This week on streaming video, we’ve got a well-received sci-fi drama, a highly acclaimed British drama, and an indie thriller available for purchase. New additions to subscription sites include the entire run of Seinfeld on Hulu, a couple of Certified Fresh picks on Netflix, and both Charlie Chaplin’s and David Lynch’s feature debuts on Fandor, among other things. Read on for the full list:
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Domhnall Gleeson stars as a computer wiz who’s tasked by his company’s reclusive CEO (Oscar Isaac) with testing the artificial intelligence of a remarkably lifelike robot (Alicia Vikander); in doing so, our hero begins to question the nature and limits of humanity.
Jerry Seinfeld’s award-winning NBC sitcom — centered on a fictionalized version of himself and his eccentric circle of friends — comes to Hulu in its entirety, beginning on June 24.
Available now on: Hulu
Two shallow celebutantes snob it up in Gilded Age Newport in this reality series satire.
Available now on: Hulu
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams star in this Certified Fresh spy thriller about an intelligence officer who methodically lays a trap for a terror suspect.
Available now on: Netflix
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This Certified Fresh documentary tells the tale of a Baltimore man whose five-year tour of the Middle East included a stint in the Libyan Revolution.
Available now on: Netflix
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Virginia Madsen, Danny DeVito, and Kodi-Smit-McPhee star in this drama about a troubled young boy who meets a mysterious new friend.
Available now on: Netflix
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Forest Whitaker stars as Cecil Gaines, who recounts his life growing up in Georgia during the 1920s and learning to be a house servant before working under several US presidents. The film follows Gaines as he and his family navigate the tumultuous years of the Civil Rights Era.
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The popular children’s book character gets the big screen treatment, featuring Will Ferrell as the voice of the Man in the Yellow Hat, who meets the titular chimpanzee in Africa, brings him home to the States, and finds his new friend is prone to hijinks.
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Another masterpiece from the legendary Yasujiro Ozu, this is a quiet drama about a widowed schoolteacher whose devotion to his son only serves to separate them all the more.
Available now on: Fandor
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This Certified Fresh French drama is the story of a writer who asks his fiancée to support his transition into a woman.
Available now on: Fandor
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David Lynch’s feature-length debut is a Kafkaesque nightmare following the life of a man named Henry Spencer (Jack Nance), who seems to suffer paranoid hallucinations.
Available now on: Fandor
