Amazon still has a chance to begin evening the scores this month but will Netflix allow it? Check out this week’s streaming picks featuring Will Arnett, Amanda Seyfried, Hilary Swank and a bunch of kids who love Indiana Jones.

Netflix

Lovelace – After the release of “Deep Throat” in 1972, porn star Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried) becomes an international sensation and spokeswoman for sexual freedom and hedonism; six years later, she presents a darker side to her story.

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made – In 1981, two 11-year-olds in Mississippi set out to remake their favorite film: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. With the help of all their friends, it took them seven years to complete in their basement. Except one scene, the airplane scene. Thirty years later, they set out to finally finish their fan film and fully realize their childhood dream. This is the story behind the making of what is known as the greatest fan film ever made.

Amazon

The Reaping – Katherine Morrissey (Hilary Swank), a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.

Nuts! – This is a weird one but it has a 95% Rotten Tomato rating and a bunch of film festival accolades. here’s the synopsis and i reckon the trailer is needed too.

Inventive and wildly fun, NUTS! recounts the mostly-true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a Kansas doctor who in 1917 discovered that he could cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men. From there, the story only gets more bizarre. Mixing hand-drawn animated reenactments, interviews, archival footage, and a highly unreliable narrator, NUTS! traces Brinkley’s rise from poverty and obscurity to the heights of celebrity, wealth, and influence.

 

Streaming Pick of the Week

Netflix – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Spawned from a lab experiment gone awry, teenage terrapins Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael live in the sewers beneath New York. Although their rodent sensei, Splinter, advises against showing themselves above ground, the justice-loving, pizza-eating brothers can’t stand idly by while evil Shredder and his minions terrorize the city. With help from intrepid reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and her cameraman (Will Arnett), the Turtles set out to save New York.

September Scores: Amazon 0 – Netflix 3

I had reservations about this one when it came out but it turns out it’s pretty good. It’s not winning any Oscars but it’s a lot of fun and a true popcorn movie. It may have Michael Bay’s fingerprints on it but he’s only the producer here so there’s room to breathe between explosions.  Netflix has 3 in a row so it’s the hands down (the pants) winner this month. Can it round off September with a fourth though?