House stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Dalton, an ex-UFC fighter trying to escape his dark past and his penchant for violence, in this adrenaline-fueled actioner. Dalton is barely scraping by on the reputation that still precedes him when he is spotted by Frankie (Jessica Williams), owner of a roadhouse in the Florida Keys. She hires him to be her new bouncer in hopes of stopping a violent gang, working for crime boss Brandt (Billy Magnussen), from destroying her beloved bar. Even five to one, Brandt’s crew is no match for Dalton’s skills. But the stakes get higher with the arrival of ruthless gun-for-hire Knox (Conor McGregor). As the brutal brawls and bloodshed escalate, the tropical Keys prove more dangerous than anything Dalton ever faced in the Octagon.”