Check out what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, and, of course, Netflix.
Cable On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pre-theatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods
Cloud Atlas (sci-fi drama; Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant; rated R)
Texas Chainsaw (horror; Alexandria Daddario, Tremaine Neverson; also available in 3D; rated R)
Java Heat (action; Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke; also playing in select theaters; rated R)
Sightseers (comedy; Alice Lowe, Steve Oram; also playing in select theaters; not rated)
Back to 1942 (drama; Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins; not rated)
Black Rock (thriller; Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell; available 5/17 in theaters and On Demand; rated R)
Hating Breitbart (documentary; Andrew Breitbart; available 5/17 in theaters and On Demand; rated PG-13)
Streaming/Digital Download: Rent from $4-$7 or own from $15-$20 (HD may cost more than SD)
iTunes
Offers the same new movies as cable On Demand except for Sightseers and Black Rock; free preview of Java Heat. Plus:
A Good Day to Die Hard (action; Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney; available now to own only—not rent—three weeks before disc; rated R)
Warm Bodies (zombie romantic comedy; Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer; available now to own only—not rent—three weeks before disc; rated PG-13)
Stand Up Guys (action adventure; Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin; available now to rent only—not own—one week before disc; rated R)
Amazon
Offers the same new movies as cable On Demand except for Java Heat, Sightseers and Black Rock. Plus:
A Good Day to Die Hard, Warm Bodies and Stand Up Guys
Vudu
Offers the same new movies as cable On Demand except for Java Heat, Sightseers and Hating Breitbart. Plus:
A Good Day to Die Hard, Warm Bodies and Stand Up Guys
Netflix Watch Instantly: $7.99 per month
New This Week: The Dictator (comedy; Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley; available 5/18; rated R)
Retiring Titles: The Romantics, Howl, Nude for Satan, Sex Machine, The Call of Cthulhu, Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis, The Nude Vampire, The Night of the Hunted, The Rape of the Vampire and Requieum for a Vampire (Basically if you want to see anything done to a vampire on-screen in the late '60s or early '70s, you'd better hurry because it's about to be staked by Netflix.)
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