Moonfall, 7 new Netflix movies and everything to watch at home

This weekend moonfallthe latest sci-fi disaster movie from independence Day Director Roland Emmerich, is finally available to rent on VOD. If a movie about a celestial body crashing into the earth doesn’t sound like your idea of ​​a fun Friday movie, don’t worry; we have many more great new releases on VOD and streaming to choose from.

This week’s selection includes bladderthe new post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance anime movie by attack on Titan director Tetsurō Araki; the sequel to the 2020 Polish-Italian erotic drama 365 days; The South African historical drama Siege of Silverton; and four other new films are available to stream on Netflix. The teenage rom-com Crush with Rowan Blanchard (A wrinkle in time) will stream on Hulu while the biographical sports drama The survivor with Ben Foster (hell or flood) can be viewed on HBO Max. Top it all off with the release of 2022’s psychological thriller The aviary on VOD and you can watch a weekend of great new entertainment.

So you know what’s new and available, here are the new movies to watch this weekend via streaming and VOD.

moonfall

Where to see: Can be rented for $5.99 Apple, Amazonwudu

Image: Lionsgate

Roland Emmerich’s latest catastrophe epic sums it up: the moon is falling. Featuring an ensemble cast of Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, Michael Peña and Donald Sutherland, moonfall is a bit of a throwback to an era when disaster movies were a more fashionable blockbuster genre.

From our review:

Emmerich made a name for himself as one of the last great disaster movie kings. The genre that made him famous through films like independence Day and The day after tomorrow

, has fallen out of favor as cinematic destruction has largely become the purview of superhero films. moonfall is a throwback to that sort of spectacle, but it’s one that makes a terrible argument for the genre’s return. Which is a shame because moonfall is a killer title/premise combo, the kind of cinematic cheese that makes blockbuster lovers perk up at the sheer weirdness (sorry) of it all.

bladder

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

Image: Wit Studio/Netflix

attack on Titan Director Tetsurō Araki, Writer Gen Urobuchi (Magi Madoke’s magical girl), character designer Takeshi Obata (death notice) and composer Hiroyuki Sawano (Promare) combine to create a contemporary riff by Hans Christian Andersen The little mermaid With bladder, the latest Netflix original anime feature produced by Wit Studio. The film is set in an alternate universe where Tokyo has been cut off from the outside world after gravity-defying bubbles rain down from the sky onto a roof, only to be rescued by Uta, a mysterious girl with miraculous powers.

From our review:

bladder is at its best when it comes to the psychology of its main character rather than the dramatically sluggish menace of enraged magic bubbles. It sheds more light on its cast when it’s not about its ridiculous “Tokyo Battlekour” rivalries. And the ending of the film is beautiful, no matter how unformed the ideas behind it are. It’s a nicely animated movie about the little mermaid learning parkour. This commitment to the anime tradition of taking literary adaptations in totally unexpected directions has to count for something.

Crush

Where to see: Available for streaming Hi

Image: Hulu

When aspiring artist Paige (Rowan Blanchard) joins her high school track team to get closer to her longtime crush Gabrielle (Isabella Ferreira), she finds herself unexpectedly attracted to teammate AJ (Auli’i Cravalho) instead. As the two grow closer, Paige is faced with the difficult decision of not just who she wants to be with, but what she wants out of a relationship in the first place.

365 days: This day

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

Image: Netflix

365 days: This day goes past the cliffhanger of the 2020 Polish-Italian adult drama as the budding marriage of Laura (Anna-Maria Sieklucka) and her former kidnapper-turned-lover, Massimo (Michele Morrone) is not only of Massimo’s crime family, but also of threatened by a rival love interest who will stop at nothing to seduce Laura for himself. How does it compare to the original?

From our review:

Debased by the problematic premise of the first film, This day is easier than enjoying guilt-free camp. There are moments of mature, tasteless abandon that are downright hilarious, on purpose or (more likely) not. The White Bride Lamborghini. Then the honeymoon game of sex golf, where Laura Pole dances on the flag of the green spreads her legs to invite Massimo’s putt. The shackles with the gold embossing “Fuck Me”. The extraordinary display of glasses as Massimo and Laura conceal their cross-eyed pouts, clogged frowns and contorted sex faces in increasingly extravagant arrangements of tinted glass. (Speak over 50 shades.)

Kongsi Raya

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

The Malaysian comedy of 2022 Kongsi Raya follows Jack (Wilson Lee) and Sharifah, a Chinese chef and Malaysian television producer, whose budding romance is smothered by their long-estranged fathers. When the two fathers challenge each other to a televised cooking duel, the couple must find a solution to end the feud and save their future together.

Siege of Silverton

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

Image: Netflix

Based on a true story, the 2022 South African historical drama Siege of Silverton follows the story of three young freedom fighters who take a South African bank hostage in exchange for the release of Nelson Mandela.

The Marilyn Monroe Mystery: The Unheard Tapes

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

Image: Netflix

The Netflix documentary attempts to trace the events leading up to the tragic death of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe and the tangle of conspiracies that erupted in the decades following her death. Compiled from previously unreleased footage of Monroe and those closest to her, The Marilyn Monroe Mystery: The Unheard Tapes

Honeymoon with my mother

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

Image: Netflix

When he is set down in front of the altar, José Luís (Quim Gutiérrez) is persuaded by his overbearing mother Mari (Carmen Machi) to go on their honeymoon anyway so as not to waste money. With every moment that José feels more unhappy and exhausted, his mother is having the time of her life. Overwhelmed by this newfound side of his mother’s personality, José tries to learn from her how to make the best of a bad situation.

space jump

Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Netflix

The German coming-of-age comedy 2022 space jump follows a young Amish man (Jonas Holdenrieder) who embarks on an initiation journey to Berlin in search of a life he never knew outside of the church. As he discovers everything the city has to offer, from parties and romance to new friends and adventures, he must decide which life has more to offer him.

The survivor

Where to see: Available for streaming HBO Max

Image: HBO

Directed by Barry Levinson (Father, The magician of lies), The survivor dramatizes the real-life story of Harry Haft (Ben Foster), a former Auschwitz prisoner-turned-professional boxer searching for his lost love while wrestling with lingering guilt over his reluctant complicity in the Nazi spectacle of barbarism.

i love america

Where to see: Available for streaming Amazon Prime Video

Image: Amazon Prime Video

Liberated by the death of her mother, a divorced French filmmaker (Sophie Marceau) decides to move across the Atlantic, from Paris to Los Angeles, in this rom-com.

The aviary

Where to see: Can be rented for $6.99 AmazonApple and Vudu

Image: Saban Films

Malin Akerman and Lorenza Izzo star in 2022’s psychological thriller The aviary as Jillian and Blair, two women who flee together into the deserts of New Mexico to escape the clutches of an insidious cult known as the Skylight. Plagued by malevolent visions of Skylight’s leader Seth (Chris Messina), the two grow increasingly suspicious of one another as the journey to freedom and safety grows ever more arduous. Is there any hope for them to escape Seth’s influence, or are they doomed to return to his flock?