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Head to Hulu for ‘yada yada yada’ fix with ‘Seinfeld’

Sean Axmaker

What’s new for home viewing on video on demand, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu.

Hulu

Hulu’s subscription service is your exclusive streaming source for the complete run of Seinfeld,” the legendary sitcom about nothing … not that there’s anything wrong with that. Is it must-see streaming TV after all these years? Put on your puffy shirt and check it out.

Hulu also adds two more shows to the library – Guillermo Del Toro’s sci-fi/horror series The Strain: Season 1and the cable sitcom Married: Season 1 – plus The Bridge: Season 2,” the final season of the crime thriller that straddles the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. Along with its recent exclusive deals for the original “CSI” and the 2015 hit “Empire,” this makes Hulu a little more competitive with streaming leaders Netflix and Amazon Prime.

Netflix

Netflix produced What Happened, Miss Simone?,” which debuts on the service days after winning the top prize at AFI Docs Festival. The portrait of the classically trained jazz singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone (she earned the title “the high priestess of soul”) was made by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus, who was given full access to the family archives.

Also new is “Beyond the Lights” (2014), a music industry drama from filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood, and indie drama Cake (2014) with Jennifer Aniston.

Amazon Instant Prime

Bill Nighy is MI-5 agent Johnny Worricker in Page Eight(2011) and Turks and Caicos(2014). David Hare’s made-for-BBC telefilms channel John Le Carre by way of David Mamet, and Nighy’s dry wit and bemused attitude hide a smart, crafty and naturally suspicious agent roused into action.

Amazon also has the British sitcoms Catastrophe,” which debuts stateside as a streaming exclusive, and Viciouswith Ian McKellan and Derek Jacobi and a catty sense of humor.

Pay-per-view/ video on demand

“While We’re Young,” Noah Baumbach’s generational comedy starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as a middle-aged couple trying to keep up with their new, young friends (Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried) arrives on VOD before disc. It’s rated R for language.

“Creep,” a psychological thriller starring director Patrick Brice and co-writer Mark Duplass, hits VOD four weeks before Netflix gets it. Rated R for violence and language.

Available same day as select theaters nationwide are “Big Game” with Samuel L. Jackson and the comedies “A Little Chaos” with Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman (rated R) and “The Little Death” from Australia (not rated, adult themes and content).

Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His work appears in Parallax View, Turner Classic Movies online, Keyframe and at http://streamondemand athome.com.