DVDs or streaming, there’s a wealth of stuff to watch

Above : Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen star in the Amazon Prime series “Forever,” which premieres Sept. 14. (Photo courtesy of Amazon Prime)

As the wait for theaters in Spokane to open goes on, we moviegoers seek out any number of ways to soothe our cinema addiction. And for many of us, streaming has proven to be the answer. (Note: The website of the Regal Cinemas theater in Coeur d’Alene, Riverstone Stadium , does show that it is open and showing movies.)

Oh, some of us have decent DVD collections. From where I’m sitting at the moment, I can see a shelf containing the following worthy views:

“Assault on Precinct 13” : This is John Carpenter’s 1976 original version, not the 2005 remake. And it has all those gritty, exploitative ’70s stylisms that I admire.

“My Darling Clementine”: In 1946, John Ford gave us this version of the Wyatt Earp Story, with Henry Fonda playing the legendary sheriff who leads his brothers and Doc Holliday ( Victor Mature ) in the showdown at the OK Corral.

“The American Friend” : German filmmaker Win Wenders offered up his version of a Patricia Highsmith -written Tom Ripley story, this one starring Dennis Hopper.

“Torso”: This 1973 giallo from Italian filmmaker Sergio Martino involves a killer who gets off on strangling women with a black scarf.

As you can see, I have eclectic tastes.

But you can watch your home collection only so many times, and that’s where streaming comes in. On Tuesday, I wrote about some of the September offerings from Netflix.

Today, I’ll tackle Amazon Prime .

A vast array of films came online Tuesday, including Ridley Scott’s 1992 feature “1492: Conquest of Paradise,” Brian De Palma’s 1981 suspense film “Blow Out,” Rob Reiner’s 1993 romantic comedy “Sleepless in Seattle,” Roman Polanski’s 1974 noir “Chinatown,” the 1977 Burt Reynolds action-comedy “Smokey and the Bandit” and P.T. Anderson’s 2007 masterpiece “There Will Be Blood.”

As for Amazon originals, the series “Forever,” starring Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph, comes out on Sept. 14. Writing about the series for RogerEbert.com , critic Allison Shoemaker had trouble explaining what she thought of the series without giving too much away.

“This is a series about marriage, and love, and satisfaction,” she wrote. “It’s about the lies we tell ourselves and others. It’s about knowing yourself and your partner and your own desires, and finding the guts to admit to yourself the things you know. It’s about how life is short and decisions can have consequences that last forever, but also how quickly a change can be made. It’s complicated and silly and simple and strange. It’s a comedy, sort of.”

Which might mean laughter.

Which is something we could all use a bit of right now — sort of for sure.