Stream on Demand: ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ arrives for home viewing
What’s new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services.
Pay-Per-View / Video-On-Demand
The animated adventure comedy “The LEGO Batman Movie,” a spin-off of “The LEGO Movie,” offers an irreverent, kid-friendly take on the Dark Knight as he learns to work with others and lighten up a bit (PG).
“John Wick: Chapter 2” brings the retired hitman (Keanu Reeves) back for one more job – this time in Rome – in the stunt-filled sequel to the hit action thriller bullet-fest. Ian McShane and Common co-star (R).
Also new: modern family drama “3 Generations” with Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, and Susan Sarandon (PG-13), wedding comedy “Table 19” with Anna Kendrick (PG-13), historical drama “Frantz” from France (PG-13), and documentaries “Tickling Giants,” about the politically-charged comedian called the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and “I Am Heath Ledger” (both not rated).
Available same day as select theaters nationwide is the action comedy “Once Upon a Time in Venice” with Bruce Willis as a California PI after the men who stole his dog (not rated).
Netflix
“Oh, Hello On Broadway” brings the hit Broadway comedy by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney to the small screen as a Netflix exclusive (not rated).
Julie Dash’s newly restored American indie landmark “Daughters of the Dust” (1991), set in the now-lost Gullah culture of the Georgia’s St. Helena Island at the turn of the 20th century, makes its streaming debut (not rated, with subtitles).
Also new: American horror film “Havenhurst” (2016, not rated) and Hong Kong martial arts costume spectacle “Sword Master” (2016, not rated, with subtitles)
Streaming TV: “Quantico: Season 2,” the NBC thriller starring Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra caught up in a terrorist conspiracy at the FBI, is available months before its Season 3 premiere, and “El Chapo: Season 1,” about the drug kingpin, comes to Netflix from Univision (with subtitles).
Also new: “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 4,” which brings Ghost Rider into the Marvel universe, plus “Aquarius: Season 2” with David Duchovny, Netflix sitcom “The Ranch: Part 3” with Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson, and the animated kid show “World of Winx: Season 2.”
Stand-up: “Marco Luque: Tamo Junto”
Amazon Prime Video
Kurt Russell leads a crew for one last heist in the comic caper “The Art of the Steal” (2013), co-starring Matt Dillon and Jay Baruchel (R).
Foreign affairs: From France comes the World War II resistance thriller “Free Men” (2013, PG-13) and from Sweden comes Bo Widerberg’s drama “All Things Fair” (1996, not rated) (all with subtitles).
Streaming TV: USA’s sleek legal soap opera “Suits: Season 6” takes our fake lawyer to prison and back.
Amazon Prime / Hulu
The international thriller “Transpecos” (2016) stars Gabriel Luna and Clifton Collins Jr. as border agents caught up in murder and conspiracy at an isolated checkpoint (not rated, with subtitles). (Amazon Prime and Hulu)
Hulu
Streaming TV: Billy Campbell plays a police detective with a troubled past that threatens to derail his investigation in the Canadian crime drama “Cardinal: Season 1.”
The supernatural invasion thriller “The Strain: Season 3” from filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro arrives as the fourth and final season begins on FX.
True stories: “Free the Nipple” (2014) chronicles a movement spearheaded by women to end the censorship of women’s breasts. Also newly arrived: forgotten female jazz and big band musicians profiled in “The Girls in the Band” (2011), the story of Miami’s 1980s drug explosion in “Cocaine Cowboys” (2006), and the media coverage of the war in Iraq in “Control Room” (2004) (all not rated).
HBO Now
Ben Affleck is “The Accountant,” a math savant with the skills of a professional assassin in the thriller co-starring Anna Kendrick (R).
Adam Scott, Toni Collette, and very bad Santa star in the Christmas horror “Krampus” (PG-13).
Showtime Anytime
The documentary “Becoming Cary Grant,” which features rare footage and excerpts from Grant’s unpublished memoir, comes to Showtime after its debut at Cannes (not rated).
New on disc: “The LEGO Batman Movie,” “John Wick Chapter 2,” “3 Generations,” “Frantz,” “They Live By Night”
At Redbox: “John Wick Chapter 2,” “The Space Between Us,” “3 Generations,” “The Ticket”
Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at http://streamondemandathome.com.