Every week on Polygon, we spherical up essentially the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the most important and greatest new films so that you can watch at residence.
This week, Blink Twice, the brand new psychological horror film from actor-director Zoë Kravitz, is obtainable for buy and hire on VOD, after its theatrical premiere final month. There’s additionally the horror thriller Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer, which can also be out there to hire and buy on VOD. If neither of these curiosity you, don’t fear; there’s tons of different new releases to stream this week, like Jane Schoenbrun’s I Noticed the TV Glow on Max, Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, the Norwegian horror thriller Dealing with the Undead on Hulu, and extra!
Right here’s every part new that’s out there to look at this weekend!
The place to look at: Out there to stream on Netflix
Style: DramaRun time: 1h 41mDirector: Azazel JacobsCast: Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen
This household drama follows three estranged sisters who reunite throughout their ailing father’s ultimate days. The stress between the three is additional exacerbated as a result of one in all them shouldn’t be biologically associated to the remaining. Previous animosity flares up, however the three should overcome their variations with the intention to spend their ultimate moments with their father.
The place to look at: Out there to stream on Netflix
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Style: Journey comedyRun time: 1h 41mDirector: Mark DindalCast: Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham
It’s Chris Pratt! As Garfield! The lazy orange cat reunites along with his long-lost father, Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, of all folks). Together with Odie, Vic and Garfield plan a heist of a farm in order that they’ll steal a number of milk with the intention to appease the Persian cat crime boss that Vic works for. The film comes by means of director Mark Dindal, greatest identified for The Emperor’s New Groove.
The place to look at: Out there to stream on Hulu
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Style: Horror dramaRun time: 1h 37mDirector: Thea HvistendahlCast: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars
There’s tons of horror films concerning the useless coming again to life. None of them are fairly like Dealing with the Undead, although. Based mostly on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2005 novel, the movie follows the story of three households residing in Oslo whose family members all mysteriously rise from the useless as semi-sentient corpses. How will they deal with this new phenomenon, and is it a second likelihood to say goodbye… or a curse?
The place to look at: Out there to stream on Max
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Style: Psychological horrorRun time: 1h 40mDirector: Jane SchoenbrunCast: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Helena Howard
In the event you someway haven’t but had the chance to look at Jane Schoenbrun’s critically acclaimed psychological horror drama, don’t fear: There may be nonetheless time, particularly now that the movie is obtainable to stream on Max. Justice Smith stars as Owen, an remoted teenager who kinds a bond with an older classmate, Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), over a tv sequence known as The Pink Opaque. Because the years put on on, nonetheless, it progressively turns into clear to Owen that there’s extra to the present — and his personal actuality — than meets the attention.
The place to look at: Out there to stream on Prime Video
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Style: Sports activities dramaRun time: 2h 11mDirector: Luca GuadagninoCast: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist
Luca Guadagnino’s sensual sports activities drama, a couple of love triangle in skilled tennis, has set sure circles of the world on fireplace since its launch in late April, and it is without doubt one of the greatest films of the yr. Now, you’ll be able to get pleasure from it at residence.
That script is a terrific three-course meal for Faist and O’Connor. They get to commerce off face and heel roles from scene to scene and period to period, as Artwork and Patrick assist and harm one another in equal measure. But it surely’s an absolute smorgasbord for Zendaya, who even in starring roles has by no means been given this a lot room to stretch. Tashi is a gratifyingly wealthy character, each righteously indignant over the thwarting of her ambitions and cruelly indignant in any respect the lads who’ve the nerve to maintain on taking part in the sport that was taken away from her. She’s hungry for affection and withholding it on the similar time, by turns sensually curious and coldly dispassionate, bold and exhausted, conflicted and assured. She’s the type of character that media grasp’s theses are made from, and unpicking Tashi’s conflicting motives and the way she integrates them is more likely to develop into a popular culture obsession within the months to come back.
The place to look at: Out there to stream on AMC Plus
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Style: DramaRun time: 1h 53mDirector: Nicole RiegelCast: KiKi Layne, Thomas Doherty, Melanie Nicholls-King
KiKi Layne (If Beale Avenue May Speak) stars on this musical drama as Dandelion, a struggling singer-songwriter who travels the nation performing gigs, all of the whereas craving for a profession breakthrough she fears won’t ever occur. After putting up a romance with Casey (Thomas Doherty), a fellow disgruntled musician, their love proves to be the inadvertent catalyst for Dandelion’s discovery of an genuine creative voice all her personal.
The place to look at: Out there to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
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Style: HorrorRun time: 1h 42mDirector: Tilman SingerCast: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick
Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars on this horror film as Gretchen, an adolescent grieving the current lack of her mom. After being compelled to maneuver to the Bavarian Alps by her father and stepmother, she is employed to work for Herr König (Dan Stevens), the proprietor of the lodge her dad and mom have been employed to assist construct. Nevertheless, Gretchen quickly discovers there’s one thing way more sinister occurring below the floor of this idyllic resort.
The place to look at: Out there to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
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Style: Psychological thrillerRun time: 1h 42mDirector: Zoë KravitzCast: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater
Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut is a psychological thriller a couple of cocktail waitress named Frida (Naomi Ackie) who will get whisked away to a non-public island by a tech mogul for a lavish partying getaway. However Frida begins to note that one thing unusual is occurring with the feminine visitors. Enjoyable reality: The movie’s working title was Pussy Island, however the Movement Image Affiliation had a problem with that.
The place to look at: Out there to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
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Style: Sci-fi dramaRun time: 1h 47mDirector: Bernardo BrittoCast: Mary-Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Carlos Jacott
Omni Loop premiered at 2024’s South by Southwest pageant. It’s a science fiction drama a couple of Florida lady named Zoya (Mary-Louise Parker) who companions up with a scientist with the intention to remedy time journey, due to the black gap rising within her chest. It’s not simply time journey however a time loop and an entire lotta timey-wimey funk taking place as Zoya confronts her life and her regrets.
The place to look at: Out there to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
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Style: Sci-fi horrorRun time: 1h 24mDirector: Chris WeitzCast: John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu
Keep in mind Good Home, that 1999 sci-fi comedy a couple of totally automated home voiced by Katey Sagal that goes haywire? Nicely, think about if that film was a horror thriller as an alternative and also you’ve acquired the gist of Afraid, the brand new movie from director Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass, The Twilight Saga: New Moon) starring John Cho and Katherine Waterston.
When a contented household decides to check out AIA (Havana Rose Liu), a industrial synthetic intelligence designed to assist them higher set up their residence life, they couldn’t be happier with the outcomes. That’s, till the AI begins psychologically manipulating the household and harming folks near them in its twisted want to be part of the household.
The place to look at: Out there to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
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Style: Sci-fi thrillerRun time: 1h 48mDirector: Mikael HåfströmCast: Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham
This sci-fi thriller stars Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) as John, an astronaut aboard an experimental spacecraft designed to make a years-long mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. When the passengers aboard the ship start to suspect that the mission has someway been compromised, John should work alongside the ship’s captain (Laurence Fishburne) with the intention to discover a resolution and survive.
