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The 10 most streamed movies of the week: big hits and some picks critics loathed

Mashable VR

What we thought: The Lost City perseveres through a barrage of half-hearted bits and bungled punchlines, becoming an adventure that's inoffensively entertaining and easy enough to enjoy. —Kristy Puchko, Deputy Entertainment Editor How to watch: The Lost City is now streaming on Paramount+. Bullock is in sharp form. Firestarter.

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10 truly great war movies on Netflix

Mashable VR

In these films, we witness not only brutal battles but also the bravery and resilience of heroes and survivors. One of the fascinating films where the production has drawn as much attention as the movie itself, Apocalypse Now was its own war for director Francis Ford Coppola. Even achieving the final cut of the 1979 film was a battle.

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‘We Wait’ Is The First BBC Production For The Oculus Store, And It Is Free

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

But We Wait is a first for the British broadcaster which saw the BBC Connected Studio collaborate with legendary Bristol-based animation studio Aardman Digital – the makers of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep – to produce a dramatization of the dangerous journey Syrian migrants take from Turkey to Greece on smuggler’s boats.

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Reveries on The Future of VR

VRScout

What we are witnessing is the birth of arguably the most important computing platform to date that has the potential to change the way we live, work, learn, entertain and communicate in a way that dwarfs everything that has come before it. Entertainment. A scene from Miyubi (Felix & Paul/Sundance Film Festival).

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Weekend Downloads: New on Gear VR, Rift and Touch

VRScout

ENTERTAINMENT: The Martian VR Experience ($9.99 – Touch ). Viewers can fly onto the surface of Mars, steer at zero gravity through space, drive a rover navigating over craters, and experience key scenes from the hit film in a 360-degree virtual reality environment. Red Bull Hard Enduro VR (FREE – Gear VR ).