It’s been a busy month at the box office, with John Wick: Chapter 4, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesAnd The Super Mario Bros. Movie Waves hit back to back to back. But what about home? It is cocaine bear season, of course, when the comedy thriller hits Peacock.
This week’s other new offerings include Netflix Last Kingdom Movie Seven kings must die, continuation of the successful series. There is also the cult horror film river gourmet on Hulu, the actioner by Ryan Kwanten (and briefly Scott Adkins). section 8 on Hulu, the rom-com by Julia Roberts and George Clooney Entrance ticket to paradise on Prime, Zach Braff’s new feel-good film on VOD and much more.
Let’s get into that.
New on Netflix
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: historical drama
Duration: 1h 51m
Director: Edward Bazaggette
Pour: Alexander Dreymon, Harry Gilby, Mark Rowley
After five seasons of The Last Kingdomadapted from Bernard Cornwell’s novels The Saxon Stories, the saga ends with this film, Seven kings must die. Alexander Dreymon returns as Uhtred von Bebbanburg, hoping to unite England following the events of season five.
New on Hulu
river gourmet
Where to see: Available for streaming Hello
Genre: Black humor
Duration: 1h 51m
Director: Peter Strickland
Pour: Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed
Acclaimed director Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy, in the fabric) returns with this intriguing drama set in a culinary institute. The Fan promises sensory overload, Strickland’s trademark impeccable costuming and attention to detail, and the unsettling atmosphere often found in his films.
section 8
Where to see: Available for streaming Hello
Genre: action thriller
Duration: 1h 38m
Director: Christian Sema
Pour: Ryan Kwanten, Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney
True BloodRyan Kwanten directs this action film with an ensemble cast that includes Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney, Mickey Rourke and Scott Adkins. Kwanten plays Jake, a combatant ex-Special Forces soldier who is recruited by a secret organization after the tragic murders of his wife and son. As he entrenches himself in this secret organization, a deep conspiracy begins to unravel. From acclaimed action director Christian Sesma, the film features an incredible fight by Adkins.
New to Prime Video
Entrance ticket to paradise
Where to see: Available for streaming Prime video
Genre: Romantic comedy
Duration: 1h 44m
Director: Ol Parker
Pour: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever
George Clooney and Julia Roberts star in this romantic comedy as a divorced couple who put their differences aside to work together with one goal: prevent their smitten daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) from getting married and making the same “mistake”. , which they made.
New to Peacock
cocaine bear
Where to see: Available for streaming peacock
Genre: comedy horror
Duration: 1h 35m
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Pour: Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
The whole internet loves Cocaine Bear, or “Cokey,” the lovable bear who ate 70 pounds of cocaine that fell from a plane into the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest… We regret to report that the bear has started to kill and eat people.
Mubi is new
Dogville 4K Restoration and Manderlay
Where to see: Available to stream on Mubi
Genre: theatre
Duration: 2h 58m
Director: Lars from Trier
Pour: Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, and Paul Bettany
Crime/mob drama on the surface, Lars von Triers Dogville uses a minimalist, experimental approach to a stage to tell this story of a woman on the run (Nicole Kidman). It was a polarizing film upon release and is now getting a 4K restoration (along with von Trier’s follow-up Manderlay) is Mubi.
New to Shudder
Kids vs Aliens
Where to see: Available for streaming Shudder
Genre: Science fiction/horror
Duration: 1h 15m
Director: Jason Eisener
Pour: Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald
Looking for some more 80’s throwback sci-fi horror with a requisite synthwave score à la stranger things? Well, take a look at the new movie from tramp with a shotgun Director Jason Eisener follows a group of kids whose raucous slumber party takes a turn for the worse when bloodthirsty aliens invade their quiet little suburb to take over Earth.
New on VOD
A nice morning
Where to see: Can be rented for $5.99 Amazon, Appleand vudu
Genre: romantic drama
Duration: 1h 52m
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Pour: Lea Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud
Lea Seydoux (crimes of the future, death stranding) stars in this new romantic drama Bergman Island Director Mia Hansen-Løve as Sandra, a young widowed mother struggling to secure a decent foster home for her ailing father (Pascal Greggory) while raising her 8-year-old daughter. When they reconnect with Clément (Melvil Poupaud), an old friend from their past, the two find themselves unmistakably attracted to one another – despite Clément’s marriage to another woman.
Emily
Where to see: Can be rented for $5.99 Amazon, Appleand vudu
Genre: biographical drama
Duration: 2h 10m
Director: Frances O’Connor
Pour: Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
What inspired Emily Brontë (Emma Mackey) to write Wuthering Heights, widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written in English? Envisioning an answer to that question, Frances O’Connor’s 2022 drama follows a portrayal of the iconic novelist as she struggles with the loss of her mother and the gender constraints of an era that limit her freedom to write and create.
a good person
Where to see: Can be rented for $19.99 Amazon, Appleand vudu
Genre: theatre
Duration: 2h 8m
Director: Zach Braff
Pour: Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Celeste O’Connor
Actor-Director Zach Braff (scrubs, garden state) reunites with Morgan Freeman for his first feature-length directorial effort since 2017 Walk in style. a good person follows Allison (Florence Pugh), a blossoming young woman whose bright future turns to grief and heartbreak after a tragic car accident. When her life and the lives of her loved ones fall apart in the wake of this tragedy, Allison finds an unlikely friend in Daniel (Morgan Freeman) – her would-be father-in-law. Can these two learn to forgive each other and themselves in order to move forward to a future beyond tragedy?
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