'The Conjuring 2' Comes 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 exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods

The Jungle Book (fantasy-adventure; Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Christopher Walken, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o; rated PG)

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (comedy; Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone; rated R)

Me Before You (romance-drama; Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin; rated R)

De Palma (documentary/biography; Brian De Palma; rated R)

Ghost Team (comedy; Jon Heder, David Krumholtz; unrated)

Now You See Me 2 (action-thriller sequel; Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg; premieres 9/2; rated PG-13)

Zoom (comedy; Alison Pill, Gael Garcia Bernal; premieres 9/2 on cable MOD and in theaters; not rated)

Kickboxer: Vengeance (action; Dave Bautista, Jean-Claude Van Damme; premieres 9/2 on cable MOD and in theaters; not rated)

Antibirth (horror; Natasha Lyonne, Chloe Sevigny; premieres 9/2 on cable MOD and in theaters; not rated)

Skiptrace (action-comedy; Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville; premieres 9/2 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. Plus:

The Conjuring 2 (horror sequel; Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor; available now to download to own—not rent—two weeks before Blu-ray and DVD; rated R)

The Neon Demon (drama-horror-romance; Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks; rated R)

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (sci-fi/fantasy; Sean Bean, Lena Headey, Aaron Paul; available to download to own only; rated PG-13)

iTunes

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

The Conjuring 2, The Neon Demon, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

Amazon

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

The Conjuring 2, The Neon Demon, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

Google Play

Offers the same movies as cable Movies On Demand for rent and/or download except for Kickboxer: Vengeance, Antibirth and Skiptrace. Plus:

The Conjuring 2, The Neon Demon, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

Netflix Watch Instantly: $8.99 per month for unlimited streaming

Highlights New This Week:

The State of Marriage, The Amityville Horror (2005), Babel, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Bratz: The Movie, Cats & Dogs, Defiance, Easy Fortune Happy Life, Footloose, Full Out, Hope Floats, Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, Jaws: The Revenge, Joyful Noise, Keepers of the Game, Last Holiday, Man on Wire, Milk Money, Practical Magic, Road Trip, Saving Private Ryan, Scary Movie 2, Stomp the Yard, Sweeney Todd, Top Gun, True Grit, U571, The Wicker Man, Narcos: Season Two

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