Now Streaming: Alan Partridge, Wayne’s World, Annie Hall, and More
This week on streaming video, we’ve only got one brand new release (a Steve Coogan powered comedy), but it’s accompanied by a nice variety of classics and fan favorites, including Annie Hall, Wayne’s World, Easy Rider, Major League, The Blues Brothers, and more. Read on for details:
Alan Partridge
Steve Coogan as the narcissistic chat show host he made famous in Britain in this Certified Fresh comedy.
Available now on: iTunes
Major League
Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, and Wesley Snipes star in this baseball comedy, a perennial favorite about a team of loveable losers who suddenly find a way to win.
Available now on: Netflix
Annie Hall
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton star in this Best Picture winner, the most Woody Allen-ish of Woody Allen comedies.
Available now on: Netflix
Waking Life
Richard Linklater’s dazzling philosophical meditation features stunning rotoscoped visuals and several witty celebrity cameos.
Available now on: Netflix
Wayne’s World
It’s party time! Excellent! Mike Myers and Dana Carvey star in the classic SNL spinoff about a pair of metalheads with a goofy public access cable show.
Available now on: Netflix
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Terry Gilliam’s fantasy about a famed fabulist was a notoriously troubled production that has earned a cult following for its delirious visual inventiveness.
Available now on: Netflix
Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley’s rapturously-reviewed documentary portrait of her family and its secrets is a feature-length exploration of the nature of memory and storytelling.
Available now on: Netflix
sex, lies, and videotape
James Spader, Andie MacDowell, and Peter Gallagher star in the low-budget indie hit that put Steven Soderbergh on the map.
Available now on: Crackle
Out of Sight
George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, and Steve Zahn star in Steven Soderbergh’s excellent crime thriller.
Available now on: Crackle
The Blues Brothers
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are on a mission from God in John Landis’ action comedy musical, which features a truckload of musical legends and a junkyard’s worth of destroyed automobiles.
Available now on: Crackle
Easy Rider
Get your motor runnin’ with this biker classic starring Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in the movie that gave kickstarted the New Hollywood era.
Available now on: Crackle
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves star in Francis Ford Coppola’s bloody, gothic take on the most familiar of vampire tales.
Available now on: Crackle
Arbitrage
Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon in this drama about a hedge fund mogul whose placid surface belies adultery and fraud.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Ginger Snaps
This smart, original horror comedy about teenage werewolves spawned a cult audience and a couple sequels.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
