Toy Story 5 is the headline arrival, and it is a home-viewing one: after two months in theaters it lands on digital purchase and rental on Tuesday, August 18, with Disney+ to follow on September 23. The story is set two years after Toy Story 4. Bonnie's new obsession is a tablet named Lilypad, and the sudden competition for her attention forces Buzz, Woody and Jessie back into a job they thought they had already finished. Andrew Stanton directs, co-writing with Kenna Harris, and Greta Lee voices the tablet itself. It sits at 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it plays as a genuinely emotional continuation rather than a victory lap.
Sunday brought Lanterns, HBO's entry into the DC Universe built around two very different Green Lanterns, with new episodes weekly on HBO and HBO Max through October 4. Kyle Chandler plays Hal Jordan, the seasoned legend, opposite Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, the new recruit, and the pair get pulled into a murder investigation rooted firmly on Earth rather than out among the stars. Chris Mundy runs the show, and the premise leans more into a grounded procedural than cosmic spectacle, which is a deliberate swerve for a superhero property this size.
Monday's arrival is Por Você, a Brazilian telenovela premiering on TV Globo, following a doctor named Bela who becomes guardian to her late best friend's four children after a car accident. It is a smaller, quieter premise than the rest of the week's slate, built around grief and sudden responsibility rather than spectacle.
Friday is stacked at the theater. Mutiny puts Jason Statham aboard a cargo ship as a security chief who uncovers a conspiracy far bigger than the job he signed up for. The horror franchise continues with Insidious: Out of the Further, in which a young mother discovers she can cross into the same nightmare dimension that has haunted the series since it began. And Spa Weekend rounds things out on a lighter note: three friends whose relaxing getaway spirals into chaos the moment their most chaotic friend shows up uninvited.
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The split, then: Toy Story 5 is a rental or purchase from Tuesday, Lanterns is the week's one subscription pick on HBO Max, Por Você is broadcast television, and Mutiny, Insidious and Spa Weekend are theater-only from Friday. For a family night, the tablet-versus-toys sequel; for a weekly appointment, Lanterns; for a Friday out, the Statham thriller if you want momentum and Insidious if you want to be scared.
