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Good Friday, Polygon readers!
Each week, we round up the biggest new releases in streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies you can watch at home.
This week, Bottomraunchy high school comedy starring Rachel Sennott (Bodies Bodies Bodies) and Ayo Edebiri (Bear), is finally available for rental upon request. Comedy by Peter Atencio Car Comedian Bert Kreischer and Mark Hamill Starring Coming to Streaming on Netflix and Sci-Fi Horror Thriller No one will save you starring Kaitlyn Dever (Book Shop) Premieres on Hulu. There are plenty more exciting releases to stream and rent this weekend, including a horror-comedy slasher film. Slaughterhouse and Guy Ritchie’s war action movie Covenant starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
Here’s everything new to watch this weekend!
New on Netflix
Car
Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Alexander Letich/Screen Gems
Genre: Action-comedy
Lead time: 1h 52m
Director: Peter Atencio
Throw: Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Jimmy Tatro
Comedian Bert Kreischer is reenacting his viral story about the wild trip he took to Russia as a college freshman, earning him the nickname “The Machine.” Kreischer portrays a fictionalized version of himself who, 23 years later, is kidnapped by a Russian bandit along with his father (Mark Hamill) as part of an elaborate revenge scheme for a pocket watch. Yes, I’m as confused as you are.
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Netflix
Genre: Adventure comedy
Lead time: 1h 48m
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Throw: Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Connor Esterson
The spy kids are back! Robert Rodriguez returns to his passion project, co-writing this feature with his son Racer Max in the fifth film in the franchise. Gone are Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara (as well as Joel McHale and Jessica Alba from the previous entry); featuring Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi. This time, the new child spies will have to stop a computer virus from taking over the world.
New on Hulu
Sanctuary
Where to see: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: NEON
Genre: Erotic thriller
Lead time: 1h 36m
Director: Zachary Wigon
Throw: Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott
A wealthy luxury hotel heir (Christopher Abbott) is determined to enjoy one last fling with his longtime dominatrix (Margaret Qualley). After learning that her client wishes to end their relationship, the dominatrix hatches an impromptu plot to force him to confront both the nature of their liaison and his own deep-seated insecurities.
No one will save you
Where to see: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: 20th Century Studios
Genre: Sci-fi horror thriller
Lead time: 1h 33m
Director: Brian Duffield
Throw: Kaitlyn Dever, Elizabeth Kaluev, Zach Duhaime
Kaitlyn Dever (ur.Book Shop) stars in this new sci-fi horror thriller as Brynn, a socially anxious recluse whose childhood home is invaded by aliens. As she desperately searches for someone who can help her, Brynn is forced to face regrets about her past while trying to survive.
From our review:
As the action gets large and eventually moves beyond the surrounding wooded area, Duffield firmly sets No one will save you in the canon of home invasions, using the Brynn house itself, peering through the frescoes on the glass windows and peering between the curls of the intricate wooden columns. Even household appliances can instill fear; When Brynn first encounters the invaders, she finds herself trapped behind her refrigerator door as they telepathically rip the kitchen apart. It’s a chilling moment that highlights how Brynn’s once familiar and mundane home has become a weapon against her due to the mere presence of these otherworldly creatures.
Bad ax
Where to see: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: IFC Films
Genre: Documentaries
Lead time: 1h 40m
Director: David Seve
Throw: Skyler Janssen, Michael Meinhold, Chun Siw
This documentary follows the lives of the Siws, an average Asian American family living in rural Michigan whose lives are upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hunted by neo-Nazis and haunted by memories of the killing fields of Cambodia, the Sievs fight to keep their family restaurant and the American dream alive during a time of great panic.
New on Prime Video
“Testament” by Guy Ritchie
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video.
Photo: Christopher Raphael/MGM
Genre: Military action thriller
Lead time: 2 hours 3 minutes
Director: Guy Ritchie
Throw: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Sean Sagar
One of two films released this year about American soldiers carrying out difficult missions with their translators (along with the film by Rick Roman Waugh). Kandahar), Covenant sees Jake Gyllenhaal team up with Guy Ritchie for the wartime drama.
Cassander
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video.
Image: Amazon Studios
Genre: Biographical drama
Lead time: 1h 47m
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Throw: Gael Garcia Bernal, Roberta Colindres, Perla De La Rosa
Gael Garcia BernalStation eleven) stars in this new biopic as Saul Armendariz, a gay luchador from El Paso who regularly crosses the border to perform at wrestling matches. By donning the persona of Cassandro, he creates a new identity for himself as a flamboyant drag wrestler with a charismatic personality.
One thousand and one
Where to see: Available to stream on Prime Video.
Image: Focus functions
Genre: Drama
Lead time: 1h 57m
Director: A. W. Rockwell
Throw: Teyana Taylor, William Catlett, Josiah Cross
Set in 1994, the A.W. Rockwell drama stars singer and actress Teyana Taylor (Coming 2 America) as Inez, a hot-tempered woman who, after being released from Rikers Island, kidnaps her 6-year-old son in an attempt to not only reconcile with him, but also provide him with a better upbringing than the one she had. It’s one of the best films of the year, and it’s finally available for wider home viewing.
New on Paramount Plus
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Where to see: Available to stream on Paramount Plus.
Image: Nickelodeon/Paramount
Genre: Animated superhero action film
Lead time: 1h 39m
Director: Jeff Rowe
Throw: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicholas Cantu, Brady Noon
This animated reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, created by Seth Rogen, reimagines the origin story of Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo and Leonardo, four turtles mutated by a mysterious slime who grow up under the tutelage of their adoptive father Splinter (Jackie Chan). . When the Turtle brothers cross paths with April O’Neil (Ayo Edebiri), an aspiring high school journalist, the Turtles decide to help her uncover a shadowy syndicate led by a mysterious crime lord known as “Superfly.”
New about Schuder
Angry black girl and her monster
Where to see: Available to stream on Shudder and AMC Plus.
Image: RLJE Films
Genre: Sci-fi horror
Lead time: 1h 31m
Director: Bomani J. Story
Throw: Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad Coleman
This new sci-fi horror film follows a 17-year-old genius (Laya DeLeon Hayes) who uses her know-how to resurrect her dead brother and bring him down on the drug dealers and corrupt cops who hunted him in life. Think Frankensteinbut in a modern interpretation.
New for rent
Bottom
Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu.
Image: MGM
Genre: Comedy
Lead time: 1h 31m
Director: Emma Seligman
Throw: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Marshawn Lynch
Comedies about teenage girls are back in fashion, and Bottom is a remarkable achievement from this year’s harvest. The film follows a trio of comedy stars as high school girls start a fight club to try to impress the popular girls at school they have crushes on. Chaos ensues.
Slaughterhouse
Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu.
Genre: Slasher comedy
Lead time: 1h 33m
Director: Matthew Goodhue
Throw: Stefan Kapicic, Lisa Ambalavanar, Olivia Ruir
When a sorority girl adopts a sloth, a group of people start dying, asking the question: What if it’s a slasher movie, but maybe the sloth did it?
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu.
Genre: Black comedy
Lead time: 1h 36m
Director: Adam Segal
Throw: Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver, Christopher Lloyd
In this comedy, based on a true story, Simon Pegg plays a renowned paranormal psychologist who is hired to investigate whether mongooses can really talk. Neil Gaiman is the voice of the mongoose. Based on this, you are either inside or outside.
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