Netflix's "Extraction 2", "Beau Is Afraid" and all the new movies to watch

The summer film season is preparing for it in earnest The Lightning come out this weekend and movies like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Barbie, OppenheimerAnd Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One everything just around the corner.

While you wait, there are plenty of new releases this weekend to enjoy from the comfort of your sofa. is groundbreaking extraction 2, the sequel to one of Netflix’s biggest original hits, bringing Chris Hemsworth back for the explosive action franchise. There is also the new film by Ari Aster Beau is scareda Stan Lee documentary on Disney Plus, a new action collaboration between Gerard Butler and Ric Roman Waugh and the critically acclaimed polite societyan action comedy about sisters and martial arts.

Let’s get into that.

New on Netflix

extraction 2

Where to see: Available for streaming Netflix

Genre: action thriller
Duration: 2h 2m
Director: Sam Hargrave
Pour: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Tinatin Dalakishvili

One of the greatest Netflix originals of all time gets its long-awaited sequel: star Chris Hemsworth and stuntman and director Sam Hargrave return for Tyler Rake’s latest adventure. This new one promises a flaming fistfight, an extended one-take sequence, and more.

New to Disney Plus

stan lee

Where to see: Available for streaming DisneyPlus

Genre: documentary
Duration: 1h 26m
Director: David Yellow
Pour: stan lee

The life of the comic legend is documented Jiro dreams of sushi Director David Gelb, premiered on Disney Plus after his Tribeca Film Festival debut.

New on Hulu

Knight

Where to see: Available for streaming hulu

Kelvin Harrison Jr. holds up his violin while standing in front of an orchestra in Chevalier

Genre: biopic
Duration: 1h 48m
Director: Stephen Williams
Pour: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton

Knight tells the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the pioneering black fencer and musician of 18th-century France who became a prominent member of high society.

New to Peacock

polite society

Where to see: Available for streaming peacock

Ria, a Pakistani teenage girl in a traditional green and gold dance costume, stretches her arms out in a fighting stance.

Genre: action comedy
Duration: 1h 44m
Director: Nida Manzoor
Pour: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Renu Brindle

When a young girl on her way to becoming a stuntwoman learns that her sister is engaged to a man, she suspects that the man and his mother are up to no good. So she does the only thing one can do in such a situation: she tries to sabotage the relationship while beating the guy to the extreme.

polite society Sounds like an exciting, fun time, and it’s one of the films I’ve been most looking forward to this year – it’s on our list of the best films of the year so far, and for good reason. After you’ve seen it, be sure to read this interview with the director about it polite society‘S diverse influences.

New on VOD

Beau is scared

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

Genre: drama
Duration: 2h 59m
Director: Ari Aster
Pour: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan

A24 horror maestro Ari Aster returns with a horror project of a different kind in this tale about a man confronting his fears after the death of his mother.

Kandahar

Where to see: Can be rented for $19.99 AmazonApple and Vudu

Genre: action
Duration: 1h 59m
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Pour: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal

Gerard Butler reunites with stuntman and director Ric Roman Waugh (Greenland) for this multi-dimensional war story about a CIA agent trying to get to Kandahar, Afghanistan, with the help of a translator (Navid Negahban, who is fantastic in this film) after his cover is blown.