New Releases and Top 5 Flicks on Redbox

Forecasters are predicting rain this weekend starting Saturday night. Would that be the perfect time to stay in and rent a movie?

How about a Redbox new release? Here's what's new in the box this week:

The Amazing Spider-Man - Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy, and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance - leading him directly to OsCorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

Redbox Review: 4 Stars  Rating: PG-13 Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen

Prometheus - Two brilliant young archeologists, Shaw and Holloway, have discovered clues in cave pictograms from ancient civilizations across the world, all of which point to the same location in distant space. They have persuaded a mega-corporation, Weyland Industries, to fund the trillion-dollar mission for them to meet the beings they believe created life on Earth.

Redbox Review: 3 Stars Rating: R Stars: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green

The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe joins forces with a young Baltimore detective to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis for a string of brutal murders. When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper-part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story. Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe's writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author's help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer's next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it's too late.

Redbox Review: 3.5 Stars Rating: R Stars: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally

Magic Mike - Mike is an entrepreneur. A man of many talents and loads of charm, he spends his days pursuing the American Dream from as many angles as he can handle: from roofing houses and detailing cars to designing furniture from his Tampa beach condo. But at night he's just magic. The hot headliner in an all-male revue, Magic Mike has been rocking the stage at Club Xquisite for years with his original style and over-the-top dance moves. The more the ladies love him, the more they spend, and the happier that makes club owner Dallas. Seeing potential in a guy he calls the Kid, Mike takes the 19-year-old under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of dancing, partying, picking up women and making easy money. It's not long before the club's newest act has fans of his own, as the summer opens up to a world of fun, friendship and good times.

Redbox Review: 2.5 Stars Rating: R Stars: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn

Safety Not Guaranteed - Darius, a young magazine intern, is recruited to help a staff writer, Jeff, with a story about a bizarre young man who has advertised for a time-traveling partner. She, Jeff, and fellow intern, Arnau, travel to a small town to get information on the paranoid but strangely compelling young man. But Darius feels torn, underhanded and disloyal when she begins to have genuine feelings for her subject, who is clearly smitten by her as well.

Redbox Review: 3.5 Stars  Rating: R Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake M Johnson, Jeff Garlin, Lynn Shelton

Want to know the Top 5 movies on Redbox this week? Here you go:

1. Magic Mike
2. That's My Boy
3. Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
4. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
5. Prometheus

Waukee is home to three Redbox kiosks, so there's more than one place to find the perfect movie:

• Kum & Go, 350 S.E. University Ave.
•  125 Laurel St.
•  3311 Ute Ave.

To ensure that your movie is available, go to redbox.com and reserve online.