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Happy Friday, everyone! This Sunday is Mother’s Day, and we could not be more grateful for the moms, stepmoms, grandmothers and all the amazing female role models that are working hard to keep families together and positive during this difficult time. We realize that this year’s Mother’s Day is not going to consist of the same brunches, social outings and family get-togethers that usually make up this holiday but that does not mean we can’t give these hardworking women an amazing day! Sometimes the best present is quality time; and whether you use Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu or your cable’s on-demand service, the movies available this weekend are built to provide just that.
The list of films you can rent and/or buy this weekend has something for everyone in the family. Action-packed movies like Liam Hemsworth’s new film Arkansas, Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot and Lancaster Skies are waiting for those looking for an adrenaline rush. Titles like How to Build a Girl, Greed, Emma and more are great for comedy-lovers; and romance movies like I Still Believe and Ordinary Love are waiting to tap into the romantic in you!
Curious about what else is out there? Check out what other comedies, musicals and action films you can buy or rent this week.
Emma.
We have seen Jane Austen’s literary masterpiece take form in many different films and shows, but Anya Taylor-Joy’s Emma is something else. This beloved dramedy follows Emma Woodhouse — a beautiful, intelligent and rich young woman who thrives on interfering with the love lives of her friends in her sleepy little town. As she navigates through misguided matches and romantic blunders to help her friends (and fill her restless days), Emma herself finds the love that has been waiting for her all along. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy and more, Emma is now available for purchase on demand.
How to Build a Girl
Beanie Feldstein (Ladybird, Booksmart) is a comedic bombshell in the new film, How to Build a Girl. Based on Caitlin Moran’s bestselling novel, this comedy centers on Johana Morrigan, a quirky 16-year old who uses her colorful imagination to add zest to her humdrum life in Wolverhampton. Desperate to break free of her suffocating family, she reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: a respected, hard-to-please music critic with an incessant lust for fame, fortune and men. Johanna quickly rises to the top of the 90s rock music scene; but as the rapid pace of her new life sets in on her, she must ask herself a very important question: is Dolly Wilde the type of girl she wants to become? Or does she need to start over again? A charming, earnest and quirky coming-of-age comedy, How to Build a Girl is available for rent on demand.
[Where to stream How to Build a Girl]
To Buy:
Walkaway Joe
Emma
Driveways
Porno
To Rent:
How to Build A Girl
Valley Girl
I Still Believe
Arkansas
Lancaster Skies
Bloodshot
Accommodations
Starfish
South Mountain
The Plagiarists
Saint Frances
Working Man
Ordinary Love
Greed
Blue Story
Better Days
Beanpole
The Lodge
$0.99 iTunes Movie Rental
Yentl
We all love a good Barbra Streisand moment, and there is arguably none more iconic than her stellar performance — and directorial debut — in Yentl. This romantic musical drama follows the journey of one young Jewish woman who has to disguise herself as a boy in order to receive an education. However, once she starts studying with the Orthodox Jewish Rabbis, she falls in love with another student. And, to make matters even more complicated, a young woman falls in love with Yentl as a boy — very Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, is it not? But if the story is not compelling enough, just throw in Michel Legrand’s and Alan and Marilyn Bergman’s Oscar-winning musical score, and you’ll start singing “Papa, can you hear me” soon enough!
