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Freedom at last! You’ve survived another coffee-draining, morale-busting and mind-numbing work week, and now it is time to reward yourself. Who says summer is the season to go out and do stuff? I say the best summer weekend is a weekend of nothing and hey, you can even do nothing outside! Whether you prefer Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu or your cable’s on demand service, you can veg out and explore all of the new releases on each platform that are itching to be discovered.
Included in this week’s batch of new releases is the latest James Cameron masterpiece Alita: Battle Angel: the animated action film about a young girl who wakes up in the future with no memory from her past and amazing abilities yet to be rediscovered. You can also check out the latest reboot of the comic-book-turned-movie Hellboy, ogle at the equally-gorgeous Emily Ratajkowski and Theo James in Lying and Stealing, and scare the pants off your friends and family while watching Pet Sematary, which is now available to rent.
Have we caught your attention? Do you want to know more? Check out what other documentaries, comedies and coming-of-age pieces you can buy or rent this week.
Missing Link
Sasquatch just got a name and his name is Susan. Missing Link is an animated comedy film starring the vocal talents of Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis and Zoe Saldana. In Missing Link, fearless explorer Sir Lionel Frost (Jackman) is contacted by a mystery informant that confirms the existence of Bigfoot! Frost journeys to the Pacific Northwest to snuff out the creature when he encounters the famed mythic being! But he comes to find that “Mr. Link” (Galifianakis) is actually the one who wrote the letter in the first place, and has enlisted the help of Frost to help him find the creatures he believes to be his cousins, the Yetis. Joined by Frost’s former lover Adelina Fortnight (Saldana), the pair embark on a journey across the world to discover the Yetis and to find out what truly makes a family. You can buy Missing Link now or wait to rent it on July 23.
[Where to stream Missing Link]
The Most Dangerous Year
In 2016, a large wave of anti-transgender “bathroom bills” began passing across the United States. The Human Rights Campain called 2016 the most dangerous year to be transgender in America and in response, began to fight for the right for transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. The Most Dangerous Year is a moving documentary that follows the civil rights battle that ensued through the eyes of families that were impacted by it. You can buy or rent The Most Dangerous Year now.
[Where to stream The Most Dangerous Year]
To Buy:
Hellboy
Saving Zoë
Alita: Battle Angel
Missing Link
Summer Night
Miss Arizona
Darlin’
Lying and Stealing
I Got The Hook-Up 2
Firecrackers
Armstrong
To Rent:
Ashes
Phil
The Most Dangerous Year
The Professor
The Dark Within
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
Division 19
Chasing Perfect
Plus One
After
Pet Sematary
Little
$0.99 iTunes Movie Rental
Lady Bird
Lady Bird is a coming-of-age story about the relationship between a young adult woman and her mother post-9/11. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) is a high school senior in Sacramento, California who desperately wants a life better than the one she has. The movie tracks her senior year as she fights with her mother (played by the incomparable Laurie Metcalf) who calls her ungrateful, bonds with her recently-unemployed and depressed father, and learns about love and loss through her relationships with her friends as well as boys. It is a movie about family and teenage identity that will leave you teary-eyed and enlightened at the same time. You can rent Lady Bird for $0.99 in iTunes right now.
