New VOD and Digital HD Releases, Plus: ‘The Gunman’ Is Now Locked and Loaded for Home Viewing

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 and, of course, Netflix.

Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $ 3-$ 10, in 24- or 48-hour periods

Chappie (action/sci-fi directed by Neill Blomkamp; Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver; rated R)

The Lazarus Effect (horror; Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde; rated PG-13)

Run All Night (action; Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman; rated R)

Wild Tales (comedy; Darío Grandinetti, María Marull; rated R)

American Heist (action; Adrien Brody, Hayden Christensen; pretheatrical release premieres 6/19; rated R)

Burying the Ex (comedy-horror directed by Joe Dante; Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario; premieres 6/19 on cable MOD and in theaters; rated R)

The Face of an Angel (drama directed by Michael Winterbottom; Kate Beckinsale, Cara Delevingne; premieres 6/19 on cable MOD and in theaters; not rated)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (drama; Rinko Kikuchi; premieres 6/19 on cable MOD and in theaters; not rated)

Manglehorn (romantic drama; Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina; premieres 6/19 on cable MOD and in theaters; rated PG-13,)

Digital HD: Rent from $ 4-$ 7 or own from $ 13-$ 20 (HD may cost more than SD)
 

Vudu

Offers the same movies as cable Movies On Demand for rent and/or download except for Manglehorn. Plus:

The Gunman (action-thriller; Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba; available now to download to own—not rent—two weeks before disc; rated R)

Danny Collins (comedy-drama inspired by true story; Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner; available now to download to own—not rent—two weeks before disc; rated R)

Google Play

Offers the same movies as cable Movies On Demand for rent and/or download except for American Heist, Burying the Ex, The Face of an Angele, Manglehorn and Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. Plus:

The Gunman, Danny Collins

iTunes

Offers the same movies as cable Movies On Demand for rent and/or download except for American Heist, Burying the Ex and Manglehorn. Plus:

The Gunman, Danny Collins

Amazon

Offers the same movies as cable Movies On Demand for rent and/or download except for American Heist, The Face of an Angel and Manglehorn. Plus:

The Gunman, Danny Collins

Netflix Watch Instantly: $ 8.99 per month for unlimited streaming

New This Week:

Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, (6/17): Point and Shoot, (6/19): Some Assembly Required, (6/20): Cake

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