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This August, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment with the highly anticipated Season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, an all-new action-comedy film starring John Cena and Awkwafina titled Jackpot!, and an animated Batman series titled Batman: Caped Crusader. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films that are coming to Prime Video in August 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Fargo (August 1)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%

Fargo is a dark comedy crime drama film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The 1996 film follows the story of Jerry, a sales manager who is under a huge debt. To repay his loan he hatches a plan to hire two henchmen to kidnap his wife and...

'No Good Deed' movie going unpunished to top weekend box office? (photo: Idris Elba in 'No Good Deed') Apologies for the bad wordplay above, but if Friday estimates are a reliable indicator, No Good Deed should indeed go unpunished to the top of the domestic box office this weekend, September 12-14, 2014. But why "unpunished"? Well, so far the Sam Miller-directed thriller starring four-time Emmy nominee Idris Elba (Luther) and Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) has a downright putrid 10% score and 2.6/10 average among Rotten Tomatoes' top critics. Sony Pictures, whose subsidiary ScreenGems is distributing No Good Deed, reportedly opted to skip late Thursday screenings to ensure that the film's plot twist would be kept under wraps. More likely, however, it was the critics' derisive remarks that Sony wanted under wraps. For instance: "The final plot twist...

Earlier this week I caught Looper, Rian Johnson’s fun and thrilling sci-fi romp. I love both Bruce Willis and time travel films (I usually cite Twelve Monkeys as my favourite film) so I was very keen to see it. I’m happy to report that despite hating Johnson’s debut Brick, I thought Looper was excellent. As other reviews have pointed out however, it is not without plot holes. However, given how slick the film is and the general quality of Johnson’s script, I’m inclined to believe there is little in the film that isn’t there deliberately. Plot holes? Nah – they’re talking points! Let’s ramble…

Spoilers await.

1. The Limitations of Time Travel

I think it’s fair to say that the time travel technology in Looper has its limits – for one thing, things are only ever sent thirty years back in time, never more or less.

This past weekend marked the release of Rian Johnson’s Looper, an incredible sci-fi action film that is not only nuanced and dramatic, but also pretty badass and thought provoking. If you’re anything like me the moment the credits rolled you began furiously discussing the intricacies of how the film’s undefined time travel structure worked. As is the case with all time travel flicks, Looper has a set of rules that govern how its time travel dynamics work. The film does a good job of giving the audience just enough of an explanation to logically follow the plot and action, while also being vague enough to inspire questions and debate about the overarching structure of how it actually works.

This article is not a review of Looper, but rather an analysis of the film within the context of its own set of rules. After this point there will be plenty of spoilers,...