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  • What’s New on Digital, DVD/Blu-ray, TV, & Netflix This Week: September 3-9

    What’s New on Digital, DVD/Blu-ray, TV, & Netflix This Week: September 3-9

    Mayans MC, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Hereditary
    FX/Universal Pictures/A24

    At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what’s streaming on Netflix, we’ve got you covered.

    New Video on Demand, Streaming, and Digital

    “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”
    It’s Labor Day week, but Chris Pratt and his dino buddies are hard at work getting ready for the September 4 release of “Fallen Kingdom” on Digital/Movies Anywhere. The “Jurassic World” sequel will be available on 4K Ultra HD, 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand on September 18.

    The releases come with more than an hour of bonus content — including Chris Pratt’s behind-the-scenes “Jurassic Journals” captured on-set. Also, as a heads-up for “Jurassic Park” fans, you can complete your “Jurassic” library to date when the all-new five movie collection arrives on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD September 18. But don’t forget that a third movie in the “Jurassic” trilogy is still on the way.

    “Sick for Toys”
    This original Christmas horror/thriller arrives on Digital and VOD September 4. Based on a story by James Oster and screenplay by Justin Xavier, “Sick for Toys” stars Camille Montgomery, Jon Paul Burkhart, Justin Xavier, David Gunning, Melanie Thompson, Morgana Shaw, and Paul T. Taylor Here’s the synopsis:

    “Roy is the nice guy who finishes last. Sick of his current situation, he accepts an invitation to have Christmas dinner with the beautiful and strangely alluring Emilia. Once at dinner, Roy realizes that Emilia and her oddball brother (Edward) are not what they seem.”

    Check out this exclusive coffee shop scene with Roy and Emilia:

    “Trench 11”
    This horror film arrives on VOD, Digital and DVD on September 4. Directed by Leo Scherman, “Trench 11” stars Adam Hurtig, Karine Vanasse, Rossif Sutherland, Shaun Benson, Charlie Carrick, Ted Atherton, Robert Stadlober, and Luke Humphrey. Here’s the synopsis:

    “A highly contagious biological weapon, created by German forces in WWI, is discovered by Allied troops as they explore an abandoned underground bunker. Realizing they need to contain and destroy the threat, their mission becomes a fight for survival when one of their own is infected by the deadly parasite and begins to violently attack them. The soldiers now need to not only save themselves, but must stop the outbreak before it spreads to the rest of the world.”

    “Mara”
    Here’s another horror-thriller — must be the season! — arriving in theaters and on VOD/Digital HD this Friday, September 7:

    “From a producer of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes this shock-filled descent into fear. After a man is seemingly strangled in his bed, criminal psychologist Kate Fuller (Olga Kurylenko) interviews the sole witness, the victim’s eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. When asked to identify the killer, Sophie says, ‘Mara.’ As Kate digs into the case, she unearths a community of people who claim to be tormented by a shadowy menace, a centuries-old demon who kills her victims as they sleep.”

    “I Love You, America” (Hulu Original)
    In this new series, Sarah Silverman attempts to connect with people who may not agree with her personal opinions — using good old-fashioned honesty, humor, genuine interest in others, and not taking herself too seriously.  New episodes start streaming on Hulu this Thursday, Sept. 6:

    “While it’s great to connect with like-minded people, Silverman feels it’s crucial, now more than ever, to connect with the un-like-minded.” 

    New Amazon Prime Original Series:

    Netflix and Hulu don’t get to have all the fun; here are three Amazon Prime series ready for streaming as of this Friday, Sept. 7:

    • “Six Dreams” Season 1: The Prime Original series is a behind-the-scenes look at Spain’s top football league, LaLiga. It follows six contrasting storylines revolving around three players, one coach, one sports director and a club president from various teams, who all offer unique insights into the daily challenges of professional football.
    • “Wishenpoof” Season 2B: The Prime Original series chronicles the life of Bianca and her magical power of making wishes come true. This season, Bianca learns how to care for others when her best friend teddy bear gets sick and helps the community fix its favorite slide at the local playground. More sing-along music and Wish Magic adventures await, including a family camping trip to Mt. Wishmore and a special dinner with Bianca’s grandmas.
    • “Pete the Cat” Season 1A: The Prime Original series is based on The New York Times No. 1 best-selling children’s books about exploring your world and trying new things while being smart, accepting, and optimistic. Whether you’re making new friends, or facing all of life’s ups and downs, Pete highlights the groovy lessons life can teach you.

