Stream Guide: Stranger Things: Season Three & The Number 23 (July 5th, 2019)

SNAKE EYES

Original Release Date:
August 7, 1998
Directed by:
Brian DePalma
Studio:
Paramount Pictures
Streaming:
Hoopla

Official Synopsis: A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino, Stan Shaw, and Kevin Dunn

PROSPECT

Original Release Date:
November 2, 2018
Directed by:
Zeek Earl & Christopher Caldwell
Studio:
DUST
Streaming:
Prime Video

Official Synopsis: A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They’ve secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon’s toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest’s other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own father’s greed-addled judgment, the girl finds she must carve her own path to escape.

Starring: Pedro Pascal, Sophie Thatcher, and Jay Duplass

KILLING THEM SOFTLY

Original Release Date:
November 30, 2012
Directed by:
Andrew Dominik
Studio:
The Weinstein Company
Streaming:
Hulu

Official Synopsis: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

Starring: Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Vincent Curatola, Ray Liotta, Trevor Long, Max Casella, and Sam Shepard

A KNIGHT’S TALE

Original Release Date:
May 11, 2001
Directed by:
Brian Helgeland
Studio:
Columbia Pictures
Streaming:
Crackle

Official Synopsis: After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.

Starring: Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Laura Fraser, Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer, and James Purefoy

I, ROBOT

Original Release Date:
July 16, 2004
Directed by:
Alex Proyas
Studio:
20th Century Fox
Streaming:
HBO Go

77TH ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Visual Effects (Nominee)

Official Synopsis: In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.

Starring: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, and Alan Tudyk

THE HANGOVER

Original Release Date:
June 5, 2009
Directed by:
Todd Phillips
Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Streaming:
Netflix

Official Synopsis: Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, and Jeffrey Tambor

SMOKIN’ ACES

Original Release Date:
January 26, 2007
Directed by:
Joe Carnahan
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Streaming:
Starz

Official Synopsis: When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state’s evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he’s no longer breathing.

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Andy García, Alicia Keys, Taraji P. Henson, Ray Liotta, Chris Pine, and Matthew Fox

THE BOOK OF ELI

Original Release Date:
January 15, 2010
Directed by:
The Hughes Brothers
Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Streaming:
Netflix

Official Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals

THE NUMBER 23

Original Release Date:
February 23, 2007
Directed by:
Joel Schumacher
Studio:
New Line Cinema
Streaming:
Tubi TV

Official Synopsis: Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.

Starring: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston, Mark Pellegrino, Corey Stoll, and Logan Lerman

STRANGER THINGS: SEASON THREE

Original Release Date:
July 4, 2019
Directed by:
The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, & Uta Briesewitz
Studio:
Netflix
Streaming:
Netflix

Official Synopsis: It’s 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, and summer’s heating up. School’s out, there’s a brand new mall in town, and the Hawkins crew are on the cusp of adulthood. Romance blossoms and complicates the group’s dynamic, and they’ll have to figure out how to grow up without growing apart. Meanwhile, danger looms. When the town’s threatened by enemies old and new, Eleven and her friends are reminded that evil never ends; it evolves. Now they’ll have to band together to survive, and remember that friendship is always stronger than fear.

Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, and Cara Buono. Cary Elwes, Jake Busey, and Francesca Reale