Elvis, Jurassic World Dominion and all new movies to watch at home

The list of new movies to watch at home this week is headed by elvis, the audaciously over-the-top Elvis Presley biopic by none other than Baz Luhrmann. If you’re in the mood for it, why not check out the best Elvis Presley movies as an actor or other good movies about musicians?

Beyond the King, this week also roars the newest Jurassic World movie about Peacock, one of our favorite films of the year making its long-awaited streaming debut, and it’s animated Flaming Saddles Customization (yes, we still have trouble believing that too) and much more.

Here are all the news to watch at home this weekend.

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elvis

Where to see: Available to stream on HBO Max

Image: Warner Bros.

Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 musical biopic chronicles the life of American music icon Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) from childhood singing in a small church choir to his stadium-filling stride as a rock legend. Tom Hanks stars as Elvis’ manager Col. Tom Parker, a controversial and inscrutable counterpart to Elvis who follows the young legend’s rise to stardom like an ever-present shadow.

From our review:

As Elvis, Butler is almost handsome enough, and he nails the drawl and mannerisms without overpowering them in his delicate portrait of a semi-shy, insecure man who could only at times muster the courage to let his radiant talent take the lead . He fails to pinpoint Presley’s lows or the insane highs of his delusional ego. But Luhrmann, who remains obsessed with the stage, is more interested in Presley as a performer than as a psychological subject. And on stage, Butler (who sings some numbers himself and mixes his performance elsewhere with original recordings of Elvis) is dynamite: total physical conviction and lightning rod charisma.

Jurassic World Dominion

Where to see: Available to stream on Peacock

Image: Universal Pictures

Billed as “the epic conclusion to the Jurassic Era” and the sixth overall film in the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World Dominion Set four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) are faced with surviving in a brave new world now being ruled by genetically reanimated dinosaurs is overrun.

From our review,

domination leans into the notion of a sci-fi dystopia doubling as an old-fashioned monster movie, something Universal is aware of. Like a 50’s B-movie Jurassic World Dominion Pauses to lecture on humanity’s place in the evolutionary chain between sequences that deliver the gnashing goods. If we have to wade through some silly, pandering nostalgia to get to this delightfully huge dinosaur playground, so be it.

We’re all going to the World’s Fair

Where to see: Available to stream on HBO Max

Image: Utopia

Jane Schoenbrun’s 2021 coming-of-age horror drama tells the story of Casey (Anna Cobb), a teenage girl immersed in a viral role-playing game. As she begins to notice inexplicable and sinister changes in herself, Casey is forced to face the possibility that it’s all in her head. Think 2018 Eighth class through marble hornets.

From our review:

That’s the real horror of trying to figure out who you are by being online. The hope of the internet is that everyone can find a community, that the weirdness of activities like working anonymously to scare each other online can create a safe, creative space. Schoenbrun suggests that within this range of collective expression, people can choose who and what they want to be. We’re all going to the World’s Fair is not just a film about connecting, it’s about becoming. It’s a powerful affirmation of how confusing and scary young adult life can be. But it’s also a film about hope. There is a name for the specific kind of alienation and confusion felt by its characters. Maybe people like Casey will find that name, despite the machine’s best efforts.

Paws of Rage: The Legend of Hank

Where to see: Available to stream on Paramount Plus

Image: Nickelodeon Movies

The animated martial arts comedy paws of rage transplants the broad strokes of Mel Brooks’ satirical black western comedy Flaming Saddles from the American frontier to the villages of feudal Japan and follow the story of a dog named Hank (Michael Cera) who embarks on a quest to fulfill his dream of becoming a samurai.

From our review:

Changing from cowboys to samurai does it too paws of rage far less a genre parody, since neither Brooks nor the younger filmmakers who actually made this film seem particularly interested in the dynamics of a samurai film. This is a general purpose spoof with specific nods to older, mostly unrelated American movies like Westside Story and Star Wars. Make no mistake: this is not a replacement for Flaming Saddles. Older children would also be more interested in Brooks space ballsa 1987 Star Wars parody that, while funny, is similarly broad and not particularly versed in the genre it’s fooling around in.

Horn for Jesus. save your soul

Where to see: Available to stream on Peacock

Image: focus functions

Executive producer of Jordan Peele, Adamma Ebo’s debut satirical comedy Horn for Jesus. save your soul Stars Regina Hall (Scary movie) and Sterling K. Brown (Hotel Artemis) as Trinity and Lee-Curtis Childs, the first lady and pastor of a Southern Baptist megachurch. The mockumentary-style film follows the couple as they desperately try to rebuild their community after a major scandal.

I came over

Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix

Photo: Nick Wall/Netflix

In what looks like a mashup of the 2016 Home Invasion horror film don’t breathe and the 2004 German crime drama The educators, under the shadow Director Babak Anvaris crime thriller from 2022 I came over follows a rebellious young graffiti artist (George MacKay) who, after breaking into the home of a respected judge (Hugh Bonneville) and discovering a terrible secret, becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse, that threatens both his life and the lives of those dear to him.

love in the mansion

Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix

Photo: Riccardo Ghilardi / Netflix

Starring in this Netflix romantic comedy Umbrella Academy‘s Tom Hopper and the Vampire DiariesKat Graham as two people who each want to go on a solo vacation and mistakenly double-book an Italian villa.

Fenced in

Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix

Photo: Natalia Odenbreit/Netflix

This Brazilian comedy follows a man who, after suffering a health incident, moves to a quiet small town to escape the stresses of city life. Unfortunately, his eccentric neighbor runs a samba school next door.

The Feast of the Troubadours

Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Netflix

This Turkish film is a generational conflict drama about an estranged father and son trying to mend their relationship.

blind ambition

Where to see: Can be rented from Google Play for $3.99

Image: Samuel Goldwyn Films

The documentary film 2021 blind ambition follows the stories of Joseph, Tinashe, Marlvin and Pardon, four young men who leave their native Zimbabwe in search of opportunities elsewhere. Once in South Africa, the men take jobs in restaurants and eventually become sommeliers. Bonding together will encourage the group to become the first Zimbabwean team to compete in the World Wine Tasting Championships in Languedoc, France.