New Mutants, Hulu’s Run, and 10 New Movies to Watch at Home Right Now

The holiday season means that new movies and TV shows are coming from all directions. Adventure time Fans with HBO Max will probably dedicate 45 minutes this weekend Obsidian, a new special that continues the story of Bubblegum and Marceline. For all of your life day needs, Disney Plus has the second Star Wars themed Christmas Special, rendered in LEGOs this time and spanning the prequel, original and sequel trilogies.

We can also watch the trailer We are Heroes, the pure, chaotic, joyful sequel to The adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl went to Netflix over and over in January until our brains melt. It’s only such a month!

Additionally, this week features a plethora of films that hit theaters earlier this year, as well as some higher quality, out-of-the-box titles that are well worth getting interested in. To help you work through all of the options, here are the new movies to watch on VOD this weekend.

The new mutants

Where to see it: Rent on digital, $ 5.99 Amazon and Apple

Image: 20th Century Studios

After years of sitting in limbo Fault in your stars Director Josh Boone’s horror version of the X-Men finally sneaked into theaters in August. It is technical still in theaters, but the film wasn’t exactly the savior multiplexers had hoped for principle would; So far, only $ 23 million has been made in the United States. For many, New mutants was meant for a home video watch – and now it’s time to entertain that morbid curiosity. From our review:

The characters of New mutants are forced into what looks like Stephen King was writing One flew over the cuckoo’s nest, while never claiming anything. The superhero horror film moves from scary scenes to a teenage film with attitude and chill vibez, but never fully embodies one direction or the other and leaves it without effect.

The personal story of David Copperfield

Where to see it: Rent on digital, $ 5.99 from Apple

Photo: Dean Rogers / Fox Searchlight

This reinterpretation of Charles Dickens’ novel by Veep creator Armando Iannucci shows Dev Patel as the adventurous David. The cast is stacked – Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Peter Capaldi, Daisy May Cooper and Benedict Wong all show up – and Iannucci holds the adjustment lights on his feet. From review of Vulture::

The personal story of David Copperfield doesn’t make fun of the source material so much, it makes fun with it […] It’s a sweeter, milder affair than Iannucci’s last film, 2017 The death of Stalin – this bitterly dark comedy that portrayed the power struggles of the Central Committee as a secular but murderous, dysfunctional workplace. But there is a resilient boost going through The personal story of David Copperfield that turns out to be irresistibly moving at the end of his journey. His protagonist defies hardship and cruelty and not only benefits from friendly actions, and yet he never loses his ability to be fascinated by people, a quality that comforts without feeling seductive.

The nest

Where to see it: Rent on digital, $ 5.99 on Amazon;; $ 4.99 at Apple

Image: IFC Films

The latest film from Martha Marcy May Marlene Director Sean Durkin is a wicked family drama about the toxic effects of greed. It’s also a perfect showcase for Jude Law and Carrie Coon, who fight like titans when they find themselves out of their depths and in crippling debt. From the review of Vox.com::

The nest isn’t a haunted house film per se, but it does pick up on some of the genre’s visual tropes. It often feels like there’s something scary lurking around every corner. But the scariest element in The nest – and most terrifying – is the chaos that blind ambition creates when coupled with a sense of wounded claims. It’s the gargoyle that floats about Rory (Jude Law), an extremely successful entrepreneur who is bringing his American family back to his native England for a job he would like to take on. His wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), a horse trainer, is reluctant to leave the United States, but she goes along with it. And his stepdaughter Samantha (Oona Roche) and son Ben (Charlie Shotwell) are adapting well enough to their new lives. You have moved a lot. You know the exercise.

Jiu Jitsu

Where to see it: Rent on digital, $ 4.99 Amazon;; $ 6.99 for Vudu and Apple

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in the Jiu Jitsu, Nicolas Cage is basically playing out Raiden Mortal Kombat than the guy out The great Lebowskiand leads a group of fighters as they face an alien who wants to kick their asses. Tony Jaw, Frank Grillo and Alain Moussi all show up. Is it the greatest movie of all time? Conclude. From our review:

Once in gear, it never feels like a waste of time for the audience. As the film progresses, the human opponents of the alien fighters remain on the track while they face the alien killing machine. The setup owes a lot to the man versus alien classic Predatorand sometimes the execution, in which our heroes assume a being who can camouflage themselves in the middle of the forest. But originality isn’t really the point. And while all cage-free comedy attempts stall, the action remains exciting, thanks in large part to Logothetis’ consistent, no-frills approach.

