Greetings, Polygon readers! Every week, we spherical up probably the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the most important and finest new films so that you can watch at dwelling.
Dune: Half Two hits Max, so now you are able to do a double characteristic proper at dwelling (popcorn bucket not included). However when you’re not a Dune-head, there’s additionally Jennifer Lopez mech flick Atlas on Netflix or the romantic comedy The Fall Man able to hire. There’s additionally Disney Plus’ Seaside Boys documentary and Prime Video’s Blue Angels documentary — an ideal double characteristic to look at with Dad!
Right here’s the whole lot new accessible to look at this weekend!
New on Netflix
Atlas
The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Netflix
Picture: Netflix
Style: Science fiction actionRun time: 1h 58mDirector: Brad PeytonCast: Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling Okay. Brown
Jennifer Lopez stars as a pointy information analyst with a deep mistrust of synthetic intelligence. However when her newest mission goes flawed, she has to be taught to belief AI with a view to save humanity. It additionally form of appears to be like like a Titanfall film within the mech design!
New on Disney Plus
The Seaside Boys
The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Disney Plus
Picture: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Photographs
Style: DocumentaryRun time: 1h 52mDirector: Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny
It’s the Seaside Boys! The brand new Disney Plus documentary follows the band from their inception and options some brand-new interviews and unseen footage. Count on a number of good vibrations.
New on Hulu
Ferrari
The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Hulu
Picture: Courtesy Everett Assortment
Style: Biographical sports activities dramaRun time: 2h 10mDirector: Michael MannCast: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley
Adam Driver stars as Enzo Ferrari, the founding father of — you guessed it! — the Italian sports activities automotive producer of the identical title. Ferrari takes place in the course of the summer time of 1957, when Ferrari (the corporate, not the dude) plans to compete within the Mille Miglia (massive race).
The Seeding
The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Hulu
Picture: Magnolia Photos/Everett Assortment
Style: Horror thrillerRun time: 1h 40mDirector: Barnaby ClayCast: Scott Haze, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alex Montaldo
This atmospheric horror thriller follows a person misplaced within the desert. Fortunately, he finds a girl residing off the grid! Unluckily, that lady is being held captive by a bunch of sadistic youngsters.
New on Max
Dune: Half Two
The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Max
Picture: Warner Bros.
Style: Epic sci-fiRun time: 2h 46mDirector: Denis VilleneuveCast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson
The follow-up to the 2021 sci-fi epic doesn’t disappoint. The truth is, it surpasses all expectations and even makes the primary Dune film higher.
From our evaluation:
For individuals who cherished it, the promise of Half Two was that the conclusion of Paul’s journey could be much more thrilling, stunning, and poignant. For individuals who have been bored throughout Half One, the promise was that every one the sluggish, exposition-heavy pacing was in service of streamlining this subsequent installment. Dune: Half Two is precisely the film Half One promised it could possibly be, the uncommon sequel that not solely outdoes its predecessor, however improves it looking back.
New on Prime Video
The Blue Angels
The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Prime Video
Picture: Amazon/Everett Assortment
Style: DocumentaryRun time: 1h 32mDirector: Paul Crowder
This documentary follows a brand new class of Blue Angels, made up of Navy and Marine Corps pilots, as they grasp some intense aerial strategies. It’s juxtaposed with a bunch of veteran pilots who will take to the air for the final time.
New on Criterion Channel
About Dry Grasses
The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Criterion Channel
Picture: Courtesy Everett Assortment
Style: DramaRun time: 3h 17mDirector: Nuri Bilge CeylanCast: Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici
From acclaimed Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep), About Dry Grasses follows a trainer from Istanbul who’s assigned to work in a distant village. After being accused of applicable conduct by two college students (considered one of them his protégée), he longs to maneuver again to Istanbul.
New to hire
The Fall Man
The place to look at: Obtainable to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Picture: Common Photos
Style: Motion comedyRun time: 2h 6mDirector: David LeitchCast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
This Ryan Gosling/Emily Blunt action-comedy-romance, a giant blockbuster journey film constructed round enormous feels and even larger sensible stunts, did so poorly in its opening weekend on the field workplace that it spawned a wave of panicked “Are theatrical blockbusters useless?!?” thinkpieces. (Spoiler: Perhaps? In that case, that’s advantageous.) Now it’s hitting VOD simply three weeks after its theatrical debut.
However don’t let the hand-wringing fear about its flop standing put you off from watching it at dwelling. It’s a fairly charming film, a lot within the spirit of The Misplaced Metropolis, with massive stars bantering, flirting, and combating in between ’splosions and a few actually enjoyable battle scenes. —Tasha Robinson
Civil Warfare
The place to look at: Obtainable to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Picture: Murray Shut/A24
Style: Dystopian thrillerRun time: 1h 49mDirector: Alex GarlandCast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny
Alex Garland’s thriller stays away from present-day political themes to as an alternative deal with battle correspondents and journalism.
From our evaluation:
The complete movie is paced and deliberate with that dynamic concerned. It’s a very beautiful drama, shot with a loving heat that displays its viewpoint, by the eyes of two photographers used to conceiving of the whole lot round them by way of vivid, compelling photographs. A late-film sequence shot because the group drives by a forest fireplace is very stunning, however the film normally appears designed to impress viewers on a visible stage.
Stress Positions
The place to look at: Obtainable to hire on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Picture: Courtesy Everett Assortment
Style: Comedy dramaRun time: 1h 35mDirector: Theda HammelCast: John Early, Qaher Harhash, Elizabeth Dement
Within the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Brooklyn man finally ends up caring for his nephew in his ex-husband’s condo whereas stated nephew recovers from a damaged leg. However apparently everybody he is aware of needs to fulfill his nephew. Cue the hilarity.
