If you want to see it without ads, watch it now

 You may have heard that Amazon has abruptly announced that Prime Video will have "limited" ads starting Jan 29. So I'm trying to watch everything I'm interested in on Prime in January. 

 

I just watched a sweet little Indie Sci-Fi movie called Strawberry Mansion. Ironically, given the timing, a major plot point is about government/industry finding a way to monetize people's dreams with, among other things, ads. I don't think that's a spoiler since it is obvious in the first 5 minutes, although the main character takes a while to figure it out. 

 

Everything Everywhere All At Once is available now, and I watched that. I can't imagine how it won all those Oscars, but I'd give it at least 3/5 stars. I might give it 4 if it were about 45 minutes shorter. It's exhausting to watch, but the acting is good enough to outweigh the seemingly endless barrage of CGI, and in the end I'm glad I slogged through it.  

Do any of you have any favorite Prime Video shows or movies to recommend?