After a week in Las Vegas, Movie Hot Take is catching up on everything that was missed. That means two week of home video releases which featured a combined 17 releases and a handful that are actually worth watching. Here’s what to buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of August 8th and August 15th:
Buy It!
Everything, Everything —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: The Space Between Us, if the main character was female and locked in her house instead of stuck on Mars.
Why Buy?
You’re a sucker for sappy teen romances.
Rent It!
Chuck –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: The biopic of the boxer who was the inspiration for Rocky.
Why Rent?
You’re a sucker for boxing movies.
How To Be A Latin Lover —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: A male gold digger must make it on his own when his 80-year-old wife kicks him to the curb.
Why Rent?
It’s actually pretty funny.
Snatched —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn in a mother/daughter bonding adventure flick.
Why Rent?
You’re a sucker for Amy Schumer.
Wolves –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: A high school basketball star has his future jeopardized by his father, a hard drinking, compulsive gambling writer.
Why Rent?
You’re a sucker for Michael Shannon?
Stream It!
Alien: Covenant —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: A prequel to Alien and sequel to Prometheus.
Why Stream?
You’re a sucker for Alien flicks.
Blind –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: A blind novelist has an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
Why Stream?
When you see a cast like Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore, you don’t care how poor the reviews are.
The Dinner —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: A powerful political figure has a family secret.
Why Stream?
There’s nothing better than a fancy dinner with a side of tension.
The Exception –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: A German soldier must investigate exiled German Monarch Kaiser Wilhelm II and falls in love with one of his maids.
Why Stream?
A Jai Courtney movie has good reviews… that’s like seeing a unicorn!
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: A Guy Ritchie twist on the King Arthur legend.
Why Stream?
You haven’t slept in a while and need a nap.
The Wall —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: Two soldiers are pinned down by a sniper in the middle of the Iraqi desert.
Why Stream?
You’re a sucker for low budget, tension-filled war flicks.
Skip It!
The Case for Christ –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: An Award-winning journalist investigates Christianity from the angle of debunking it but has surprising findings.
Why Skip?
It’s from the studio that brought you God’s Not Dead.
Day of Days –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: A 91-year-old man decides his last day will be today and will spend it with his home aide for the day, a female Cuban refugee.
Why Skip?
All signs point to depressing.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: When Wimpy Met Vacation.
Why Skip?
A PG-rated Vacation knock-off doesn’t work.
Hickok –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: YAWBM. (Yet Another Wild Bill Movie.)
Why Skip?
This feels very much like been there, done that.
The Hunter’s Prayer –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: An assassin is hired to kill a woman but can’t pull the trigger. Now, they must work together to survive.
Why Skip?
This week in generic action flicks.
Undercover Grandpa –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: A bunch of B-list geezers in need of a paycheck.
Why Skip?
You’re not a sucker.