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Now Streaming: Frozen, Blue Is the Warmest Color, and More

by | February 25, 2014 | Comments

There are a number of solid choices this week in streaming video, beginning with an Oscar-nominated animation from Disney and a BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning Italian nominee for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. Then we’ve got another highly acclaimed French film, a widely praised rock doc, and a couple of other selections to round out the list. Read on for details:

Frozen

89%

In Disney’s hit animated musical, Elsa (Idina Menzel) is cursed with the power to turn everything she touches to ice. She’s forced into exile after plunging the kingdom into a deep freeze; it’s up to her sister Anna (Kristen Bell) and some newfound friends to rescue her.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu

Blue Is the Warmest Color

88%

This Palme d’Or-winning coming-of-age drama is the story of a teenager who falls in love with an older art student.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Netflix

The Great Beauty

91%

This Oscar-nominated dramedy about an aging journalist who reflects on his career spent hobnobbing Rome’s glitterati has been favorably compared to Fellini’s La Dolce Vita.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes

The Book Thief

50%

Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson star in a drama about a girl who learns to read while living with foster parents in a German town on the cusp of World War II.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu

Hours

64%

In his final role, Paul Walker stars in a drama about a man trapped in a hospital with his newborn son just as Hurricane Katrina strikes.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu

Muscle Shoals

96%

This critically-acclaimed rockumentary tells the story of the legendary Alabama recording studio where Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many others cut some of their greatest records.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu