ONTD Original: Streaming Services Update for August 2020
New content for your August 2020 home viewing pleasure
Each section will have selections of new content including RT [Rotten Tomatoes] and Metacritic, plus source for full list
Amazon @PrimeVideo
Amazon Prime Video
'Knives Out,' 'The Silence of the Lambs,' 'Top Gun' and more are waiting for you to watch. 🙌 https://t.co/wJ9vtZnw4i
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 1, 2020
Click for sample of new Amazon selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
Bumblebee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcwmDAYt22k
Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena in a sci-fi kids-oriented action film. RT 91% Metacritic 66.
Fast Color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tySUZIiXObc
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham, and David Strathairn in a superhero film. RT 81% Metacritic 64.
Inception
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoHD9XEInc0
Get high or tipsy first. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine in this mind-bending sci-fi action film. RT 87% Metacritic 74,
click tweet source for the full Amazon Prime Video list
@AppleTV
Apple
Apple TV doesn’t publish a monthly list but here’s a new Tom Hanks film and a fun cartoon series
“A tense, breathless thriller” - @EW
See what critics are raving about. #GreyhoundMovie is available exclusively on Apple TV+. https://t.co/dFPxCewto1 pic.twitter.com/xyVlVFiu4c
- Apple TV (@AppleTV) August 1, 2020
Watch her FLYYYYYY! 💜 All episodes of #CentralParkTV are now on the Apple TV app with an Apple TV+ subscription. https://t.co/TFN2wfhDWJ pic.twitter.com/eSWTHVnSq1
- Apple TV (@AppleTV) July 30, 2020
@Criterion Collection
This service has a large catalog of classic films and foreign films
Click this link for Criterion August 2020 listing
Click for sample of new Criterion selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
. This month on the Criterion Channel, they’re highlighting a Bad Vacations series featuring: Bonjour tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958), La collectionneuse (Éric Rohmer, 1967), The Deep (Peter Yates, 1977), House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977), Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston, 1978), The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986), The Comfort of Strangers (Paul Schrader, 1990), The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990), Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997), Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001), La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001), Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007), Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012)
The Deep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhhOwT1G1rs
Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte in this sea-based adventure thriller. RT 44% but it’s watchable escapism.
The Sheltering Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GMo0i49fg
Debra Winger and John Malkovich in this British-Italian drama based on the book of the same name. RT 50% but beautifully filmed.
Sightseers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyg9aRqlUxM
Alice Lowe and Steve Oram in this British horror comedy. RT 85% Metacritic 69.
click link above for the full Criterion list
@disneyplus
Disney
#TheOneandOnlyIvan and more #DisneyPlus movies and shows to watch in August 2020 https://t.co/LXYB4KhvDa
- Hidden Remote (@HiddenRemote) August 1, 2020
Click for sample of new Disney+ selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
Ant-Man and the Wasp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUkn-enk2RU
Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and the rest of the crew for this MCU follow up to the superior Ant-Man. Mostly a father-daughter themed narrative for all the characters. RT 87% and Metacritic 70.
Beauty and the Beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Nl_TCQXuw
Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, and Emma Thompson in this live action remake where you can debate again whether Emma Watson can ~act. RT 71% Metacritic 65.
X-Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNxwlx6etXI
Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ray Park, and Anna Paquin in the re-boot of MCU series. Meh. RT 81% Metacritic 64.
click tweet source for the full Disney Plus list
@HBO
HBO
Here's what's coming to #HBOMax this August, including Birds of Prey and a certain Dark Knight... https://t.co/sTqTBfWTyA
- Total Film (@totalfilm) August 1, 2020
Click for sample of new HBO selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
All the Presidents Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC3YFyah_Yg
A must-watch for both cinefiles and engaged voters. Robert Redford plays Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman plays Carl Bernstein in the film based on the book of the same name, that captured Nixon’s downfall and the role the Washington Post played in it. RT 93% Metacritic 80.
Interview with the Vampire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCmYN6TLd8A
Where you can watch the pseudo family of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst wreak havoc as vampires, or debate how Brad Pitt sulks and pouts while Tom Cruise acts crop circles around him, and see Kiki in her breakout role. Thandie Newton, Antonio Banderas, and Stephen Rea play supporting roles. Icymi River Phoenix [RIP} was originally cast as the Interviewer. RT 63% Metacritic 59.
Martha Marcy May Marlene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERREgOobLOs
Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy in this Indie drama, where Elizabeth proved her acting chops before joining the MCU. RT 89% Metacritic 76.
click tweet source for the full HBO list
@Hulu
Hulu
From James Bond films to episodes of #Chopped and 'House Hunters International', here’s everything that’s coming to Hulu in August. https://t.co/71zd14DqXC
- TV Insider (@TVInsider) August 1, 2020
Click for sample of new Hulu selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
City Slickers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4k7AK6oK9U
In case you remember your parents watching this goofball treasure hunt film with Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Jack Palance, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, and Noble Willingham, that prompted the resurgence of Jack Palance, who did one-armed pushups at the subsequent Oscars. RT 88% Metacritic 70.
