‘Deadpool’ brings humor to comic book superhero genre
What’s new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime and other streaming services.
Pay-Per-View / Video-On-Demand
“Deadpool” brings a different kind of attitude to the comic book superhero film. It splashes violence across the screen with a sardonic sense of humor and self-aware commentary from the disfigured hero (Ryan Reynolds) who leaves a body count in his wake. R for excessive violence, sex and bad attitude. Also on DVD and Blu-ray.
“Mustang,” a 2016 Best Foreign Film nominee about five teenage sisters in rural Turkey pulled from school and prepared for arranged marriages, is a social drama with a twist of prison escape thriller. PG-13; Turkish with subtitles.
Also new: Michael Moore’s documentary “Where to Invade Next” (R), the murder mystery “Regression” with Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson (R), and the horror film “The Boy” (PG-13).
Available same day as select theaters nationwide are the crime thriller “The Trust” with Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood (R) and the comedy “Search Party” with T.J. Miller and Adam Pally (R).
Netflix
“Goosebumps” (2015) brings the stories of kids horror author R.L. Stine to the big screen as a colorful comic adventure, starring Jack Black as Stine and a cast of imaginary creatures that escape from his books and into the real world. The kid-friendly monster mash is rated PG.
Chelsea Handler hosts “Chelsea,” the new Netflix chat show. New episodes go live every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Amazon Prime Video
“99 Homes” (2015) stars Andrew Garfield as a father about to lose his home in mortgage crisis and Michael Shannon as the unscrupulous real estate broker who hires him to evict families from their homes (R).
Hulu
“Angie Tribeca: Season 1,” the cop spoof comedy created by Steve Carell and starring Rashida Jones and a great cast of guest stars (including Bill Murray), delivers the anything-goes, rapid-fire absurdity of “Airplane!” and “Police Squad!” for the modern police procedural. It’s ridiculous fun. 10 episodes.
More streaming TV: “Murder in the First: Season 2” and “The Last Ship: Season 2” from TNT and the BBC America fantasy “Atlantis: Season 2.”
HBO Now
The clumsy reboot of “Fantastic Four” (2015) foundered despite a superb cast (PG-13), while the ridiculous sci-fi fantasy “Jupiter Ascending” (2015) delivers Channing Tatum as a dog soldier flying through a visually spectacular space opera on jet boots (PG-13).
iTunes
Rachel Bloom won a Golden Globe for the acclaimed first season of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” a stalker romantic comedy with musical numbers. It’s now available to download or stream for free. 18 episodes.
At Redbox
“Regression,” “Hyena Road,” “Manson’s Lost Girls,” “The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave”
Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at http://streamondemandathome.com.