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Moms, lobsters, kittens come to pay-per-view

Kate Hudson, left, and Sarah Chalke in a scene from "Mother's Day." (Ron Batzdorff / AP)
By Sean Axmaker Correspondent

What’s new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime and other streaming services.

Pay-per-view / video on demand

Mother’s Day,” the final film from director Garry Marshall, features Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, and Julia Roberts among the mothers and daughters. PG-13. Also on DVD and Blu-ray.

Out of the mainstream: The Lobster is a strange and surreal love story with Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz (R), and April and the Extraordinary World is an animated steampunk adventure (PG). Also on DVD and Blu-ray.

Also new: the comediesKeanuwith Keegan-Michal Key, Jordan Peele and a kitten (R), The Bronze with Melissa Rauch (R), and Meet the Blackswith Mike Epps (R); and the Biblical drama Last Days in the Desert(PG-13).

Netflix

The Little Prince (2016), an animated version of the beloved Antoine de Saint-Exupery novel, arrives straight to Netflix. Features the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams and Marion Cotillard. PG.

Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie,” a 50-minute spoof of Trump’s 1987 book with Johnny Depp as the blowhard mogul, is now exclusive to Netflix.

Also new this month: Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth(2006) (PG), the franchise-launchingThe Fast and the Furious(2001) with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker (PG-13), and the Paul Newman dramas “From the Terrace” (1960, not rated) with Joanne Woodward and The Verdict(1982) with James Mason (R).

Kid stuff: the new Netflix animated seriesBeat Bugs: Season 1 features the songs of Lennon and McCartney covered by contemporary artists.

Amazon Prime Video

The Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) stars Oscar Isaac as an aspiring folk singer in Greenwich Village in the early ’60s. R.

Also new: the Oscar-winning The Piano (1993) with Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel (R) the elegant ghost story The Others (2001) with Nicole Kidman (PG-13), and the science-fiction cyber-classic The Matrix (1999, R).

Amazon Prime Video and Hulu

Mr. Holmes (2015) stars Ian McKellen as the iconic detective in retirement at age 93, trying to recall his fateful final case while facing old age and memory loss. PG.

The original Cloverfield (2008) is an American Godzilla movie for the camcorder generation (PG-13).

Hulu

Streaming TV: the legal drama Silk: Season 3 from Britain and the American comedies You’re The Worst: Season 2 and Adam Devine’s House Party: Season 3.”

HBO Now

The HBO original documentary Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk? (2016) visits big-money donors on both sides of the political spectrum. Not rated.

At Redbox

“Mother’s Day,” “Meet the Blacks,” “The Bronze,” “The Lobster,” “The Trust”

Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at http://streamon demandathome.com.