Every week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases coming to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies you can watch at home.
This week, ReviewThe critically acclaimed anime film based on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga of the same name is finally available to stream on Prime Video. However, that’s not all; the time travel comedy My old ass Starring Aubrey Plaza, it’s also coming to Prime Video this weekend Pole man is Hulu, Black taxi on Shudder and the Christmas rom-com Meet me next Christmas on Netflix. There are also several new releases available to rent or purchase on VOD including Another man with Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson.
Here’s everything new to see this weekend!
Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Holiday romantic comedy
Duration: 1h 45m
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Pour: Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, Mitch Grassi
This Christmas romantic comedy is about a woman who accidentally meets a handsome stranger at an airport on Christmas. After feeling the spark, they decided to meet at a Pentatonix concert next year. A year later she doesn’t get a ticket for the sold-out concert! That’s why she hires a personal concierge service to help her get tickets. But of course the concierge is handsome and charming… Who will she choose? Will she see Pentatonix live?
Where to see: Available to stream on Hulu
Photo: Darren Michaels/Vertical
Genre: Mystery comedy
Duration: 1h 40m
Director: Chris Pine
Pour: Chris Pine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Danny DeVito
In Chris Pine’s directorial debut, he plays Darren, an unwaveringly optimistic pool cleaner in Los Angeles – who is also determined to make his community a better place à la Erin Brockovich (despite the local city council becoming increasingly annoyed with him). After being contacted by a beautiful and mysterious woman, Darren sets out to investigate corruption in the city.
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video
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Genre: Coming-of-age drama
Duration: 58m
Director: Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Pour: Yuumi Kawai, Mizuki Yoshida
Based on the one-shot manga by Chainsaw Man Author Tatsuki Fujimoto, Kiyotaka Oshiyama’s coming-of-age anime drama revolves around the life and friendship of Fujino (Yuumi Kawai) and Kyomoto (Mizuki Yoshida), two elementary school classmates who are inspired by their shared love and passion for drawing Mangas are connected. We added it to our list of the best animated features of the year, so you should definitely check it out.
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video
Photo: Marni Grossman/Amazon MGM Studios
Genre: comedy
Duration: 1h 29m
Director: Megan Park
Pour: Aubrey Plaza, Maisy Stella, Percy Hynes White
In this period comedy, a young girl named Elliot (Maisy Stella) does one much of mushrooms and somehow comes into contact with her 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza). Her older self has plenty of wise words, but one big warning: Don’t fall in love with the cute boy who’s working on her family’s cranberry farm this summer. Stella and Plaza have a very easy and entertaining chemistry that makes their interactions a joy to watch. And the film is particularly poignant in the lessons both versions of Elliot learn from each other.
Beyond the time travel setup, My old assThe most immediate catch with “s” is the main characters and their uncomplicated relationship. This movie could have just been a collection of jokes and jokes about touching your older self’s butt. But Park uses the temporal elements to create a story about those unheralded final moments that we don’t know will be turning points on the road to adulthood. The younger Elliott is eager to leave everything behind and move on to her next big adventure, but the older Elliott can offer her perspective. At the same time, the older Elliott can enjoy her past youth and experience the time as a fearless teenager who was able to conquer the world. My old ass It’s about growing up – the joy, the pain and those little moments that stay with us for much longer than we think – and Park pulls it off deftly, drawing on Elliott’s perspectives of both the past and the present.
Where to see: Available to stream on Shudder
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Genre: horror
Duration: 1h 27m
Director: Bruce Goodison
Pour: Nick Frost, Synnove Karlsen, Luke Norris
This new horror film, written by Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), stars Synnove Karlsen (Last night in Soho) and Luke Norris (The Duchess) as a couple hailing a black taxi after a night out with their friends. Things take a sinister turn when her driver (Frost) kidnaps her and drives her onto a deserted (and supposedly haunted) stretch of road. What horrors await them when they reach their final destination and will they leave a good tip?
Where to see: Can be rented from Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: A24
Genre: Psychological thriller
Duration: 1h 52m
Director: Aaron Schimberg
Pour: Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson, Renate Reinsve
Sebastian Stan (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) stars in Another man as Edward, an aspiring actor plagued by insecurities due to his neurofibromatosis. After undergoing a radical medical procedure to change his appearance, Edward’s life appears to be looking up – until a man with neurofibromatosis named Oswald (Adam Pearson) enters the picture. Will Edward be able to find peace with Oswald and his own past?
Where to see: Can be rented from Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: Music Box Films
Genre: drama
Duration: 1h 35m
Director: Alessandra Lacorazza
Pour: René Pérez, Sasha Calle, Lio Mehiel
This drama follows a pair of siblings who live with their loving but emotionally unstable father during their annual summer visits to their New Mexico home. Told over several years, In summer is a poignant portrait of a strained parent-child relationship.
Where to see: Can be rented from Amazon, Apple and Vudu
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Genre: drama
Duration: 1h 58m
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Pour: Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Nabil Elouahabi
Saoirse Ronan plays a young woman fresh out of rehab for alcoholism who returns home to the remote Orkney Islands in Scotland while deciding what to do with her life and struggling to connect with others . She eventually takes a job at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and finds solace in biology and bird watching. The outrun was originally a memoir of the same name by one of the film’s screenwriters, Amy Liptrot, and premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
