Arts & EntertainmentAugust 2, 2018
Streaming on Demand Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell star in “The Americans.”
Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell star in “The Americans.”Patrick Harbron / FX

What's new for home viewing on Video on Demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and other streaming services, starting Friday. Find trailers with this story at inland360.com.

Top streams for the week

The sixth and final season of the superb FX series "The Americans," starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Russian agents posing as suburban parents in 1980s America, is nominated for four Emmy Awards including outstanding drama. Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Oscar-winning documentary "Amy" (2015, R) offers an intimate and enlightening portrait British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse through rare concert footage and intimate video of Winehouse. Streaming on Netflix.

"Sharp Edges" (1986/2018, TV-PG), a documentary on Tonya Harding (and her dysfunctional family) produced when she was 15, comes to Hulu after a brief theatrical revival (delayed from last month).

Charlize Theron is an overwhelmed mother of three who bonds with her young night nanny (Mackenzie Davis) in "Tully" (2018, R), from "Juno" director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody. On Cable On Demand and VOD, also on disc and at Redbox.

Pay-Per-View / Video on Demand

Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez star in "Overboard" (2018, PG-13), a remake of the 1980s amnesia comedy. Also on disc and at Redbox.

Also new: "Kings" (2017, R) with Halle Berry and Daniel Craig in the midst of the Rodney King riots, and biographical drama "Final Portrait" (2017, R) with Geoffrey Rush and Armie Hammer.

Netflix

A jilted bride (Kristen Bell) reconnects with her estranged father (Kelsey Grammer) in the Netflix Original comedy "Like Father" (2018, not rated).

Love in the digital age: a programmer becomes fascinated by a sophisticated robot (Alicia Vikander) in "Ex Machina" (2015, R), and Joaquin Phoenix falls in love with his smartphone operating system in "Her" (2013, R).

Amazon Prime Video

Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman star in the glorious romantic melodrama "Magnificent Obsession" (1954).

Hulu

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The fourth and final season of the Hulu Original comedy "Casual" is now underway. New episodes arrive each Wednesday.

HBO Now

Dame Judi Dench plays Queen Victoria once again in "Victoria & Abdul" (2017, PG-13).

The new HBO Original freeform late-night program "Random Acts of Flyness" combines music, comedy and social commentary.

FilmStruck

TCM Select Pick of the Week is the film noir masterpiece "Out of the Past" (1947) with Robert Mitchum.

BritBox

BritBox Original series "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco" sends "Bletchley Circle" codebreakers (Rachael Stirling and Julie Graham) stateside. New episodes arrive on Wednesdays.

New on disc this week

"Tully," "Overboard," "Kings," "Final Portrait," "Counterpart: Season 1"

Now available at Redbox

"Tully," "Overboard," "Kings," "Dark Crimes," "Final Portrait"

Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at http://streamondemandathome.com.

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