Stream on Demand: More superheroes on Netflix
What’s new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services.
Netflix
“Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Season 1” – Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) doesn’t wear a costume but she has power, attitude, and a sinister supervillain (David Tennant) stalking her. The second series in Netflix superhero universe returns to the mean streets of Hell’s Kitchen for another dark, gritty show. Thirteen episodes now available.
“River,” a new murder mystery series from Britain starring Stellan Skarsgard, makes its stateside debut. Six episodes.
New movies: “Blue Caprice” (2013), a drama about the 2002 Beltway Shooter (rated R), and the Kurt Cobain documentary “Soaked in Bleach” (2015, not rated).
Amazon Prime Video
The heady new series “The Man in High Castle: Season 1” is set in an alternate reality where the U.S is divided up by World War II victors Germany and Japan in a wary détente. Ten episodes.
“Ex Machina” is a clever science-fiction game of wiles between man and machine with Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac. R.
Streaming TV: the British series “Mr. Selfridge: Season 3” with Jeremy Piven and the History Channel drama “Vikings: Season 3.”
Pay-Per-View / Video-On-Demand
“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” brings TV’s coolest spies to the big screen with tongue-in-cheek humor, groovy ’60s style and color, and secret agent action. Henry Cavill is a charismatic Napoleon Solo and director Guy Ritchie delivers old-school chases and stunts with playful style. PG-13. Also on DVD and Blu-ray.
Also new: the extreme mountain-climbing documentary “Meru” (R) and the music drama “We Are Your Friends” with Zac Efron (R).
Available same day as select theaters nationwide is the romantic comedy “Man Up,” with Simon Pegg and Lake Bell (R).
HBO Now
The documentary “The Latin Explosion: A New America” surveys the artists who brought Latin flavors to American music and popular culture over the decades.
The action thriller “Run All Night” with Liam Neeson is now available (R). Arriving Saturday night is “Fifty Shades of Grey,” available in R-rated and unrated versions.
Showtime Anytime
“Listen to Me Marlon” (2015) presents an intimate documentary portrait of the artist through rare audio recordings and video footage.
Crackle TV
“The Art of More,” a drama about the cutthroat culture of the high-end auction world starring Dennis Quaid and Kate Bosworth, debuts on the free, commercial-supported streaming service. Ten episodes.
Crackle has also picked up the superhero drama “Powers,” originally produced for the PlayStation network.
Now available at Redbox
“Jurassic World,” “Paper Towns,” “Before We Go,” “Adult Beginners,” “Jimmy’s Hall”
Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at http://streamondemandathome.com.