Run

Where to see it: Streaming on Hulu

Photo: Allen Fraser / Hulu

The trailer for Run had some serious munchausen-by-proxy thriller vibes. Is there anything else going on below the surface? With director Aneesh Chaganty, who was behind the chase film on the computer screen Search, everything seems possible.

New to Netflix this weekend

• Alien Xmas, a stop-motion Christmas lark in the style of old Christmas specialties
• When something happens i love you, the first in a series of new animated short films to hit the platform
• The Princess Switch: switched again – It’s right there in the title!
• And on Sunday, Dolly Parton’s newest masterpiece, Christmas in the square

And here’s what fell last Friday:

Come away

Where to see it: Rent on digital, $ 19.99 Amazon and Apple

Photo: Theory of Relativity

Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo lead the cast of Prince of Egypt and Brave Director Brenda Chapman’s first live-action film, which reinterprets and intertwines the stories of Peter Pan and an Alice in Wonderland. The result that we go into in our review becomes something of a reference game.

Chapman opens and closes Come away with sequences in which the adult Alice (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) reads Yeats’ “The Stolen Child” For their own children, and between those bookends, there are even more literary references. Come away fills the world of Peter and Alice with clear origins for everything from the crocodile eating Captain Hook’s hand to the Red Queen’s “Off with your Heads”! Catchphrase. There are so many gross spectator nudges out there that it feels more like a farce than a reference. When Peter and Alice run into a silly haberdashery dealer (played by The cableClarke Peters), spitting out the mad hatter’s riddles and familiar lines, it is difficult not to step out of the film and wonder what is actually real in this story and whether the movie’s oversized attempts at being capricious and puzzled can survive the fuzzy execution.

Fireball: Visitors from darker worlds

Where to see it: Stream on Apple TV Plus

Image: Apple TV Plus

The new film by the well-known documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog (Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Grizzly man) and Cambridge volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer give an insight into the cosmic history of meteorites and their effects on earthly culture. Interviews with scholars, artists and historians are woven together with Herzog’s sliding camera and poetic voice to create something truly epic. As filmmaker Polygon said in an exclusive interview, that’s what it was about Fireball is to contemplate the larger than life wonders of space. “It’s the excitement of science and the feeling of awe. That is exactly what science and filmmaking have in common. If I didn’t have a sense of awe, I wouldn’t have any of my films. “

Echo Boomer

Where to see it: Rent on digital, $ 6.99 on Vudu and Apple

Image: Saban Filns

OK, Echo Boomer. Michael Shannon leads a group of young guns, including Patrick Schwarzenegger and Alex Pettyfer, in a conventional art theft film in which people walk around in masks and branded guns. As THR expresses it:

Seth Savoy’s debut film attempts to update the venerable genre by adding sociological themes to the mix and making a social statement about how today’s millennials are being forced to live lives of crime due to unfair economic opportunities. The result is that the pace is easy echo Boomer has all the excitement of a full-length essay in The nation.

Chick fight

Where to see it: Rent on digital, $ 6.99 on Amazon, Vudu and Apple

Image: Quiver distribution

GuardianMalin Akerman produced and stars in this R-rated comedy about a financially troubled woman who triggers her frustrations in the fight club arena. She makes enough promises that she is recruiting an ex-boxer (Alec Baldwin) to get her in shape. Comedy, drama, and punches follow.

Jungleland

Where to see it: Rent on digital, $ 9.99 on Amazon, Vudu and Apple

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One of the many Paramount films slated to hit theaters this year only to skip to VOD in hopes of finding a quarantined audience. Jungleland plays two heavy hitters, Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell, as brothers who make it into the world of bare knuckle boxing. The journey is what you might expect – bad decisions, crime bosses, the fight of a lifetime – but according to all informationBoth actors deliver KO performances.