M3GAN, Netflix’s You People and all the new movies to watch at home

M3GAN Fans (“M3FANs”) rejoice: the supreme Queen Bee of sentient, puppet-based brutality finally arrives on VOD this weekend. Watching a creepy plasticine kid perform infectious dance moves before proceeding to slaughter a man with a makeshift machete doesn’t sound quite in your mood, don’t worry; There are a lot of new releases to choose from when it comes to streaming and VOD.

You guys — no no, not”She” People — the latest comedy-drama dating Black Creator Kenya Barris, starring Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy, comes to Netflix this week, along with a new documentary about the life and music of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. The new action rom-com forced marriage, starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel, premieres on Prime Video; meanwhile, the Oscar-nominated psychodrama by Todd Field department store is finally available to stream on Peacock. There are also many more new releases to enjoy on VOD this weekend M3GANincluding a new dark comedy-drama starring Julianne Moore and stranger things‘ Finn Wolfhard.

Here are the new movies to watch at home this weekend.

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Netflix

You guys

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

Image: Parrish Lewis/Netflix

Genre: Comedy/Romance
Duration: 1h 57m
Director: Kenya barris
Pour: Jonah Hill, Lauren London, Eddie Murphy

Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy star in this new buddy comedy dating Black Creator Kenya Barris who could best be described as a Meet the Fockers-like scenario crossed with a race swap version of Guess who’s coming to dinner. See, there’s a toneless commentary on police brutality! Oh, and there’s an uncomfortable joke about Louis Farrakhan’s inflammatory remarks about the Jewish people! One thing is for sure: You guys is nervous; it says things; and boy hello, it works there! Whether this will be a funny comedy is unclear.

From our review:

There’s this weird notion that good comedy is offensive when in fact it’s empathetic. In order to make someone laugh and do so consistently, it is necessary to first understand something about them. Hence the impulse behind a film like You guys can be good as comedy can make a lot of hay out of the misunderstandings people have about each other while stumbling on understanding. You guys, but is primarily interested in ignorance and as such grows old quickly. Because the most offensive comedy isn’t ignorant or bigoted, it’s just boring.

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

Image: Sony Pictures Classics

Genre: documentary
Duration: 1h 58m
Directors: Dan Geller Dayna Goldfine
Pour: Leonard Cohen. Nancy Bacal, Steve Berkowitz

This documentary explores the literary and cultural influence of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen’s music, particularly his 1984 folk-rock song “Hallelujah.” Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine combine archival footage of Cohen’s previous interviews and performances, recorded in 2016 died of complications from leukemia, and interviews with former employees, family members and artists who have covered the song in the past to create a tribute to Cohen’s life and art.

An action hero

Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: AA Films

Genre: action comedy
Duration: 2h 10m
Director: Anirudh Iyer
Pour: Ayushmann Khurrana, Jaideep Ahlawat

I have [ed. note — PV] I’ve heard great things about this Hindi action comedy about a movie star who is accused of murder and then turns his life into an action movie. The limelight of Indian cinema has been largely focused on South India lately following the huge international success of RRRbut Bollywood hopes to draw some attention to the country’s most historically dominant film industry with this gripping and funny film industry meta-history.

Prime video

forced marriage

Where to see: Available for streaming Prime video

Image: Lionsgate/Amazon Studios

Genre: Action/Romcom
Duration: 1h 40m
Director: Jason Moore
Pour: Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Coolidge

Weddings sure are murder, am I right? (ba-dum-tss) Haha, we’re having fun here. Anyway, Jennifer Lopez (hustlers) and Josh Duhamel (transformers) star in this romantic action comedy as a couple whose wedding is in jeopardy when a group of heavily armed criminals storm their venue and take their guests and families hostage. To survive, the two must work together to hunt down the kidnappers and rescue their loved ones.

AMC more

The cave

Where to see: Available to stream on Shudder and AMC more

Credit: RLJE Films/Shudder

Genre: Science fiction/horror
Duration: 1h 36m
Director: Neil Marshall
Pour: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber

After being shot down over Afghanistan, a Royal Air Force pilot (Charlotte Kirk) accidentally stumbles upon a bunker inhabited by a hideous half-human, half-alien creature that threatens to kill anyone it encounters if released will.

peacock

department store

Where to see: Available for streaming peacock

Image: focus functions

Genre: psychodrama
Duration: 2h 38m
Director: Todd Field
Pour: Cate Blanchett, Noemie Merlant, Nina Hoss

Cate Blanchett stars in Todd Field’s first feature film since 2006 Small children like the eponymous Lydia Tár, a famous composer and first conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. A literal virtuoso, Tár is only weeks away from realizing what her magnum opus could be. When her reputation and legacy are suddenly jeopardized by a series of scandals, she must survive the consequences of her own indiscretions and confront a shattering new reality. One of the best movies of 2022, department store recently garnered a handful of Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.

VOD

M3GAN

Where to see: Can be rented for $19.99 Amazon, Appleand vudu

Image: Universal Pictures

Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror Comedy
Duration: 1h 42m
Director: Gerald Johnstone
Pour: Allison Williams, Jenna Davis, Violet McGraw

The latest horror film housebound Director Gerard Johnstone and Malignant Screenwriter Akela Cooper follows Gemma (Allison Williams), a roboticist for a Seattle toy company who creates an artificially intelligent doll to care for her orphaned niece, Cady (Violet McGraw). But when the doll, initially unbeknownst to Gemma or Cady, begins a series of violent murders, ostensibly in the service of her prime directive, Gemma must fight to protect her niece and the world from what she created.

From our review:

The graveyard of terrible horror comedies is among the saddest and most boring in film. It’s filled with hundreds of tasteless parodies, ridiculous messes, silly trash, and probably a few unfortunate movies that weren’t intentionally made to laugh. The subgenre’s worst films feel like tightrope acts, trying too hard to balance what creators seem to think are two opposite extremes, hoping audiences will be laughing one moment and screaming the next. But following in the footsteps of classics like the original Chucky movie child’s playDirector Gerard Johnstone and the team behind new horror comedy M3GAN realize that laughing and screaming aren’t all that different – and more importantly, that either can be the key to a great time.

Life turned upside down

Where to see: Available for $6.99 from Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Image: IFC Films

Genre: comedy/drama
Duration: 1h 28m
Director: Cecilia Miniucchi
Pour: Bob Odenkirk, Radha Mitchell, Danny Huston

Three couples forced into quarantine in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic are looking at their lives, their friends, partners and themselves differently as they re-evaluate everything and everyone they once thought important. I know this sounds grumpy, but it’s a comedy – I swear! Look, there’s even Bob Odenkirk in there! He’s a fun guy when he’s not playing a disbarred lawyer working for a methamphetamine empire, right?

When you’re done saving the world

Where to see: Available for $19.99 AmazonApple and Vudu

Image: A24

Genre: Black comedy/drama
Duration: 1h 28m
Director: Jesse Eisenberg
Pour: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Alisha Boe

Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard), a high school student with a passion for folk music, and his mother, Evelyn (Julianne Moore), the director of a women’s shelter, just can’t get along. In Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut, the pair begin to seek emotional reciprocity in others and what exactly they are looking for in their relationship as their relationship begins to unravel.