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What. A. Week. It feels like a whole new world outside just brimming with possibilities, doesn’t it? So many changes to come! And while those changes are sure to excite some and bring anxiety to others, there is always the constance of movie-watching Fridays to ground people at the end of a rollercoaster week. And whether you use Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu or your cable’s service, the best movies streaming now are always there to entertain and amuse. But where should you start with this week’s batch of new releases? Worry not, we here at Decider are here to help you figure out what to watch.
This weekend’s movie lineup covers just about every genre humanly possible. Drama fans will love titles like Our Friend and A Cold Hard Truth while horror heads can check out The Cleansing Hour, Ten Minutes to Midnight or Bring Me a Dream. Romance lovers are not lacking this weekend either thanks to Breaking Fast, and documentary dudes/dudettes will love flicks like Welcome to Chechnya and Clapboard Jungle.
What are the best movies to watch right now? Check out the great comedies, dramas and thrillers you can buy or rent this weekend.
Our Friend
Jason Segel, Casey Affleck and Dakota Johnson star in Our Friend, a tearjerker of a film about how far you would go for your friends. Based on the true story written up in Esquire back in 2015, the drama centers on the Teague family —journalist Matt (Casey Affleck), wife Nicole (Dakota Johnson) and their two young daughters —and how their lives are turned upside down when Nicole is diagnosed with terminal cancer. As Matt becomes increasingly overwhelmed by the day-to-day responsibilities of running a house, earning money and caring for his sick wife, the couple’s best friend Dane Faucheux (Jason Segel) offers to move in and help lighten the load. Nobody could have guessed how impactful this one decision would become, but we cried our eyes out watching it all unfold in Our Friend, now available to rent on VOD.
No Man’s Land
It seems like the cinematic world is all about Westerns this month, because just a week after Tom Hanks’ News of the World came out on VOD, No Man’s Land has ridden onto the screen. When border vigilante Jackson Greer (Jake Allyn) accidentally kills a Mexican immigrant boy, he flees on horseback across the border to Mexico to become a gringo, or “illegal alien.” Chased by Texas Rangers and Mexican federales, Jackson journeys across mountains and deserts to seek forgiveness from the dead boy’s vengeful father, and even falls in love along the way. Starring Frank Grillo, Andie MacDowell, George Lopez and more, No Man’s Land is a migrant drama film with a lot of heart.
To Buy:
To Rent:
No Man’s Land
Our Friend
Bring Me a Dream
The Cleansing Hour
PG: Psycho Goreman
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
A Cold Hard Truth
Breaking Fast
Ten Minutes to Midnight
Clapboard Jungle
Spoor
Remember Me
The Kid Detective
$0.99 iTunes Movie Rental
The Rest of Us
The Rest of Us is a drama film about four strong women and the dead man who brings them together. Starring Heather Graham (The Hangover), Sophie Nélisse (The Book Thief), Jodi Balfour (For All Mankind) and Abigail Pniowsky, the film is about a divorced mother and her daughter who must deal with living in the same house as her ex-husband’s second wife and daughter following his unexpected death. All four women — despite their generational differences — all find themselves at some sort of crossroads, be it losing childhood innocence or entering college years. Although the man who bonds them was not-so great, perhaps he did one great thing by bringing them together.
