This week isn't about new premieres so much as a pile-up of arrivals: several films that opened in cinemas across the spring and early summer are landing on home platforms within days of each other.
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day, the Wayans-family reboot Scary Movie, and Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu all hit premium digital platforms on 21 July, while Amazon's Masters of the Universe followed on Prime Video on 22 July. The choice this week isn't which film to see first, it's which format and price point suits each one, since some require a rental fee and one is already included with a subscription.
Disclosure Day is worth a first watch for the cast alone: Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor lead a Spielberg sci-fi thriller about a cybersecurity expert who goes on the run after uncovering evidence of alien contact, with Colin Firth in support. Masters of the Universe is the more unusual case, since Amazon skipped the usual paid rental window entirely and put Nicholas Galitzine's He-Man reboot straight on Prime Video at no extra cost. The Mandalorian and Grogu completes the set for anyone who missed Jon Favreau's theatrical return to the Star Wars galaxy, with Pedro Pascal back as Din Djarin.
For cinema, there's nothing left to chase this week: all four confirmed titles have already finished their theatrical runs. On Apple TV, Prime Video and Fandango at Home, Disclosure Day, Scary Movie and The Mandalorian and Grogu are available to rent or buy from 21 July, priced as premium new releases. Masters of the Universe is the only one of the four sitting inside a subscription, streaming on Prime Video from 22 July. A fifth title, Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood with Hugh Jackman, has had its own digital date pushed around release schedules and is not confirmed to land inside this particular window.
For anyone chasing a big theatrical experience without leaving the sofa, Disclosure Day is the most substantial watch. Comedy audiences and anyone who grew up on the original franchise have Scary Movie as the easy, undemanding pick. Families or Star Wars completists should go straight to The Mandalorian and Grogu. And if the goal is simply not spending anything extra, Masters of the Universe on Prime Video is the only one of the four that costs nothing beyond an existing subscription.
