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Happy Friday, friends! Not only is today Friday but it is also Juneteenth: an important holiday that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. So kick off your weekend with a period of reflection and insight. We are here to help make up for the time you would waste looking for the best movies to stream now and trying to figure out what to watch this weekend on demand, so feel free to take as much time to celebrate as you want before following up with a great movie night! And whether you use Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu or your cable’s on demand service, there are a lot of great new movies out there waiting for you to discover.
This week’s offering of movies to watch tonight has something from every film genre. In the mood for a cute romantic comedy? Looks That Kill is ready and waiting for you! Looking for a chilling psychological horror film? Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried have you covered in You Should Have Left. And if you want to continue to celebrate what June 19th represents, be sure to check out Miss Juneteenth, the moving drama that celebrates black women in a world that often fails them.
Curious about the best movies to watch right now? Check out the great dramas, comedies and horror films you can buy or rent this week.
Looks That Kill
We all know at least one dangerously-attractive person, but in Looks That Kill, we meet a boy who is drop-dead gorgeous — literally. Brandon Flynn (13 Reasons Why) plays Max Richards, a high school student with a fatally-beautiful face. You see, his face is so perfect, so attractive, that it makes people die when they see it. So to keep the people who encounter him safe, Max’s parents must cover him in bandages and sunglasses to mask his beauty. Stuck in an extremely lonely existence, Max considers ending it all until he meets one girl (Julia Goldani Telles) who looks beyond the mask (figuratively, of course) and befriends the person underneath. But as Max lets his guard down, will the mask that protects his new friend unravel as well? Find out in Looks That Kill, now available for purchase on demand.
[Where to stream Looks That Kill]
Miss Juneteenth
It is only fitting that today we highlight the new drama film Miss Juneteenth. As Channing Godfrey Peoples’ directorial debut, Miss Juneteenth tells the story of Turquoise Jones: a single mother (Nicole Beharie, who plays it perfectly) in Fort Worth who wants her daughter to win the Miss Juneteenth pageant, an annual competition that awards the winner a full scholarship to the historically-black college or university of her choice. Although a former winner herself, Turquoise’s life did not turn out as beautifully as the title promised, but now she determined to right her wrongs through her daughter, 15-year-old Kai, who will be the next Miss Juneteenth, no matter what it takes. A significant movie that celebrates blackness and womanhood to its core, Miss Juneteenth is definitely a movie to watch this weekend.
[Where to stream Miss Juneteenth]
To Buy:
Looks That Kill
Miss Juneteenth
Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth
The Short History of the Long Road
The Pollinators
Mr. Jones
To Rent:
You Should Have Left
2 Minutes of Fame
The Marshes
Sniper: Assassin’s End
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
Driven
Tainted
Pahokee
Mope
Bull
The Fox Hunter
An Engineer Imagines
The Etruscan Smile
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Selma
The Black Lives Matter movement is still going strong (rightfully so!), and iTunes is helping educate the masses with its continued promotion of free movies that highlight key aspects of the cause. This week, we are going back to the beginning with Selma, the biopic about none other than Martin Luther King, Jr. This inspiring and moving drama follows Dr. King (played by David Oyelowo) as he made the history-making march from Selma to Montgomery that culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Directed by Ava DuVernay, Selma tells the real story of how one man and his brothers and sisters helped foster a movement that is still being fought to this day.
