Newish to DVD & Streaming. What will you make me watch?
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 8:29AM 
It's that time again. If you missed it in theaters or merely want to revisit here are some newish options from the past couple of weeks or just now.
New to DVD & BluRay
• The Choice - In which Broadway's favorite bloody bloody musical star, Benjamin Walker, tries his hand at the Sparksverse and even an annoying catchphrase "bother me"
• Jane Got a Gun - Does all the trouble that production had (director walk out / cast changes / delays) show up on screen? With Natalie Portman
• Joy - Decide for yourself if JLaw deserved a fourth Oscar nomination for this drama about a female entrepeneur
• Krampus - This horror flick got surprisingly good reviews. With Toni Collette & Adam Scott
• A Royal Night Out -If Diary of a Teenage Girl had you intrigued about Bel Powley check out her other introduction. Co-starring ubiquitous Sarah Gadon
• Son of Saul - This drama about a Hungarian sodderkomando who believes he's seen the body of his son among the latest executed is harrowing and it just won the Oscar, Hungary's second win in the category (after 80s arthouse hit Mephisto).
New to Streaming. VOTE!
I realized I haven't written up Crimes & Misdemeanors (1989) yet as commanded last time we did this but I shall and I'll be quicker this time since I'll have a second assignment breathing down its neck. Which film will we discuss? You choose!
Also new for May...
Amazon Prime: Benny and Joon, Bitter Moon, The Bounty, Bully, Code 46, Election, Ghost World, The Mod Squad, She's Having a Baby, Vice Versa, and several 007 films back again suddenly (make up your mind AP);
Netflix: Pleasantville, To Catch a Thief, Great Expectations, Just Friends, The Nutty Professor, The Replacements, and Things We Lost in the Fire.
Reader Comments (9)
I know When Harry Met Sally is gonna win this, but you really should give Cage a second chance. He was M A R V E L O U S in this movie.
(Anf of course JLaw deserved her nomination. What a helluva star turn!)
One more thing: Things We Lost in the Fire is one of the most underrated movies in recent years. Berry is very good, Del Toro is spectacular. It's his best performance after Sicario.
I am wanting to see Joy because Jennifer looked great in the trailer and the clips I've seen. It's the David O. Russell factor that I'm leery of. They really need to get away from each other for a while. Also, really hate that she broke Jennifer Jones' record of youngest performer to get four noms. Ain't right, just no.
I voted for my favorite movie Bring it on ;)
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Cal -- agreed on Del Toro in that movie. He's a wow.
I see WHMS is leading and I remember some of your thoughts on Bring It On from end-of-year 2000, but I'd love to see a new write up of the latter. It's so much fun and Dunst is new again!
ryan -- the votes are super close though. we'll see.
All of those movies are fantastic, but as an 80's teen, I went with "Sixteen Candles". Been there, did that.
Definitely WHMS (especially after proving how well you can break down and appreciate comedies like you just did with your Death Becomes Her post), although Sixteen Candles would be my second choice.