     

    New on DVD and Blu-ray

    “UFO”UFOSony Pictures Home Entertainment

    The truth is out there: “X-Files” queen Gillian Anderson co-stars in this sci-fi thriller — alongside Alex Sharp, David Strathairn, Ella Purnell, and Benjamin Beatty — which debuts on Digital and DVD September 4.  “UFO” was written and directed by Ryan Eslinger. Here’s the synopsis:

    “Derek (Alex Sharp) a brilliant college student, haunted by a childhood UFO sighting, believes that mysterious sightings reported at multiple airports across the United States are UFO’s. With the help of his girlfriend, Natalie (Ella Purnell), and his advanced mathematics professor, Dr. Hendricks (X-Files’ Gillian Anderson), Derek races to unravel the mystery with FBI special agent Franklin Ahls (David Strathairn) on his heels.” 

    Here’s the trailer. And check out this exclusive clip from the movie:

    “Hereditary”
    It’s horror week, and this one is a biggie. Toni Collette stars in this indie hit, arriving on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital, and DVD this Tuesday, Sept. 4. Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd and Milly Shapiro co-star in the film, which comes with nine deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes featurette with the cast and crew.

    “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
    Oh, Mister Rogers. This heartwarming and highly acclaimed documentary paints a portrait of the kindly man behind the cardigan. Meet Fred Rogers September 4 on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand.

     

    New on Netflix

    “Marvel’s Iron Fist” Season 2 (Netflix Original)Iron Fist Season 2 trailer stillNetflix/YouTube

    “It’s not a weapon to be held. It’s a weapon to be used.” Danny Rand (Finn Jones) returns for Season 2 of Marvel’s series this Friday, September 7. Check out the trailer.

    “Black Panther”
    Wakanda can be yours forever, or for at least as long as this Marvel film is on Netflix, starting September 4. Don’t forget that Disney is launching its own streaming service for Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm titles, so stream these Marvel titles while you can.

    “Sierra Burgess Is A Loser” (Netflix Film)
    Netflix is really on a streak with relatable teen series/films. Shannon Purser (Barb on “Stranger Things”) and Noah Centineo (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” co-star in this teen comedy that’s a modern retelling of the “Cyrano de Bergerac” tale. “High school is hard. Dating is harder. But finding yourself? That’s the hardest.” Kristine Froseth, RJ Cyler, Chrissy Metz, Lea Thompson, and Alan Ruck co-star. Check out the trailer.

     “Atypical” Season 2 (Netflix Original)
    “Every family is imperfect. Every family is unpredictable. Every family is Atypical.” Sam Gardner (Keir Gilchrist) and family are back for Season 2 of this coming-of-age series starting this Friday, September 7. Here’s the trailer.

    “Next Gen” (Netflix Film)
    This cool and cute-looking animated film launches September 7. “A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl’s life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots, and a scheming madman.” Characters are voiced by John Krasinski, David Cross, Michael Peña, Charlyne Yi, Jason Sudeikis, and Constance Wu. Here’s the trailer.

     “First and Last” (Netflix Original)
    That’s a lot of teen, kid, and superhero stuff. If you’re looking for another one of Netflix’s trademark hard-hitting docuseries, check out this intimate look at the emotionally charged first and last days of new and soon-to-be-released inmates at Georgia’s Gwinnett County Jail. Season 1 streams September 1.

