We’re approaching the end of April and with it comes a deluge of new movies available to watch at home.
The headline is Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The latest MCU project is making its home viewing debut on digital VOD platforms this week (no word yet on when Quantumania coming on Disney Plus), just like the folk horror project Eny’s men.
As for the streaming platforms, Netflix is bringing the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers back into the movie event Once & alwaysand the Whitney Houston biopic I want to dance with someone also comes on the service. Ana de Armas/Chris Evans spy romcom Ghosted debuts on Apple TV Plus, Jafar Panahi’s critically acclaimed No bears arrives on Criterion Channel, and there’s a lot more to watch this weekend.
Let’s get into it.
New on Netflix
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and for all
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Photo: Geoffrey H. Kort/Netflix
Genre: Action
Duration: 55m
Director: Charlie Haskel
Form: Walter Jones, Steve Cardenas, Johnny Yong Bosch
The Power Rangers are back! The cast of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers returns for this TV special Once & always, just in time for the show’s 30th anniversary. Although it is considered a TV show by Netflix, we include it here because it is a one-off episode, which definitely sounds like a movie. And to increase your nostalgic viewing pleasure, we have already collected all references and Easter eggs for you.
I want to dance with someone
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Sony Pictures release
Genre: Biopic
Duration: 2h 24m
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Form: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders
This musical biopic follows the story of Whitney Houston’s rise in the 1980s as one of the most talented singers of her generation. The film covers her discovery by record executive Clive Davis (Stanley Tucci), her relationship with Bobby Brown (Ashton Sanders), and her rise to superstardom before her sudden death.
A tourist guide to love
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Photo: Sasidis Sasisakulporn/Netflix
Genre: Romantic comedy
Duration: 1h 34m
Director: Steven Tsuchida
Form: Rachael Leigh Cook, Scott Ly, Missi Pyle
When an American travel manager who has just broken up goes to Vietnam on an undercover assignment, she falls into a whirlwind romance with her tour guide.
New to Hulu
Quasi
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: Hulu
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 1h 39m
Director: Kevin Heffernan
Form: Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan
The Broken Lizard comic troupe (Supertroopers) returns for this R-rated period comedy about a man who receives conflicting orders from the Pope and the King of France: to kill the other.
New on Prime Video
Judy Blume forever
Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime video
Image: Prime Video
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1h 37m
Drivers: Leah Wolchok, Davina Pardo
Form: Judy Blume, Molly Ringwald, Lena Dunham
Judy Blume is a treasure. The upcoming adaptation of her classic coming-of-age story Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret looks great, and this documentary tells Blume’s own coming-of-age story.
New on Apple TV Plus
Ghosted
Where to watch: Available to stream on Apple TV Plus
Image: Apple TV Plus
Genre: Romantic comedy action
Duration: 1h 56m
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Form: Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Adrien Brody
A reversal of romantic comedy and action movie tropes, Ghosted stars Chris Evans as a man who falls for a woman (Ana de Armas) from whom he never hears again. Spurred on by romantic fervor, he decides to surprise her with a visit from around the world, only to discover that she is actually a secret agent in the middle of a dangerous operation.
New to MGM Plus
Until
Where to watch: Available to stream on MGMplus
Image: United Artists release
Genre: Biopic
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes
Director: Chinonie Chukwu
Form: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison
Danielle Deadwyler stars in Chinonye Chukwu’s biographical drama about Mamie Till, the woman who campaigned for justice after the violent lynching of her son, Emmett Till, while visiting relatives in Mississippi.
New on Criterion Channel
No bears
Where to watch: Available to stream on Criteria channel
Image: Janus Films
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1h 46m
Director: Jafar Panahi
Form: Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobasheri
Jafar Panahi, the celebrated Iranian director known for personal and political films like The circle And This is not a moviewas sentenced to six years in prison last year. He began a hunger strike in February and wash Released 48 hours later under house arrestbut is barred from making or directing filmsgranting interviews, or leave Iran for any reason apart from religious pilgrimages or essential medical treatments. Despite all this, Pahani managed to direct a new film: a drama centered around two parallel love stories who struggle to understand the unfathomable and terrifying challenges inherent in both the supernatural world of faith and the material politics of their homeland.
New on VOD
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Where to watch: Available to purchase for $19.99 on Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Photo: Jay Maidment/Marvel Studios
Genre: Superhero action
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes
Director: Peyton Reed
Form: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors
The latest entry in the MCU finally makes it home, as Ant-Man, the Wasp, and the rest of the gang head to the Quantumverse to take on Kang.
Kang is played by Jonathan Majors, who was once set up to be the future of the MCU but has been dropped from multiple projects after being arrested in March on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment.
A thousand and one
Where to watch: On rent for $19.99 Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Image: Focus functions
Genre: Drama/Mystery
Duration: 1h 56m
Director: AV Rockwell
Form: Teyana Taylor, Will Catlett, Josiah Cross
AV Rockwell’s 2022 drama is set in 1994 and stars singer-actress Teyana Taylor (Coming 2 America) as Inez, a short-tempered woman who, after being released from Rikers Island, kidnaps her 6-year-old son Terry (Josiah Cross) in an attempt to reconcile with him and give him a better upbringing than the one that she had.
Eny’s men
Where to watch: Available to rent Available to rent for $6.99 on Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Image: Neon
Genre: Experimental folk horror
Duration: 1h 31m
Director: Mark Jenkins
Form: Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe
If you thought Skin amarink was the only breakthrough in experimental horror in 2022, think again: Mark Jenkin’s experimental folk-horror set on a deserted island off the coast of Cornwall is here to give Kyle Edward Ball a run for his money. Shot entirely on 16mm film, Eny’s men (Cornish for “Stone Island”) follows a wildlife volunteer (Mary Woodvine) in 1973 who is plagued by strange and disturbing visions after repeated contact with a rare psychotropic flower. The film’s trailer certainly looks terrifying, with scenes of the volunteer exploring the quiet and menacing corners of the island punctuated by winking images of lurking men and giggling flower girls à la 1973’s The Wicker Man.