If you’re looking for some seriously entertaining new movies on VOD this weekend, we’ve got you covered. This week’s selections include the dark comedy The American Society of Magical Negroes, as well as the sexy thriller Strictly Confidential, and a whole host of Hallmark movies, documentaries, and everything in between.
Also out this week on demand is director Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature How To Have Sex, a coming of age movie about a group of teenagers from England who head to Greece for a spring break holiday. As the trio of girlfriends have one last hurrah before finishing high school together, but the resulting trip is a complicated mess of debauchery and troubling sexual exploits rather than a fun-filled good time, and the drama encapsulates that time during young adulthood when you’re not a girl, not yet a woman.
These are just a few of the films that are available to watch on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, YouTube, and through your cable service this week. Check out what movies are available to buy or rent on demand now.
The American Society of Magical Negroes is a darkly comedic satire that takes aim at the all-too-common trope of the Magical Negro in American pop culture. In the film, directed by Kobi Libii, Justice Smith plays Aren, a young man who is welcomed into a secretive organization of Magical Negroes whose mission is to make the lives of white people better. The ensemble cast includes David Alan Grier, Nicole Byer, Drew Tarver, and Rupert Friend.
If you’ve heard anything at all about Strictly Confidential, it’s probably the tidbit that the film’s star, Elizabeth Hurley, filmed some sultry sex scenes that were directed by her own son, Damian. 22-year-old Damian Hurley wrote and directed the film about a young woman, played by Georgia Locke, who visits a Caribbean island to stay with the family of her dead best friend and while staying in the tropical paradise, she unravels the truth about her friend’s mysterious suicide.
To Buy:
Aloha Heart
Notes of Autumn
Making Waves
A Very Venice Romance
Napa Ever After
Field Day
How To Have Sex
To Rent:
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Strictly Confidential
Knox Goes Away
The Skinwalkers: American Werewolves 2
Killing Me Softly With His Songs
Snack Shack
Baby Assassins 2
Bag of Lies
A Perfect Day for Caribou
The Actor
Cold Road
The Computer Accent
Outer Darkness
The Deadly Swarm
Model House
Dagr
Here’s What Else Is Streaming New This April:
What you see above is just a portion of the new movies and shows you can watch this month if you’ve got more than one streaming service subscription. We update our guides to the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month, so you can stay on top of the freshest titles to watch. Here are full lists, schedules, and reviews for everything streaming:
Liz Kocan is a pop culture writer living in Massachusetts. Her biggest claim to fame is the time she won on the game show Chain Reaction.