My Best Friend’s Wedding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2segbP94SE
Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett in this romantic comedy, back when Rupert Everett still looked like Rupert Everett. RT 73% Metacritic 50.
Rain Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlNwXuHUA8I
Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman play brothers in this -they don’t make regular films like this anymore-. Won for Best Picture and Best Actor (Hoffman) although Cruise had the harder role to play and did better at it than one-note Hoffman. A little non-pc in today’s terms re/Raymond’s condition. RT 89% Metacritic 65.
Also a lot of the Star Trek catalog
click tweet source for the full Hulu list
@netflix
Netflix
What’s new on Netflix in August 2020 https://t.co/sOb1QBLhFs
- VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 23, 2020
Click for sample of new Netflix selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
Nightcrawler (August 10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1uP_8VJkDQ
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, and [RIP] Bill Paxton in this thriller. Despite being nominated many times, Jake still feels under-rated. This is a must-see if you enjoy his films. RT 95% Metacritic 76.
Project Power (August 14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw1vQgVaYNQ
Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Machine Gun Kelly, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker and Allen Maldonado in this superhero (?) film. A drug gives the taker superhero powers for 5 minutes. Netflix original. No critical scores yet.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07-QBnEkgXU
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson in this sci-fi romantic drama. RT 93% Metacritic 89.
click tweet source for the full Netflix list
@showtime
Showtime
Here's everything coming to Showtime next month https://t.co/HvXrdcwi9p
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 28, 2020
Click for sample of new Showtime selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
Children of Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VT2apoX90o
Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris, and Charlie Hunnam in this dystopian sci-fi action thriller. RT 92% Metacritic 84.
Deliverance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at-gOm93fZg
Whew boy @ this Hillbilly Horror show with a young Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox. Maybe you’ve seen the dueling banjos clip, which (the song) won a Grammy. RT 89%.
The Manchurian Candidate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2c5-L5qBvM
Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, and Meryl Streep in this 2004 remake. RT 80% Metacritic 76.
click tweet source for the full Showtime list
*Films selected randomly but I tried to include some older movies since there’s not a lot of great new content dropping
Ontd what are you looking forward to watching this month?
Source links with each section
Each section will have selections of new content including RT [Rotten Tomatoes] and Metacritic, plus source for full list
Amazon @PrimeVideo
Amazon Prime Video
'Knives Out,' 'The Silence of the Lambs,' 'Top Gun' and more are waiting for you to watch. 🙌 https://t.co/wJ9vtZnw4i
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 1, 2020
Click for sample of new Amazon selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
Bumblebee
Click to viewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcwmDAYt22k
Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena in a sci-fi kids-oriented action film. RT 91% Metacritic 66.
Fast Color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tySUZIiXObc
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham, and David Strathairn in a superhero film. RT 81% Metacritic 64.
Inception
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoHD9XEInc0
Get high or tipsy first. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine in this mind-bending sci-fi action film. RT 87% Metacritic 74,
click tweet source for the full Amazon Prime Video list
@AppleTV
Apple
Apple TV doesn’t publish a monthly list but here’s a new Tom Hanks film and a fun cartoon series
“A tense, breathless thriller” - @EW
See what critics are raving about. #GreyhoundMovie is available exclusively on Apple TV+. https://t.co/dFPxCewto1 pic.twitter.com/xyVlVFiu4c
- Apple TV (@AppleTV) August 1, 2020
Watch her FLYYYYYY! 💜 All episodes of #CentralParkTV are now on the Apple TV app with an Apple TV+ subscription. https://t.co/TFN2wfhDWJ pic.twitter.com/eSWTHVnSq1
- Apple TV (@AppleTV) July 30, 2020
@Criterion Collection
This service has a large catalog of classic films and foreign films
Click this link for Criterion August 2020 listing
Click for sample of new Criterion selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
. This month on the Criterion Channel, they’re highlighting a Bad Vacations series featuring: Bonjour tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958), La collectionneuse (Éric Rohmer, 1967), The Deep (Peter Yates, 1977), House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977), Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston, 1978), The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986), The Comfort of Strangers (Paul Schrader, 1990), The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990), Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997), Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001), La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001), Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007), Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012)
The Deep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhhOwT1G1rs
Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte in this sea-based adventure thriller. RT 44% but it’s watchable escapism.
The Sheltering Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GMo0i49fg
Debra Winger and John Malkovich in this British-Italian drama based on the book of the same name. RT 50% but beautifully filmed.
