Despicable Me 4, The Bikeriders and all the new movies to stream this week
Every week at Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases for streaming and VOD, and highlight the biggest and best new movies to watch at home.
This week, Despicable Me 4the latest Minions film starring Steve Carell is coming to VOD after its theatrical premiere earlier this year. That’s not all, though, as we also have several exciting streaming premieres this weekend, including The Bikeriders on Peacock, The Chimaera on Hulu, The instigators on Apple TV Plus, and more.
Here’s everything new to check out this weekend!
New on Netflix
Mission: Cross
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Genre: Action comedy
Playing time: 1h 40m
Director: Lee Myung-hoon
Form: Hwang Jung-min, Yum Jung-Ah, Jeon Hye-jin
A retired secret agent (Hwang Jung-min) unexpectedly finds himself back in the fight for international espionage when he becomes involved in a mission involving his wife (Yum Jung-ah), a detective who knows absolutely nothing about her husband’s past life.
New on Hulu
The Chimaera
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: Neon
Genre: Comedy-drama of that time
Playing time: 2h 13m
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Form: Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini
The latest from masterful Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher (As happy as Lazzaro, The student) stars one of the Challengers boys as British archaeologist in a story about stolen historical artifacts. The Chimaera was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2023.
New on Prime Video
One quick movement
Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video
Genre: Action drama
Playing time: 1h 58m
Director: Kelly Blatz
Form: KJ Apa, Eric Dane, Maia Reficco
KJ What is (Riverdale) stars in this sports drama as Wes, a troubled young man who tries to convince his estranged father, Dean (Eric Dane), to teach him how to become a professional motorcycle racer. By taking him under his wing, Dean and Wes are forced to process their troubled relationship while attempting to create a new future for themselves.
New on Apple TV Plus
The instigators
Where to watch: Available to stream on Apple TV Plus
Image: Apple
Genre: Heist comedy
Playing time: 1h 41m
Director: Doug Liman
Form: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau
Matt Damon and director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) reunite for this irreverent crime comedy starring Casey Affleck (Manchester by the sea) and Hong Chau (The Whale). Damon plays Rory, an ex-Marine who agrees to team up with an ex-con (Affleck) to rob the mayor’s fundraiser. When the botched heist sparks a citywide manhunt by police and the vengeful crime boss behind the plot, the two consensually kidnap Rory’s therapist (Chau) in their desperate bid to escape and survive.
New on Peacock
The Bikeriders
Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock
Image: 20th Century Studios
Genre: Crime drama
Playing time: 1h 56m
Director: Jeff Nichols
Form: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy
The Bikeriders follows a motorcycle club over the course of a decade as they evolve from a casual gathering of enthusiasts into a hardened gang. Jodie Comer plays Kathy, a young woman who finds herself caught up in the world of biker gangs after meeting the hotheaded Benny (Austin Butler).
From our review:
The Bikeriders is a film full of old-fashioned, simple pleasures: great music, perfect costumes, myth-making shots, and a cast of great character actors who really go for it. (Including, but not limited to, Michael Shannon, West Side Story‘s Mike Faist, Justified(‘s Damon Herriman, and a completely unrecognizable Norman Reedus as a rugged California wild-man biker.) It’s a film about looking at the beautiful, unknowable people on screen — and that one beautiful, unknowable person in particular — just as Hardy’s character does at one point with Marlon Brando in The Wildand think: What would it be like to are them?
New for rent
Despicable Me 4
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Lighting
Genre: Comedy
Playing time: 1h 34m
Directors: Chris Renaud
Form: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin
Gru, former supervillain turned secret agent, is back in an all-new adventure! Despicable Me 4 sees Gru and his family relocate when his former rival Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell) resurfaces seeking revenge. As Gru’s family tries to adjust to their new home, Gru’s teenage neighbor tries to follow in his villainous footsteps, while Gru’s henchmen decide to become superheroes. That’s a lotI know!
From our review:
Despicable Me 4 is full of good ideas, many of which play into what people love about these movies: Minion antics, Gru’s villainy versus his normal family life, and over-the-top Big Bad Guy theatrics. But all of these bits and pieces are jumbled together and don’t cohere enough to make sense as a story. The film is dissonant, like a bunch of musicians playing unfamiliar instruments (or a bunch of — dare I say it — Minions with instruments) trying to make a coherent song. But in the midst of the chaos, the music occasionally starts to sound good — a cool, jazzy saxophone solo briefly rises above the cacophony. You just have to grit your teeth and ignore the clattering drums and out-of-tune oboes around it.
Dandelion
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: IFC Films
Genre: Drama
Playing time: 1h 53m
Director: Nicole Riegel
Form: KiKi Layne, Thomas Doherty, Melanie Nicholls-King
KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk) stars in this musical drama as Dandelion, a struggling singer-songwriter who travels the country performing while longing for a career breakthrough she fears may never come. After developing a romance with Casey (Thomas Doherty), another disaffected musician, their love proves to be the unintended catalyst for Dandelion to discover an authentic artistic voice that is all her own.
Widow Clicquot
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Vertical Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Playing time: 1h 30m
Director: Thomas Napper
Form: Haley Bennett, Leo Suter, Natasha O’Keeffe
In this costume drama, Haley Bennett (swallow) as Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, the widow of an 18th-century winegrower who becomes the head of their fledgling vineyard after his untimely death. Battling financial hardship and political turmoil, Barbe-Nicole must fight to make a name for herself and bring the business to fruition.