     

    TV Worth Watching

    “Kidding” Season 1 (Sunday on Showtime at 10 p.m.)Jim Carrey, Kidding trailerShowtime

    Following the premiere of “Shameless” Season 9 is this new dramedy series from Jim Carrey. It’s actually his first series role in over 20 years. Here’s more:

    “Jim Carrey stars as Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, an icon of children’s television, a beacon of kindness and wisdom to America’s impressionable young minds, who also anchors a multimillion-dollar branding empire. But when Jeff’s family begins to implode, he finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through the crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.”

    “Mayans MC” Season 1 (Tuesday on FX at 10 p.m.)
    Kurt Sutter‘s “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff finally premieres this week. The next chapter in the saga is set in a post-Jax Teller world, introducing EZ Reyes (J. D. Pardo), a prospect in the Mayans MC charter on the border of Mexico and California. Start your journey with this club on September 4.

    “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Season 13 (Wednesday on FXX at 10 p.m.)
    Mac got ripped and Dennis became a sex doll! Season 13 is already awesome, just from the trailer alone. The Gang’s *almost* all here starting September 5, so don’t miss one of the funniest shows on television.

    “The Bad Seed” and “You” (Sunday on Lifetime at 8 and 10 p.m.)
    “Sharknado” is over, so we need something new for the so-bad-it’s-good file. No promises — ’cause these might be so good they’re good — but Lifetime has a couple of contenders airing September 9:

    • Rob Lowe is directing and starring in a remake of the Oscar-nominated 1956 thriller “The Bad Seed.” Mckenna Grace plays the title character bad seed.  Patty McCormack, who played the young girl in the original movie, has been cast for a co-starring role in the remake.

    •  “You,” starring Penn Badgley, Shay Mitchell, Elizabeth Lail, and John Stamos, has already been renewed for a second season. So it’s OK if you get hooked. The story follows bookstore manager Joe, who falls in love with a customer named Beck and quickly becomes obsessed with her.

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  • Rotten Tomatoes Stands By ‘Gotti’ Audience Score Amid Skepticism

    The new John Travolta movie “Gotti” has a rare 0 percent rating from 28 critics on Rotten Tomatoes. However, that’s in stark contrast to the current Audience Score of 64 percent.

    But some fans are questioning the validity of the Audience Score. For one, it’s based on more than 7,000 user ratings. That’s a lot for a movie that opened to $1.7 million from just 503 theaters. As several people have pointed out, “Incredibles 2” only has a few more RT user ratings, and it opened in 4,410 theaters and made more than $180 million in its opening weekend. In comparison, IMDb users gave “Gotti” a rating of 4.8/10, based on (as of this moment) 987 reviews.

    So where did all of those RT user reviews come from?

    “Gotti” turned the fan vs. critic disparity into a marketing tool:

    MoviePass was one of the financiers of “Gotti,” and became involved in the debate on the RT user ratings. (Full disclosure: MoviePass recently bought Moviefone.)

    When one fan examined the “Gotti” RT user reviews, here’s what they claim they found:

    “[O]f the first 58 reviewers with an available profile, 45 had created their account on June 2018;

    Out of these 45, 32 have only reviewed Gotti, 10 reviewed Gotti and another movie (7 times it was American Animals [another film owned by MoviePass]) and 3 had more than 3 reviews.

    Of the remaining 13 accounts 8 looked normal and 5 had created their account in December (TLJ?) so those were probably legit.”

    Gizmodo asked Rotten Tomatoes if any unusual activity was noticed in the “Gotti” user ratings. Here’s the spokesperson’s response:

    “We closely monitor our platforms and haven’t determined there to be any problems. All of the reviews were left by active accounts.”

    Gizmodo also asked MoviePass for comment on the rumors it was involved in spiking the user ratings; here’s the response:

    “The MoviePass marketing team is only engaged in sending promotional emails and push notifications to our users. We have no further involvement from a marketing perspective and have no insight or information about who is providing the audience reviews to Rotten Tomatoes.”

    It could be that John Travolta and his friends are doing their own marketing push. Could be a reaction to Rotten Tomatoes itself, from critics of the critics, who like to support things that get trashed on RT.

