New Movies on Streaming: ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ + More

As Christmas approaches, so does the chaos of the holiday season, so why not chill out by watching some great new movies on VOD? This week marks the arrival of the Hunger Games prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, along with the new Nicolas Cage fantasy-comedy Dream Scenario.

If it’s slasher films you want, Eli Roth’s new movie Thanksgiving, about a serial killer terrorizing Plymouth, MA, on Black Friday, is also out on VOD this week. The film stars Patrick Dempsey as the local sheriff, along with Addison Rae, Nell Verlaque, and Gina Gershon.

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 Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

At last, the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is here! In this, the fifth film of the series, we follow the trajectory of a young Coriolanus Snow (played by Tom Blyth) to see just how he became the President of Panem. Assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) the tribute from District 12, the film provides an origin story for the man who is the one constant in the series, a villain whose cruelty evolved over time.

Dream Scenario

In the A24 movie Dream Scenario, Nicolas Cage stars as Paul Matthews, a regular guy who starts appearing in the dreams of people all over the world. While at first he’s just a bystander, soon he becomes much more involved and the dreams start to affect Paul’s reputation and even his safety. The film, which is out Friday, co-stars Julianne Nicholson, Dylan Baker and Michael Cera.

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