New Movies On Demand: ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,’ ‘Downsizing’ And More

Getting out to the movies can be hard. You work all week, weekends can be dominated by chores or obligations. It can be hard to resist the siren song of your couch after a week spent behind a desk. And if you have kids, forget about it! That’s why VOD is game-changer–a lifesaver, even! It allows you to watch movies from the comfort of your own home, complete with your own snacks and no dress code. Ain’t no one at home shaming you for watching a blockbuster with the lights on and wrapped in a Snuggie if that’s what you wanna do! Whether you use Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu or your cable’s on demand service, there are always a lot of new releases out there waiting for you to discover.

If you missed Thor: Ragnarok when it crushed theaters last November, you can schedule a trip to Asgard and Sakaar for this weekend now that the Marvel movie is available to rent. And while you can’t rent it juuuuust yet, you can purchase Pitch Perfect 3 digitally and check out the latest musical misadventures of your favorite a cappella queens. In fact, Thor: Ragnarok and Pitch Perfect 3 sound like a solid threequel double feature. Clear! Your! Schedules!

What else can you buy or rent this week? Find out by taking a look at the collection of family adventures, heavy dramas, and quirky biopics now available for you to enjoy from the comfort of your very own home!

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

It’s been almost 25 years since the first Jumanji stampeded into theaters, and the action-packed sequel more than makes up for lost time by upping the stakes and updating the core concept. Instead of a board game, this time around four kids are dropped into an old school video game scenario complete with larger-than-life avatars (Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, and Kevin Hart). This film was–and still is–a major box office player, pulling in almost a billion dollars worldwide. That’s a huge accomplishment made even huger when you realize there isn’t a Jedi or Avenger anywhere near this movie! You can either go see this in a theater near you right now, or you can purchase the film digitally (it’ll be available to rent on March 20).

[Where to stream Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle]

Downsizing

This is a weird one, a film that definitely suffered from faulty advertising. The film looks like a quirky dramedy about a man (Matt Damon) who chooses to “downsize” in order to restart his life (it’s a lot cheaper to live small, apparently!). It’s high-concept sci-fi mixed with a midlife crisis, subject matter that seems perfect for director Alexander Payne. Instead, though, the movie is apparently way darker than advertised, and gets into some tricky ethical territory that Payne either does or doesn’t handle well. You be the judge, just so long as you remember not to judge Downsizing by its trailer. And if you don’t want to roll the dice with a movie paying full price, you’ll be able to rent Downsizing on March 20.

[Where to stream Downsizing]

To Buy:

Downsizing
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Pitch Perfect 3

To Rent:

Aliens Ate My Homework
The Breadwinner
The Clapper
Con Man
The Disaster Artist
Faces Places
Hondros
Human Traces
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Novitiate
The Paris Opera
Pork Pie
The Sandman
The Swindlers
Thor: Ragnarok
White Sun
Wonder Wheel
The Young Karl Marx

$0.99 iTunes Movie Rental

Cool World

Listen: I’m not here to front like Cool World is a good movie. By all accounts, it is terrible. But here’s what it has going for it: it’s from 1992, a time period that you are most likely nostalgic for if you were born in the ’80s or before; it features animation from cult favorite animation director Ralph Bakshi, the brain behind the 1978 animated Lord of the Rings feature; and Cool World stars a post-Thelma & Louise / pre-Interview with the Vampire Brad Pitt, meaning this is some primo Pitt that you probably haven’t seen in a while, if ever. What’s it about? It’s a film noir riff on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? that’s kinda all over the map, but again: nostalgia, Bakshi, Brad. That’s worth $0.99, isn’t it?

Rent Cool World in iTunes for $0.99