Greetings, Polygon readers! Each week, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, Monkey Man, the new action thriller starring and directed by Dev Patel, makes its debut on VOD. That’s not the only recent release coming to streaming this week, as the sapphic crime thriller Love Lies Bleeding starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian is also available to purchase and rent this weekend. The romantic comedy Anyone but You and the dark comedy drama Miller’s Girl come to Netflix, while the debut horror thriller Humane, directed by Caitlin Cronenberg, arrives on Shudder.
Here’s everything new that’s available to watch this weekend!
New on Netflix
Anyone but You
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Romantic comedyRun time: 1h 44mDirector: Will GluckCast: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp
Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) and Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) star in this romantic comedy loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing as Bea and Ben, two young singles who become cold toward one another after an otherwise great first date. After unexpectedly being reunited at a destination wedding in Australia, the pair agree to pretend to be dating in order to ward off their exes. Shenanigans ensue!
Miller’s Girl
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Black comedy dramaRun time: 1h 33mDirector: Jade Halley BartlettCast: Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega, Dagmara Domińczyk
Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) and Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) star in this thriller about a high school writing teacher who is seduced by a rich, bored, and manipulative young student. Things obviously go very, very badly.
From our review:
What Miller’s Girl does best — and what gives Ortega the chance to absolutely own this movie — is capture the particular era of adolescence where girls can easily swing back and forth between adulthood and childhood without warning. Ortega gets the chance here to play an outright predatory vamp and a giggling, shy schoolgirl without the sense that either one is a front or a put-on for Cairo. Her adult personality isn’t fully formed yet, and while she’s trying out faces the way she tries out words like “vituperative” in her writing, they’re still all part of her — and they’re all part of the reason Mr. Miller should know better than to engage with her as anything but a student.
New on Shudder
Humane
Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder
Genre: HorrorRun time: 1h 33mDirector: Caitlin CronenbergCast: Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Sebastian Chacon
The feature debut from Caitlin Cronenberg is a horror thriller worthy of the family name. Set during a worldwide ecological collapse, Humane follows estranged siblings who learn that their father and mother have chosen to take part in a nationwide euthanasia program as a form of public service. When things go awry, the family will have to choose one of their own to offer up as a substitute participant. Naturally, things get personal.
New to rent
Monkey Man
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Genre: Action thrillerRun time: 2h 1mDirector: Dev PatelCast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash
Dev Patel stars in his directorial debut as an unnamed street kid who, years after his village was burned to the ground, earns a living as a monkey-masked fighter in an underground boxing club. He embarks on a campaign of brutal violence to exact revenge on the men responsible.
From our review:
When Monkey Man finally shifts into gear for its action scenes, there’s a clearer vision at work — though perhaps “clear” isn’t the word for it. Patel, working with fight choreographer Brahim Chab and cinematographer Sharone Meir (Whiplash), shoots the fights up close and personal with a frenetic handheld camera that judders and whip-pans with the force of every blow, and deftly stitches these shots together into head-spinning, unbroken runs of movement. Influenced by Korean, Indonesian, and Bollywood action movies, what the style sometimes lacks in clarity it makes up in ferocity and impact. The desperation of Kid’s first bathroom battle with Rana is brilliantly conveyed (Kher is fantastic in an old-school heavy role), and the extended climax is intermittently stunning, although the editing sometimes struggles to maintain focus when things get busy.
Love Lies Bleeding
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Genre: Romantic thrillerRun time: 1h 44mDirector: Rose GlassCast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone
The new thriller from Saint Maud director Rose Glass follows Lou (Kristen Stewart), a reclusive gym manager who falls in love with Jackie (Katy O’Brian), an ambitious bodybuilder who passes through town on her way to a Las Vegas competition. When Jackie runs afoul of Lou’s criminal father (Ed Harris), the two must find a way to escape their precarious situation in hopes of building a better life together.
Arthur the King
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Genre: AdventureRun time: 1h 47mDirector: Simon Cellan JonesCast: Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance
Mark Wahlberg stars in this new adventure thriller as Michael, a professional adventure racer desperate for one last chance at winning. After convincing a sponsor to back him, he and his team of fellow adventurers embark on a grueling 435-mile endurance race through the Dominican Republic. Pushed to his limits, Michael befriends a wounded stray dog he nicknames Arthur, who inspires him to press forward when all hope of winning seems lost.
Housekeeping for Beginners
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Genre: DramaRun time: 1h 47mDirector: Goran StolevskiCast: Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim
This family drama from Of an Age director Goran Stolevski follows the story of Dita (Anamaria Marinca), a woman who promises her ailing partner Suada (Alina Serban) on her deathbed to raise her children. Having never wanted to be mother before, Dita is nonetheless faced with the challenge of opening her heart and forging a bond with her new family.
Tótem
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Genre: DramaRun time: 1h 35mDirector: Lila AvilésCast: Naíma Sentíes, Montserrat Marañón, Marisol Gasé
This heartfelt family drama centers on Sol (Naíma Sentíes), a 7-year-old girl spending the day at her grandfather’s house while her mother, aunts, and relatives prepare a surprise birthday party for her father. As the day wears on, Sol slowly realizes that the tragic truth under the otherwise joyous occasion, and is forced to reckon with how her life and world are about to change forever.
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