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'Star Trek Beyond' Makes the Voyage Home, Plus This Week's New Digital HD and VO…
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
The Purge: Election Year (horror-thriller sequel; Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell; rated R)
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (animated fantasy; voices: Aaron Paul, Lena Headey; rated PG-13)
Phantasm: Ravager (horror/sci-fi sequel; Angus Scrimm, A. Michael Baldwin; available on cable MOD and in theaters; not rated)
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (action/sci-fi sequel; Tara Reid, Ian Ziering; extended version not rated)
The Late Bloomer (comedy-drama; Brittany Snow, Maria Bello; premieres 10/7 on cable MOD and in theaters; rated R)
The Greasy Strangler (horror-comedy; Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar; premieres 10/7 on cable MOD and in thaters; rated R)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (family comedy; Sophie Nelisse, Kathy Bates; premieres 10/7 on cable MOD and in theaters; rated PG)
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 The Late Bloomer. Plus:
Our Kind of Traitor (action-suspense; Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris; available now to download to own—not rent—two weeks before disc; rated R)
Ice Age: Collision Course (animated sequel; voices: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary; available now to download to own—not rent—one week before disc; rated PG)
Wild Oats (comedy-drama; Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange; rated PG-13)
iTunes
Offers the same movies as cable Movies On Demand for rent and/or download except for The Greasy Strangler and The Great Gilly Hopkins. Plus:
Star Trek Beyond, Our Kind of Traitor, Ice Age: Collision Course, Wild Oats
Amazon
Offers the same movies as cable Movies On Demand for rent and/or download except for The Late Bloomer, The Greasy Strangler and The Great Gilly Hopkins. Plus:
Star Trek Beyond, Our Kind of Traitor, Ice Age: Collision Course, Wild Oats
Google Play
Offers the same movies as cable Movies On Demand for rent and/or download except for Phantasm: Ravager, The Late Bloomer, The Greasy Strangler and The Great Gilly Hopkins. Plus:
Star Trek Beyond, Our Kind of Traitor, Ice Age: Collision Course, Wild Oats
Netflix Watch Instantly: $8.99 per month for unlimited streaming
Highlights New This Week:
A Cinderella Story, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Blue Streak, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Dazed and Confused, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Ghost Town, Grizzly Man, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Once Upon a Time in the West, Patton, The Queen of the Damned, Snake Eyes, Snow Day, Sphere, Titanic, Unforgiven, The Uninvited, Without a Paddle, American Horror Story: Hotel, The 13th
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