New Movies On Demand: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp,’ ‘RBG,’ ‘The Darkest Minds,’ And More

It’s time to give this week the boot and welcome the weekend with a firm–but not too firm–handshake. We all deserve to kick back for a few days and really get lost in a good story. And nothing is as rewarding as losing yourself in a new movie! It’s a good thing, then, that there are plenty of new movies now available to rent or (if you’re feeling generous with your money) own. Whether you use Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu or your cable’s on demand service, there are a lot of new releases out there waiting for you to discover.

Want to be reminded of the good that the Supreme Court can do? That’s hard to remember in weeks like these, right?? Then you need to stream the acclaimed documentary RBG about the life of history-making and history-changing judicial icon Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She’s way, way more than just the inspiration for a solid Kate McKinnon impression, people! You can also stream another one of this summer’s hit docs, Three Identical Strangers, which follows identical triplets separated at birth as they come together again later in life. And then there’s The First Purge, a movie that we are very glad is not a documentary, although the way things are going…… Anyway, you can rent the horror prequel right now for a fraction of its purchase price!

What else can you buy or rent this week? Find out by taking a look at the collection of hilarious superhero movies, YA thrillers, and star-studded indie dramas now available for you to enjoy from the comfort of your very own home!

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Need a palate cleanser after the emotional atom bomb that is Avengers: Infinity War? Then you gotta watch Ant-Man and the Wasp, the sequel to the size-changing superhero’s first outing that finds him teaming up with another supersuited individual, Evangeline Lilly’s Wasp. Paul Rudd is as charming as ever as Scott Lang, the average Joe hero serving out a house arrest sentence (oh, you might want to watch Captain America: Civil War too?) and just trying to be a good dad. But this being a Marvel movie, some creepy villains just can’t leave him alone! Rudd and Lilly stand out as Marvel’s newest dynamic duo, as do scene-stealers Michael Pena and Randall Park. You can buy Ant-Man and the Wasp right now, and you’ll have to wait a few weeks if you want to rent it.

[Where to stream Ant-Man and the Wasp]

The Darkest Minds

A group of teens with superpowers, misunderstood by the normal world and tracked down by a government agency and rallied together by a powerful young girl. So… X-Men, right? This is an X-Men movie? No, it is not an X-Men movie! It’s actually based on a YA novel (which, come on, peak ’80s X-Men comes really close to). The film stars Hunger Games alum Amandla Stenberg as well as Mandy Moore and Gwendoline Christie, and you can buy it now (or wait until October 30 to rent it).

[Where to stream The Darkest Minds]

To Buy:

Ant-Man and the Wasp
Await Further Instructions
Bayou Caviar
The Darkest Minds
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
Knuckleball
Loving Pablo
RBG
Unfriended: Dark Web

To Rent:

Black ‘47
The Catcher Was a Spy
A Dangerous Idea
Dark Money
DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
The First Purge
Girls vs. Gangsters
Leave No Trace
Let the Sunshine In
Love, Cecil
McKellen: Playing the Part
Monster Family
Painless
Rodin
Roller Dreams
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Three Identical Strangers

$0.99 iTunes Movie Rental

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

You know what’s well worth spending $0.99 on? Pretty much any movie featuring talking animals, that’s what! You spend hours watching funny cat videos for free on YouTube, but answer me this: do any of those cats skydive? Are any of those funny dogs actually spies? Revenge of Kitty Galore, the sequel to Cats & Dogs, is a spy comedy starring a bunch of talking dogs! And it lasts 82 minutes, which sounds like the exact length of time that you’d find Bette Midler voicing an evil hairless cat entertaining. It’s $0.99. I’m not going to judge you if you do this.

Rent Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore in iTunes