Nathaniel R giving you the heads up on what's available to you now to screen at home. It's a big weekend all told in terms of titles suddenly available
New on DVD/Blu-Ray/Rental
• Beach Bum -the latest from Harmony Korine. I hated it but Murtada kinda liked it as you probably heard on the podcast
• Giant Little Ones - underseen drama about the confusion of sexual fluidity in the coming-of-age years
• Hotel Mumbai - well reviewed terrorism drama starring Dev Patel and Armie Hammer
• Under the Silver Lake - David Robert Mitchell's bizarrely indulgent noir, equal parts tedious and memorable, his follow up to the incredible breakthrough It Follows
• Us - Jordan Peele's horror blockbuster with terrifically inventive performances from the whole cast.
iTunes deals and streaming roulette after the jump...
Also out today: the year's top grossing subtitled feature (thus far), the spanish language comedy No Manches Frida 2, the animated feature Wonder Park, and the Christian sports drama Run the Race.
Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, and River Phoenix in Mosquito Coast (1986)
Notable iTunes 99¢ Deals
Lots of eccentric choices this week on the cheap including the much chattered about Nicolas Cage cult film Mandy, the Brazilian lesbian werewolf drama Good Manners, the racy French gay-porn-set drama Knife + Heart, Taron Egerton's unloved Robin Hood vehicle, Harrison Ford's The Mosquito Coast (from that brief period where he was doing prestige drama in the 80s), Nicole Kidman's first international hit Dead Calm and her biggest solo-led hit The Others, and one of the greatest movies ever made, Rosemary's Baby (which we covered extensively here).
New to Streaming
Some people might say that you lack a moral compass.
Jessica Jones S3 (Netflix)
Benjamin Walker guest-stars in the final season. Yaaas. He should be a much bigger star. In truth though i'm perplexed at why I love this show. It's relentlessly dour in mood, cynical in worldview, super-repetitive, and the leading lady hasn't changed her outfit for three entire seasons (!!!!) making this the single worst job any costume designer has ever had on TV. All of those things should make this an immediate thumbs down given my usual predilections. And yet... I keep watching.
Thank you.
Tadpole (Hulu)
Remember when digital was first being used for movies and lots of indies looked terribly dingy or like they were VHS movies blown up for the bigscreen? The comedy Tadpole was one of those but I remember being obsessed with Bebe Neuwirth as the older woman who starts an affair with the 15 year old stepson (Aaron Stanford -whatever happened to him?) of her best friend (Sigourney Weaver). It's the kind of comedy that would never be made today, given the underage sex comedy nature of it.
Five hours in London and trouble already finds me.
Yardie (Prime)
The directorial debut of Idris Elba. An unfair truth: Unless a great actor is born to be a phenomenal director (aka Greta Gerwig... though it's rare), I generally wish they would stick to being fabulous screen stars! I mean we need Idris on the other side of the camera, don'cha think?
Things are about to get interesting.
Trinkets S1 (Netflix)
Some sort of LGBTQ series about teenage girl shoplifters? Have any of you tried this out?
[TEXTING] Promise you're not a serial killer?
Euphoria premiere (HBOGo)
Here's one of the reasons we do streaming roulette each week. Wasn't even interested in this Zendaya show until I saw the cinematography / color. Now we must sample this premiere. Hope it's good. Have you tried it yet?
also...
brand new to Netflix: Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, The 3rd Eye 2, Jinn, Kakegrui xx, Aggretsuko S2, The Alcasser Murders, Awake: The Million Dollar Game, Charite at War, Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce S5, Lelia, Life Overtakes Me, Marlon S2, Murder Mystery, Unite 42, Grey's Anatomy S15, Cop Car, Big Kill, and Adam Devine: Best Times of Our Lives
brand new Hulu: No Strings Attached, Marvin's Room, Next Stop Wonderland, A Walk on the Moon, Highlander IV: Endgame, 12 Monkeys S4, The Good Shepherd, Grand Hotel S1, and Star vs Forces of Evil S4
brand new Prime: No Strings Attached, Law Abiding Citizen, and Suits S8
brand new HBOGo: Jerry Garcia: It's Not My Weekend, Los Espookys (series premiere), The Hate U Give, and Wig
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