Sightseers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyg9aRqlUxM
Alice Lowe and Steve Oram in this British horror comedy. RT 85% Metacritic 69.
click link above for the full Criterion list
@disneyplus
Disney
#TheOneandOnlyIvan and more #DisneyPlus movies and shows to watch in August 2020 https://t.co/LXYB4KhvDa
- Hidden Remote (@HiddenRemote) August 1, 2020
Click for sample of new Disney+ selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
Ant-Man and the Wasp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUkn-enk2RU
Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and the rest of the crew for this MCU follow up to the superior Ant-Man. Mostly a father-daughter themed narrative for all the characters. RT 87% and Metacritic 70.
Beauty and the Beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Nl_TCQXuw
Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, and Emma Thompson in this live action remake where you can debate again whether Emma Watson can ~act. RT 71% Metacritic 65.
X-Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNxwlx6etXI
Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ray Park, and Anna Paquin in the re-boot of MCU series. Meh. RT 81% Metacritic 64.
click tweet source for the full Disney Plus list
@HBO
HBO
Here's what's coming to #HBOMax this August, including Birds of Prey and a certain Dark Knight... https://t.co/sTqTBfWTyA
- Total Film (@totalfilm) August 1, 2020
Click for sample of new HBO selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
All the Presidents Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC3YFyah_Yg
A must-watch for both cinefiles and engaged voters. Robert Redford plays Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman plays Carl Bernstein in the film based on the book of the same name, that captured Nixon’s downfall and the role the Washington Post played in it. RT 93% Metacritic 80.
Interview with the Vampire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCmYN6TLd8A
Where you can watch the pseudo family of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst wreak havoc as vampires, or debate how Brad Pitt sulks and pouts while Tom Cruise acts crop circles around him, and see Kiki in her breakout role. Thandie Newton, Antonio Banderas, and Stephen Rea play supporting roles. Icymi River Phoenix [RIP} was originally cast as the Interviewer. RT 63% Metacritic 59.
Martha Marcy May Marlene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERREgOobLOs
Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy in this Indie drama, where Elizabeth proved her acting chops before joining the MCU. RT 89% Metacritic 76.
click tweet source for the full HBO list
@Hulu
Hulu
From James Bond films to episodes of #Chopped and 'House Hunters International', here’s everything that’s coming to Hulu in August. https://t.co/71zd14DqXC
- TV Insider (@TVInsider) August 1, 2020
Click for sample of new Hulu selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
City Slickers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4k7AK6oK9U
In case you remember your parents watching this goofball treasure hunt film with Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Jack Palance, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, and Noble Willingham, that prompted the resurgence of Jack Palance, who did one-armed pushups at the subsequent Oscars. RT 88% Metacritic 70.
My Best Friend’s Wedding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2segbP94SE
Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett in this romantic comedy, back when Rupert Everett still looked like Rupert Everett. RT 73% Metacritic 50.
Rain Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlNwXuHUA8I
Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman play brothers in this -they don’t make regular films like this anymore-. Won for Best Picture and Best Actor (Hoffman) although Cruise had the harder role to play and did better at it than one-note Hoffman. A little non-pc in today’s terms re/Raymond’s condition. RT 89% Metacritic 65.
Also a lot of the Star Trek catalog
click tweet source for the full Hulu list
@netflix
Netflix
What’s new on Netflix in August 2020 https://t.co/sOb1QBLhFs
- VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 23, 2020
Click for sample of new Netflix selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
Nightcrawler (August 10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1uP_8VJkDQ
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, and [RIP] Bill Paxton in this thriller. Despite being nominated many times, Jake still feels under-rated. This is a must-see if you enjoy his films. RT 95% Metacritic 76.
Project Power (August 14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw1vQgVaYNQ
Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Machine Gun Kelly, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker and Allen Maldonado in this superhero (?) film. A drug gives the taker superhero powers for 5 minutes. Netflix original. No critical scores yet.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07-QBnEkgXU
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson in this sci-fi romantic drama. RT 93% Metacritic 89.
click tweet source for the full Netflix list
@showtime
Showtime
Here's everything coming to Showtime next month https://t.co/HvXrdcwi9p
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 28, 2020
Click for sample of new Showtime selection [Spoiler (click to open)]
Children of Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VT2apoX90o
Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris, and Charlie Hunnam in this dystopian sci-fi action thriller. RT 92% Metacritic 84.
Deliverance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at-gOm93fZg
Whew boy @ this Hillbilly Horror show with a young Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox. Maybe you’ve seen the dueling banjos clip, which (the song) won a Grammy. RT 89%.
The Manchurian Candidate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2c5-L5qBvM
Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, and Meryl Streep in this 2004 remake. RT 80% Metacritic 76.
click tweet source for the full Showtime list
*Films selected randomly but I tried to include some older movies since there’s not a lot of great new content dropping
Ontd what are you looking forward to watching this month?
Source links with each section