WATCH AT HOME
Whether you stream, buy or rent, here’s a look at what’s new or notable in home video. Movies are available on streaming sites such as iTunes, Amazon and Vudu unless otherwise noted.
Rent it now
“The Hustle”: This gender-swapped remake of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” is enjoyable enough — especially Rebel Wilson going for broke in the sordid Steve Martin role. She and Anne Hathaway (in the posh Michael Caine part) even have a scene recalling the original’s crudest gag and give it a disgusting new spin. But — spoiler alert — movies about con artists work best when the viewer, like the mark, doesn’t see the con coming. “The Hustle” is so faithful to its model that it doesn’t have much of a sting.
Also: “Brightburn,” “A Dog’s Journey,” “The Sun Is Also a Star”
Buy it now
“Booksmart”: Maybe you missed “Booksmart” this summer; it’s the kind of movie that gets lost among the superheroes, sequels and big-budget remakes. Back-to-school week is a great time to catch up with one of the year’s best-reviewed comedies. Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein play straight-A students who missed out on a lot of fun while hitting the books, so they decide to make up for it all on the night before they graduate.
Also: “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum,” “Men in Black: International” Reissue
“The Reflecting Skin”:
Director Philip Ridley’s little nightmare on the prairie was the talk of the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, and not just because of the giant exploding frog. Set amid the bright, blue sky and golden wheat fields of a remote Idaho community after World War II, it centers on an 8-year-old boy who convinces himself that a young widow living nearby is a vampire. She’s odd, all right, but not a threat, unlike almost everyone else he encounters in this mad movie. Film Movement Classics Blu-ray