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On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews of TV shows and hpt movies on demand from the POV of watching from the comfort of your home. Today’s review: Showtime's “Nurse Jackie,” for anyone unfamiliar with the show, but intrigued by Edie Falco's Emmy win.
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It’s FREEVIEW time on Showtime On Demand! But be warned: this is what crack dealers do. They give you a free taste, and then you will want more! Lots of Showtime’s titles are available for free On Demand right now through October 6th. There’s no better way to catch up on “Nurse Jackie” Oh, yeah, I’m smoking the Showtime crack!

Did Edie Falco deserve the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series? Hell, yeah! Edie Falco brings such nuance to all the conflicting facets of this multi-prismatic character. Nurse Jackie is hard, but loving; sexual, yet cold; compassionate, but demanding; drug-addicted but dedicated to healing; and Edie Falco plays of this passionately and fearlessly.

If you were sick, Jackie Peyton would be the nurse you wanted. If you were wanted a committed relationship, maybe not so much.

On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews of hot movies on demand from the POV of watching from the comfort of your home. Today’s review: BANKSY’S COMING FOR DINNER.

Imagine that you have 17 hours to shoot a movie about art’s most anonymous hero. You can’t show his face. You even have to mask his voice like some mob informant. You have one shot at this so you’d better get it right. This is the first time he’s ever done this and it might be the last. If you pull it off, it could kick start your career. If you blow it, it’s over.

Banksy?

Director Ivan Massow accepted his own challenge to film a documentary about a dinner with graffiti artist Banksy and an assortment of British celebrities who you probably wouldn’t cross the street to meet.

Charismatic grande dame Joan Collins is our hostess on the grounds of her gilded estate, complete with a herd of deer and the occasional peacock: a fitting anti-setting for an artist who'd probably stencil a heroin spoon instead of a lobster fork. Maybe he’ll tag her pool house on his way out.

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On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews of hot movies on demand and from the POV of watching from the comfort of your home. Today’s review: THE HORDE.
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Zombie fans will be happy to know that THE HORDE is not a typical zombie movie. It’s a high production value, action-packed, fast and furious horror film with an exciting adventure into the world of the undead.

With a simple story set-up, directors Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher embark on a battle between gangsters, cops and zombies. Four corrupt Parisian cops decide to bring down the gang who killed their colleague, but after tracking them to an abandoned building, the two disparate groups are forced to team up to defeat the zombie horde when the dead start to rise and take over the City.

New Films on VOD for the Week of August 30

On Demand Weekly provides new movie previews of hot movies on demand from the POV of watching from the comfort of your home. Today’s preview: WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?

WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?
Tyler Perry and Janet Jackson headline this sequel to “Why Did I Get Married?” written and directed by Tyler Perry. Four couples, longtime friends, reunite for their annual vacation/retreat, during which they hash out each other’s life dramas for a week in the Bahamas. Somewhat of a box office success, the film received mixed reviews – poor grades for filmmaking, but plusses for dramatic content.

Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson. PG-13 / 121 minutes / Available 8/31