This week on streaming video, we’ve got the first half of the final Hunger Games installment, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, and some solid new choices available on Netflix. Read on for details:
Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen in the penultimate chapter of the immensely popular Hunger Games franchise. After upending the Hunger Games, Katniss has become the reluctant face of rebellion; will she be able to save Peeta and lead the resistance to victory?
Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Google Play
P.T. Anderson’s ensemble shaggy dog story stars Joaquin Phoenix as a stoner P.I. on the trail of a missing real estate developer. As he discovers more clues, however, the plot he uncovers begins to spiral out of control.
Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Google Play
Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac star in this Certified Fresh period thriller about a con man living in Greece who assists a wealthy couple in flight when the husband is suspected of murdering a man in their hotel.
Available now on: Netflix
An adaptation based on characters from the 1960s’ The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Mr. Peabody & Sherman centers on the world’s most intelligent dog and his adopted human son. When Sherman takes their time-travelling WABAC machine for a joyride, Mr. Peabody must track him down and help set the past right again.
Available now on: Netflix
Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) and Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful) star in this psychological thriller as a newlywed couple who venture into the wife’s country cabin for a honeymoon; when she disappears briefly one night and returns oddly changed, he begins to suspect something terrible happened to her in the woods.
Available now on: Netflix
