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It is officially September, everyone! You can finally put those always-dirty white jeans, skimpy bathing suits and wedgie-inducing short shorts away, and instead, opt for your generous shirts and pants that don’t require you to shave your legs. Alongside the warm welcome we are giving to the changing of the seasons, we are also welcoming in the season of cozy weekends under the covers where you can watch your favorite movies without any guilt from being indoors. Your VOD friends must agree, because whether you use Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu or your cable’s on demand service, all of these platforms are coming out with a buffet of great films for you to indulge.
The final installment of the Fox X-Men series is now available to view for all of your superhero aficionados. Get ready to say goodbye to your favorite characters as they face their toughest enemy yet: a member of their very own team. Starring Sophie Turner, James McEvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, Dark Phoenix serves as the perfect finale to this fantastic series. And if you’ve been waiting to check out Canal Street, the amazing drama about a young black boy accused of murdering a white classmate, wait no more because it is finally available to rent.
Want to know what else is out there? Check out what other comedies, musicals and sci-fi flicks you can buy or rent this week.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
The final installment of the 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise was X-Men: Dark Phoenix. During the action superhero film, the X-Men must face their most formidable and difficult foe: their very own Jean Grey (Sophie Turner). After an incident during a mission in space, Grey is given astronomically stronger —yet more unstable— powers, causing an internal struggle that results in her fatally injuring those closest to her and tearing apart the unity of the X-Men. The broken team must find a way to put their differences aside to save the girl they consider family before she destroys herself, or an alien force bent on universal domination exploits her powers for evil.
[Where to stream X-Men: Dark Phoenix]
The Dead Don’t Die
We can never get too many Zombie comedy movies, or Zom-Coms as they are aptly called, and the latest addition to this great genre is The Dead Don’t Die, starring Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Tilda Swinton and so many more stars! The horror-comedy takes place in the small town of Centerville that has just experienced a zombie invasion. Cops Ronnie (Driver) and Cliff (Murray) must stop the invasion with the help of some colorful locals before the infestation turns into a full-scale apocalypse. While The Dead Don’t Die is a classic zom-com movie, it also serves as a satirical piece about the genre, using fourth-wall breaks and dry humor to skewer the textbook storylines that have defined the industry.
[Where to stream The Dead Don’t Die]
To Buy:
Satanic Panic
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
The Fanatic
The Dead Don’t Die
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Steven Universe: The Movie
93Queen
To Rent:
Squadron 303: The Battle of Midway
The Fall of the American Empire
Ophelia
Michelle Obama: Forward Motion
American Woman
One Nation, One King
This One’s For the Ladies
The Witch in the Window
Ma
Canal Street
Booksmart
Men In Black: International
Mary Magdalene
$0.99 iTunes Movie Rental
Grease
“You’re the one that I want, you are the one I want, ooh ooh ooh, honey!” When the musical romantic comedy Grease hit theaters in 1978, nobody could have expected what an impact the movie would leave on the rest of the world. If you do not know the premise of the movie or the broadway show from which it was inspired— you must be living under a rock but that is beside the point— Grease is the story of Aussie beauty Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) and dark-haired, smoldering Danny (John Travolta) who meet and fall in love the summer before their senior year of high school. But when Sandy surprises Danny with the news that she is staying in California, Danny must keep up his too-cool-for-school bravado and shrugs the goody-two-shoes off, effectively breaking her heart. The musical movie is rife with crazy antics and car chases and you cannot help but fall in love with its iconic songs like “Greased Lightnin,” “Summer Nights” and “You’re the One That I Want.” So enjoy the fantastic, legendary film Grease, only 99 cents on iTunes today!
