Stream on Demand: Jack Black channels his inner kid in ‘Goosebumps’

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

Pay-Per-View / Video-On-Demand

“Goosebumps” unleashes the stories of kids’ horror author R.L. Stine to the big screen as a colorful comic adventure, starring Jack Black as Stine. The kid-friendly monster mash is rated PG and is also on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download.

Spike Lee’s polarizing “Chi-Raq” (R) takes on street violence in modern day Chicago by way of a satirical musical. Amazon Prime members can stream it free starting Feb. 5.

“The Assassin,” a graceful period piece from Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiou-Hsien, turns martial arts drama into a gorgeous cinematic poem. Not rated but not explicit.

Also new: “Burnt” with Bradley Cooper as a superstar chef rebuilding a career wrecked by drugs and arrogance (R) and “A Brilliant Young Mind” with Asa Butterfield as a socially awkward prodigy at the International Math Olympics (PG-13).

Netflix

Chelsea Handler hosts the four-part documentary “Chelsea Does,” delving into marriage, racism, technology and drugs in her usual uninhibited way. For mature audiences.

“Turbo Kid” (2015) combines adolescent adventure and ’80s B-movies for the story of a comic book-obsessed kid in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of … 1997. Not rated, features gory violence.

The Emmy Award-winning BBC documentary series “Frozen Planet” (2011) studies life in the hostile environments of the Arctic and the Antarctic.

More streaming TV: “Ever After High: Season 4” is an animated series for kids and “From Dusk Till Dawn: Season 2” pits gangsters against vampires.

Amazon Prime Video

Missing out on the new PBS series “Mercy Street”? You can stream new episodes of this American drama, set in a military hospital during the Civil War, a week after they debut on PBS.

New movies: “Man of Tai Chi,” a martial arts drama directed by Keanu Reeves (who also does villain duty) (R), and “Mortdecai,” a caper comedy flop with Johnny Depp (R).

Hulu

“Fear the Walking Dead: Season 1,” a prequel to the hit zombie drama, drops the viewer at ground zero in Los Angeles. The second season begins on AMC in April.

HBO Now

“Entourage,” the big-screen sequel to the HBO series, bring back charming actor Vinnie Chase (Adrien Grenier), his foul-mouthed super-agent (Jeremy Piven), and his pack of Hollywood bros. R.

Also new: the horror films “As Above/So Below” and “Unfriended,” both rated R.

Showtime Anytime

“Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” chronicles the rise and fall of the famed humor magazine.

Now available at Redbox

“Goosebumps,” “Burnt,” “Hitman: Agent 47,” “Chi-Raq,” “A Brilliant Young Mind”

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