    “Gotti” would not be the first film to face a massive divide between critics and fans. Netflix’s “Bright” was blasted by critics but embraced by fans. And right now “Hereditary” has a 90 percent fresh rating on the Tomatometer with an Audience Score of only 56 percent. Actresses like Reese Witherspoon and Brie Larson have called for more diversity in film critics, to better reflect the movie-going public, because reviews can often make or break a project.

    On Metacritic, “Gotti” has a Metascore of 24, with a User Score of 4.4. That’s from 7 positive and 8 negative reviews. No one is “Mixed.”

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  • Box Office: ‘Ocean’s 8’ Has Best Opening of Franchise, ‘Jurassic World 2’ Huge Overseas

    “Ocean’s 8” stole the box office crown this week from “Solo,” pushing it down — and way down at that — to No. 2.

    The Sandra Bullock/Cate Blanchett-fronted “Ocean’s” sequel opened to $41.5 million. That’s a bit higher than the best opening of the George Clooney/Brad Pitt trilogy, “Ocean’s Twelve” in 2004, with $39.1 million.

    Second place went to “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” but it didn’t even get half of the “Ocean’s 8” money this week, settling for $15.1M at second place. (Last week it topped the box office with a sad second week tally of just under $30 million.)

    “Deadpool 2” edged out new horror-thriller “Hereditary,” but barely.

    The “Deadpool” sequel reported $13.65 million for No. 3 on this week’s box office chart, with Toni Collette’s horror at $13.03 million for No. 4.

    Still, that was a record for indie studio A24; as Deadline noted, “Heredity” topped their previous big opener — “The Witch” — by nearly 40 percent. “Hereditary” is riding rave reviews from critics, although audiences don’t seem quite as sold. (“Hereditary” actually ended up with a savage D+ CinemaScore, which … actually, the dichotomy of rave reviews and a D+ may help sell even more tickets. At least you won’t just shrug it off!)

    The other major newbie of the week, “Hotel Artemis,” had to setting for No. 8 at the box office, with $3.1 million. That’s below the indefatigable “Avengers: Infinity War” at No. 5 with another $6.8 million (putting it *thisclose* to $2 billion), last week’s debut “Adrift” at No. 6 with $5.05 million, and “Book Club” still in the game with $4.2 million at No. 7.

    Meanwhile, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” is already devouring prey at the international box office, which is a good way to get itself early headlines. It won’t open in North America until June 22 — after “Incredibles 2” takes over next week — but the “Jurassic World” sequel debuted in 48 markets overseas, earning itself a hefty $151.1 million for its international opening.

    What’s next? “Incredibles 2” has every plan to beat “Finding Dory” for the record of best animated opening, when it arrives in U.S. theaters this coming Friday, June 15. And then “Jurassic World 2” will probably take the crown for its North American debut on June 22, but it may still be a close race between supes and dinos.

    [Via: Deadline, Box Office Mojo]

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  • ‘Hereditary’ Wins Horror Fans’ Hearts as ‘a Masterpiece of Freaky Filmmaking’

    “Ocean’s 8” and “Hotel Artemis” may get the most attention this opening weekend, but don’t sleep on “Hereditary.”

    Or, rather, if you watch “Hereditary,” you may not sleep.

    The indie horror thriller starring Toni Collette has quietly picked up a lot of effusive praise as a modern horror hit. Not only does it have a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94 percent from 128 reviews (as of this writing), its Metascore is 87/100. So critics didn’t just approve of it enough to say it’s “fresh” over “rotten”, they REALLY liked it. For comparison’s sake, “A Quiet Place” — another recent indie horror darling — has a Metascore of 82.

