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Good Friday, Polygon readers! Each week, we round up the biggest new releases from streaming and video rentals, highlighting the biggest and best new movies you can watch at home.
No hard feelingscoming-of-age sex comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence, coming to Netflix this week with Old dads, the directorial debut of comedian Bill Burr. Action-comedy-drama Polite Society is coming to Prime with a Chinese World War II thriller. Hidden Blade starring Tony Leung, a horror thriller Web featuring Antony Starr (Boys) lands on Hulu. There are also plenty of new movies to rent this week, e.g. Saw; the latest installment in the long-running horror franchise starring Tobin Bell and more.
Here’s everything new to watch this weekend!
New on Netflix
No hard feelings
Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix
Photo: Makall Polay/Sony Pictures Entertainment
Genre: Comedy
Lead time: 1h 43m
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Throw: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti
Jennifer Lawrence stars in this raunchy and sweet comedy as Maddie, a young woman who is torn between working as an Uber driver and part-time bartender in order to pay off the house she inherited from her late mother. After her car is towed, Maddie is given a unique opportunity: to seduce Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman), the college-bound son of a wealthy couple, in exchange for a new set of wheels. Simple enough, right? Yes, Maddie thought so too.
From our review,
Like most funny stories, No hard feelings At first glance it seems like a bad idea. It’s a film in which Jennifer Lawrence, in her first starring role in a full-fledged comedy, spends about 103 minutes trying to seduce a socially awkward 19-year-old for financial gain. It’s also very funny and a great reminder of how good J-Law is at lighting up the screen.
Old dads
Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix
Photo: Michael Moriatis/Netflix
Genre: Comedy
Lead time: 1h 44m
Director: Bill Burr
Throw: Bill Burr, Bokeem Woodbine, Bobby Cannavale
Three old friends later become fathers, but face the generational hassles that come with dealing with anyone born (or anything created) after the 1980s. Old dads This is Bill Burr’s directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with writer/producer Ben Tischler.
New on Hulu
Web
Where to see: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: Lionsgate
Genre: Horror thriller
Lead time: 1h 28m
Director: Samuel Bodine
Throw: Lizzy Caplan, Woody Norman, Antony Starr
This horror thriller from the creator of Netflix’s scariest show follows Peter (Woody Norman), a troubled boy who, after hearing mysterious knocking sounds coming from the walls of his home, seeks help in uncovering a terrible secret kept from his parents.
From our review,
Boden tries to evoke fear with long shots of the film’s few signature set pieces—the aforementioned pumpkin patch or the old grandfather clock and refrigerator, each of which hides a secret passage—but he doesn’t do anything special to present these images as anything powerful or forceful. sinister. It’s as if Web The story takes place in a haunted house where nothing has really happened in a long time, even though there is a woman’s voice lurking behind the walls.
New on Prime Video
Polite Society
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video.
Photo: Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features
Genre: Action-comedy-drama
Lead time: 1h 44m
Director: Nida Manzur
Throw: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya
When a teenage girl who plans to become a stuntwoman finds out 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 possible in this situation: try to sabotage the relationship and beat the crap out of the guy at the same time.
Polite Society sounds like raucous fun, and it’s one of the films I’ve been most looking forward to streaming after its short, limited release in the US. After you see it, be sure to read this interview with the director about Polite Societyvarious influences.
Hidden Blade
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video.
Image: Well Go USA Entertainment
Genre: Historical spy thriller
Lead time: 2 hours 8 minutes
Director: Cheng Er
Throw: Tony Leung, Wang Yibo, Zhou Xun
In this Chinese World War II thriller, the incredible Tony Leung plays the director of Shanghai’s political security department, who finds himself in the midst of great upheaval. The Japanese occupation is burning down, the Chinese Communist Party is on the rise, and Leung’s character finds himself at the center of it all. It’s a tense, superb, sometimes obscure thriller with a superb lead performance from one of the best actors of his generation.
Silver Dollar Road
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video.
Genre: Documentaries
Lead time: 1h 40m
Director: Raoul Peck
Throw: John S. Barnett, Classy Curley, Melvin Davis
I’m not your Negro In this new documentary, director Raoul Peck turns his attention to the history of the Reels family. After a family’s hard-fought battle to retain their rights to their North Carolina waterfront property from predatory developers, Silver Dollar Road uses archival footage and interviews with the family to tell their story.
Surrounded
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video.
Image: MGM
Genre: West
Lead time: 1h 40m
Director: Anthony Mandler
Throw: Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell, Michael K. Williams
Letitia Wright (ur.Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Small Ax) stars in this new Western as a freedwoman who disguises herself as a man involved in a plot to take over a gold mine. On her journey, she comes face to face with legendary outlaw Tommy Walsh (Jamie Bell), whom she holds captive after her stagecoach is ambushed by a gang of marauding thieves and murderers. Surrounded also includes the final performance of the late Michael K. Williams, which completed filming before his death in 2021.
What’s New in Apple TV Plus
Pigeon Tunnel
Where to see: Available to stream on Apple TV
Image: Apple TV Plus
Genre: Documentaries
Lead time: 1h 32m
Director: Errol Morris
Throw: John le Carré
John le Carré is my favorite writer. His spy novels are notable for their thoroughness – as a former spy he had a lot to draw from – but also for their cynicism about the callousness of this particular craft. Distinguished documentarian Errol Morris (Thin blue line) turns his camera to the life of the late, great Le Carré, one of the best and most important authors of the 20th century.
New from Pavlin
Ruby Gillman, Teen Kraken
Where to see: Available to stream on Peacock
Image: Universal Pictures
Genre: Action-comedy
Lead time: 1h 31m
Director: Kirk DeMicco
Throw: Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy
This animated comedy follows a bumbling high school student who discovers that she is descended from a long line of kraken monster warriors. Destined to inherit her grandmother’s throne and protect the seas from tyrannical mermaids, Ruby must master her newfound powers and choose her own path as she prepares to accept her destiny.
New for rent
Saw
Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu.
Image: Lionsgate
Genre: Horror
Lead time: 1h 58m
Director: Kevin Greutert
Throw: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Sinnev Macody Lund
Tobin Bell reprises his role as the Machiavellian puzzle killer in the 10th installment of the long-running horror franchise Saw. A prequel set between the events of the original film and the events of 2005. Saw IISaw X follows John Kramer as he travels to Mexico to undergo an experimental treatment to cure his cancer. When he realizes that the entire program is a complete scam, John enlists the help of his student Amanda Young (Shaunie Smith) to organize a series of elaborate “games” to achieve his own twisted justice.
Lynch/Oz
Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu.
Genre: Documentaries
Lead time: 1h 48m
Director: Alexander O. Philip
Throw: Amy Nicholson, Rodney Asher, John Waters
This documentary puts a magnifying glass on the career of David Lynch, one of the most unique and experimental storytellers of his generation, and how his lifelong love affair with the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz inspired his work. Divided into six chapters, the film is narrated by several renowned directors, including Karyn Kusama, Rodney Asher and David Lowery.
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