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'Arrival' Arrives Home, Plus This Week's New Digital HD and VOD Releases
Our resident VOD expert tells you what’s new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix.
Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical
Boo! A Madea Halloween (comedy; Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis; rated PG-13)
Queen of Katwe (drama; David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o; rated PG)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (action sequel; Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders; rated PG-13)
American Violence (action-thriller; Bruce Dern, Denise Richards; premieres 2/3 on cable MOD and in theaters; not rated)
War on Everyone (action-comedy; Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Pena; premieres 2/3 on cable MOD and in theaters; rated R)
Eloise (horror; Chace Crawford, Eliza Dushku, Robert Patrick; premieres 2/3 on cable MOD and in theaters; rated R)
Digital HD: Rent from $4-$7 or own from $13-$20 (HD may cost more than SD)
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Bleed for This (boxing drama; Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal; available now to download to own only—not rent—two weeks before Blu-ray and DVD; rated R)
The Edge of Seventeen (comedy-drama; Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick; available now to download to own only—not rent—two weeks before Blu-ray and DVD; rated R)
Two Lovers and a Bear (drama; Dane DeHaan, Tatiana Maslany, John Ralston—available now to download to own—not rent—one week before disc; rated R)
Vudu
The Lair of the White Worm (comedy-horror cult classic; Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, Sammi Davis; available now to rent or own to coincide with new limited-edition Blu-ray—see exclusive bonus clip below; rated R)
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Parents (horror-comedy; Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Bryan Madorsky; available now to rent or own to coincide with new limited-edition Blu-ray; rated R)
Plus: Arrival, Bleed for This, The Edge of Seventeen, Two Lovers and a Bear
iTunes
Arrival, Bleed for This, The Edge of Seventeen, The Lair of the White Worm, Parents, Two Lovers and a Bear
Amazon
Arrival, Bleed for This, The Edge of Seventeen, The Lair of the White Worm, Parents, Two Lovers and a Bear
Google Play
Arrival, Bleed for This, The Edge of Seventeen, The Lair of the White Worm, Parents, Two Lovers and a Bear
Netflix Watch Instantly: $8.99 per month for unlimited streaming
Highlights New This Week:
Antibirth, Swing State, Babe, Babe: Pig in the City, Contact, Corpse Bride, Finding Dory, Magic Mike, Project X, The Blair Witch Project, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Twilight, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, Santa Clarita Diet, Superbad
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