    Here’s a sampling of critics’ blurbs, in case you’re on the fence about seeing this one:

    • “No shot seems wasted, the editing is a sturdy and linear rebuke to the quick-cut madness that’s infected so many recent genre films, and the sound and set design are meticulous and spare.” — Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail

    • “[A] terrifying thriller that pins you to the back of your chair and leaves you paralyzed in fear.” — Adam Graham, Detroit News

    • “Forget the ‘scarier than The Exorcist’ line (whatever that means) that Hereditary has been tagged with – this is a movie that lives up to the hype on its own terms.” — Hugh Armitage, Digital Spy

    • “a masterpiece of freaky filmmaking, unsettling from its very first image through its hellish denouement.” — Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews

    • “This is a horror film for the ages, a slowly unraveling puzzle of psychological torment that promises an amazing career from freshman feature writer-director Ari Aster.” — Leigh Monson, Birth.Movies.Death.

    • “Hereditary” is closer in tone to the likes of “The Babadook,” “It Follows,” “A Quiet Place” and “It Comes at Night,” where the dread and fear come not from what you see but what you think you might see.” — Cary Darling, Houston Chronicle

    • “[Ari] Aster has spent a lot of time studying “The Shining,” “The Exorcist,” and “Rosemary’s Baby.” It’s nice to have a classicist back in town.” — Ty Burr, Boston Globe

    • “Through a traumatic story of familial grief, debuting director Ari Aster has pulled off a relentless horror film, possibly a new genre classic, with scares for the ages.” — Tomris Laffly, Film Journal International

    • “[Hereditary is] a movie so horrifying and good that you have to see it, even if you shouldn’t want to, even if you might never sleep peacefully again.” — Jake Coyle, Associated Press

    • “If there’s a better horror movie this year, I’m going to need new pants.” — Eric D. Snider, Crooked Marquee

    Toni Collette is due more awards love. It would be amazing to see this get her there. Why not? “Get Out” just showed, once again, that horror movies can and should be taken seriously alongside dramas.

    However, not everyone was charmed, so here’s one warning shot from a more critical critic:

    • “Hereditary takes itself too seriously, it’s too long, too predictable and frequently frustrating.” — Michael Smith, Tulsa World

    “Hereditary” — which played its trailer ahead of “Peter Rabbit” that one time in Australia, #classic — also stars Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro, Mallory Bechtel, and Brock McKinney. It is now in theaters.

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  • 11 Scary AF Indie Horror Movies From the Last Decade

    11 Scary AF Indie Horror Movies From the Last Decade

  • ‘Heredity’ Studio Trolls ‘Peter Rabbit’ After Horror Trailer Accidentally Plays for Kids

    Oops. The studio behind “Heredity” is laughing off a case of mistaken trailer play in Perth, Western Australia.

    Apparently a projectionist accidentally played the trailer for the R-rated horror movie before “Peter Rabbit,” confusing and upsetting the families expecting PG entertainment.

    The trailer for the Toni Collette horror movie — plugged as “this generation’s The Exorcist” — included “scenes of scissors being pinched into a dead pigeon’s neck, a corpse laid out in a coffin, a boy bloodily smashing his head into a desk and a man on fire, all set to tense music and sharp sound effects.”

    So not what the parents had in mind for their kids. Here’s what one woman told the Sydney Morning Herald:

    “It was dreadful. Very quickly you could tell this was not a kid’s film. Parents were yelling at the projectionist to stop, covering their kids’ eyes and ears. A few went out to get a staff member but she was overwhelmed and didn’t really know what to do. Some parents fled the cinema with their kids in tow. Eventually a senior staff member came in with a walkie talkie and he shut the screen off. To his credit he apologised and offered us complimentary movie passes to make up for it.”

    Fled the cinema! If this was the trailer they saw, it takes a while before it gets really dark:Well, A24 — the studio behind “Heredity” — had some fun with the incident and even mocked “Peter Rabbit” for its controversial food allergy bullying scene:

    Shots fired. Poor Peter Rabbit. That movie’s studio apologized for the food allergy scene. “Peter Rabbit” is coming out on Blu-ray/DVD here in the States next week. Meanwhile, “Heredity” just got some extra publicity before it opens in theaters on June 8.

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