‘Pitch 2’ a harmonious sequel
What’s new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime and other streaming services.
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“ Pitch Perfect 2,” the sequel to the musical smash, sends Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and the whole female a cappella group to an international competition for a new round of romance, goofy antics, and friendship through harmonizing. PG-13 for innuendo and language. Also on Blu-ray and DVD.
“ Saint Laurent” dramatizes the heyday of the influential French fashion designer in a film that suggests his personal life and his creative life were inseparable. Gaspard Ulliel and Léa Seydoux star in the French-language drama. R for nudity, sexual situations, language and drug use.
Available same day as select theaters nationwide is the inspirational documentary “ A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story” about the anti-bullying activist. PG-13.
Netflix
Dame Judi Dench goes blue collar to play “ Philomena” (2013), and Steve Coogan (who co-wrote the film) is the journalist who helps her find the son she was forced to give up for adoption when she was an unwed Irish teenager. The Oscar-nominated drama is rated PG-13 for language and adult themes.
Jason Statham stages “ The Bank Job” (2008), a lively and entertaining heist film inspired by a real-life British robbery in the 1970s. R.
Viola Davis took home the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama for “ How to Get Away with Murder: Season 1.” You can catch up on what you missed at Netflix.
“ Gotham: Season 1,” the biggest and splashiest superhero TV show to date, arrives as the second season launches on Fox.
More streaming TV: “ Person of Interest: Season 4,” “ Blue Bloods: Season 5,” “ Hawaii Five-0: Season 5,” and “ Parenthood: Season 6.”
Amazon Prime Video
In “ Serendipity” (2001), John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale meet cute in a New York department store and spend the rest of the film searching for one another again. The romantic comedy is also on Netflix. PG-13.
Rob Zombie’s remake of John Carpenter’s landmark horror classic “ Halloween” (2007) explores the backstory of the boogeyman. R.
Fans of cult movies will find a cornucopia of cool and crazy films this month, from Roger Corman’s drive-in gothic horrors “ Premature Burial” (1962) and “ X-The Man with the X-ray Eyes” (1963) to Mario Bava’s mad Italian horrors “ Black Sunday” (1961) and “ Lisa and the Devil” (1973) to the counterculture artifacts “ Riot on Sunset Strip” (1967) and “ Gas-s-s-s.”
HBO Now
HBO won big at the Emmys. You can watch its winning shows “ Game of Thrones: Seasons 1-5” and “ Olive Kitteridge,” and the documentaries “ Citizenfour,” “ Going Clear,” and “ The Jinx” at HBO Now and HBO Go.
Now available at Redbox
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Boulevard,” “Saint Laurent,” “The Face of an Angel.”