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Since the beginning of lockdown, movie studios have made up for the shuttering of theaters and cinemas in a number of ways
Many movies doomed to low grosses at the box office landed quickly on video on demand, or on streaming services
Some films meant for the big screen bypassed that entirely, like the Tom Hardy flick Capone.As tentative steps are made to reopen theaters
around the world, what would normally be the tail end of the summer blockbuster season is instead a waiting period before we're bombarded
of the summer for both Netflix and Disney Plus, even if their new releases couldn't be more different
For Netflix, it will release its highest-profile original movie of the summer, Da 5 Bloods, from director Spike Lee
For Disney Plus, it releases its first movie that was planned for theaters but is now only coming to the streaming service, the kids' book
We'll explain what the deal is with both movies below, and when you can watch them
has kept up a fairly good schedule of original film releases over the past few months, highlighted by the Chris Hemsworth action movie
Da 5 Bloods, though, is an even bigger deal
Coming from director Spike Lee, it represents the latest coup by Netflix in releasing a movie from a big-name director (though Lee
War veterans who return to the country to retrieve the remains of their squad captain (played in flashback by Chadwick Boseman), not to
mention some treasure they concealed years before
The cast features Delroy Lindo, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Clarke Peters and Norm Lewis
According to a Vanity Fair reveal on Da 5 Bloods, it's part war film, with a few visual references to Apocalypse Now, part horror and part
comedy about these old soldiers coming together again at an advanced age
In the intervening years, each has changed in their own way.Based on a pre-existing script, Lee and BlacKkKlansman co-writer Kevin
The movie apparently addresses the lack of Vietnam movies about black soldiers, and the long-lasting effects of the war on its
participants.The entire lockdown period has reinforced how much of a place there is for Netflix's original movies
While arguably only a few have become true blockbusters (Bright, for example, or 6 Underground with Ryan Reynolds), the streaming service
has instead focused more on the types of movies that exist between those films and independent cinema
specifically, Netflix's backing of another acclaimed director gives the service further credibility, following its past collaborations
(Disney Plus)Artemis Fowl represents a big moment for Disney Plus
Though a result of the current circumstances more than anything else, Artemis Fowl is a $125 million film adaptation of the popular book
series that was once intended for theaters
Directed by Kenneth Branagh, nothing about it looks low-budget, especially the ensemble cast, which features Colin Farrell and Judi Dench,
among others.To be honest, our first reaction to the trailer above is that it looks pretty bad
The YouTube comments are rife with fans of the books by Eoin Colfer pointing out the ways in which they feel the film misrepresents the
it has no intention of moving the more expensive likes of Black Widow to Disney Plus, preferring instead to wait until they can find the
Cloverfield Paradox, which was acquired by the streaming service, taken off the theatrical release schedule, then made available to watch
immediately after its Super Bowl reveal in 2018.Good or bad, it's something a lot of kids will end up watching this weekend.Artemis Fowl
is available to stream on Disney Plus from June 12Today's best disney plus dealsKnives Out (Amazon Prime)If you're in the US, you can
stream Knives Out exclusively on Amazon Prime Video this week
Okay, this murder mystery movie had a theatrical run, unlike the two movies above, but if you haven't seen Rian Johnson's Whodunnit, it's
