Weekend VOD Picks: Deadpool and Michael Moore, Together at Last

Every week, we’re going to recommend the latest movies available to purchase or rent on-demand. More and more, movies are being made available both in theaters and at home on VOD, and we’re here to make sure that those don’t slip through the cracks. We’ll also be alerting you to the week’s major releases on second-run VOD. All so you can have a better weekend!

VOD Picks of the Week

You wouldn’t think it at first blush, but Deadpool and Michael Moore have a surprisingly lot in common. They both seemingly exist to provoke, irritate, and shock audiences out of their complacency. They both think a bit more of their own abilities than reality would support. They both set out to take on the evil in the world, but they act like dicks in the process.

One area where Deadpool and Michael Moore are not similar is at the box office. Deadpool opened in the middle of February to ungodly numbers, and currently sits as the 2016 box office champ with $362 million domestic. Just a big ol’ loud, violent smash hit.

The beauty of a movie like Deadpool is that while it definitely is still the kind of big, smashy superhero adventure that all the Marvel movies are, its also just as much a deconstruction of those big, smashy superhero adventures. Which is going to make it play better on a small screen. Which should make for perfect weekend VOD viewing.

[You can rent or buy Deadpool on Amazon Video or iTunes.]

Meanwhile, Michael Moore’s box-office totals have been on a downward slide ever since the career peak of Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004. With his latest, Where to Invade Next, Moore turns his focus��away from American shores and towards the rest of the world, comparing and contrasting they way they work to address public needs with the way the U.S. does.

Like any Michael Moore movie, it’s designed to inflame conservatives and anyone else for whom “American exceptionalism” is dogma. It’s also Moore’s best-reviewed movie since 2007’s Sicko, with Variety calling it “impishly entertaining” and the New York Post‘s Lou Lumenick deeming it “a feature-length infomercial for socialism in the more playfully funny mode of his classic Bowling for Columbine.”

[You can rent or buy Where to Invade Next on Amazon Video and iTunes.]