What's newly available for home viewing these past few weeks? We've neglected to keep you updated of late in the rush to awards season but this is important since there are several awards contenders that are newly available.
DVD/Blu-Ray
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• The Little Stranger - Lenny Abrahamson (Room) returns with a ghost story costume drama.
• Lizzie - Kristen Stewart and Chloe Sevigny star in this lesbian drama about the infamous ax wielding Lizzie Borden
• McQueen - the acclaimed documentary about the fashion designer - it's eligible for the Oscars.
• Mission: Impossible - Fallout - the latest installment in Tom Cruise's evergreen franchise with death defying stunts, double crossing, and (this time) Henry Cavill's moustache and muscles.
• Searching - John Cho is nominated for Best Actor at the Spirit Awards for this sleeper hit about a man searching for clues online when his daughter goes missing
ALSO NEWISH: Peppermint, Smallfoot, The Equalizer 2, The Nun, The Happytime Murders, and Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days.
Great rental deals and streaming options after the jump...
New iTunes 99¢ Deals
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• Leave No Trace Debra Granik took Best Director at LAFCA for this Indie Spirit nominated father/daughter drama with very fine performances from Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie about people living on the margins (and on public land). It's more than worth your 99¢ if you haven't yet seen it.
• Hearts Beat Loud -Another father/daughter film, this one about a musically inclined family. Chris is a big fan as we've see in his year in review and in his Soundtracking column.
• Street Smart -A legitimately interesting 80s relic about a reporter, a prositute, and a pimp that we wrote about a few years back. It brought Morgan Freeman his first Oscar nomination.
-Well that certainly was a surprise. And the one free pass you were not supposed to get from me."
Brand New Streaming
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• Dumplin' - a coming of age and into body positivity comedy on Netflix about an overweight girl (Danielle McDonald) and her beauty-pageant loving mother (Jennifer Aniston). Dolly Parton is seeking an Oscar nomination for one of her soundtrack contributions "Girl in the Movies". [ICYMI - December on Netflix]
• The Marvelous Mrs Maisel Season 2 - The Globe & Emmy winning & future SAG darling show is back. Reviewed by Spencer here. [ICYMI - December on Prime]