'The Secret Life of Pets,' 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

Hell or High Water (action-thriller-drama; Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster; rated R)

War Dogs (drama; Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Bradley Cooper; rated R)

Kubo and the Two Strings (Animated fantasy-adventure; voices: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson; rated PG)

Mechanic: Resurrection (action; Jason Statham, Jessica Alba; rated R)

Hands of Stone (action-drama; Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez; rated R)

Evolution (sci-fi mystery; Max Brebant, Roxane Duran; premieres 11/25 on cable MOD and in theaters; not rated)

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

FandangoNOW

The Secret Life of Pets (animated adventure; voices: Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, Eric Stonestreet; available now to download to own—not rent—two weeks before Blu-ray and DVD; rated PG)

Don’t Think Twice (comedy-drama; Keegan Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Kate Micucci; available now to download to own—not rent—two weeks before disc; rated R)

Vudu

Chicken People (humorous documentary about championship chicken breeders; not rated)

The Secret Life of Pets, Don’t Think Twice

iTunes

The Secret Life of Pets, Don’t Think Twice, Chicken People

Amazon

The Secret Life of Pets, Don’t Think Twice, Chicken People

Google Play

The Secret Life of Pets, Don’t Think Twice, Chicken People

Netflix Watch Instantly: $8.99 per month for unlimited streaming

Highlights New This Week:

Boyhood, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Mercy

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