Happy Friday, Polygon readers!
Every week, we round up the hottest new releases from streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies to watch at home.
This week, Downthe raunchy high school comedy starring Rachel Sennott (Body Body Body) and Ayo Edebiri (The bear), is finally available for rental on VOD. Peter Atencio’s action comedy The machine starring comedian Bert Kreischer and Mark Hamill is coming to streaming on Netflix, and the sci-fi horror thriller Nobody will save you with Kaitlyn Dever (Smart book) premieres on Hulu. There are tons of other exciting releases to choose from to stream and rent this weekend, including the slasher horror comedy Lazy house and Guy Ritchie’s military action thriller The agreement with Jake Gyllenhaal.
Here’s all the new releases to watch this weekend!
New on Netflix
The machine
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Netflix
Image: Aleksandar Letic/Screen Gems
Gender: Action comedy
Duration: 1h 52min
Director: Peter Atencio
Cast: Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Jimmy Tatro
Comedian and actor Bert Kreischer recreates his viral story about a crazy trip to Russia he took as a college freshman that earned him the nickname “The Machine.” Kreischer portrays a fictionalized version of himself who, 23 years later, is kidnapped by a Russian gangster along with his father (Mark Hamill) as part of an elaborate revenge plan over a pocket watch. Yeah, I’m as confused as you.
Child Spies: Armageddon
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Netflix
Image: Netflix
Gender: Adventure comedy
Duration: 1h 48min
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Connor Esterson
Spy Kids is back! Robert Rodriguez returns to his passion project, co-writing this article with his son Racer Max, in what is the fifth film in the franchise. Gone are Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara (and Joel McHale and Jessica Alba from the previous entry); there’s Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi. This time, the new child spies must prevent a computer virus from taking over the world.
New on Hulu
Sanctuary
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Hulu
Image: NEON
Gender: Erotic thriller
Duration: 1h 36min
Director: Zachary Wigon
Cast: Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott
The wealthy scion of a luxury hotel franchise (Christopher Abbott) is determined to enjoy one last fling with his frequent dominatrix (Margaret Qualley). Upon 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 affair and his own deep-rooted insecurities.
Nobody will save you
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Hulu
Image: 20th Century Studios
Gender: Horror and sci-fi thriller
Duration: 1h 33min
Director: Brian Duffield
Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Elizabeth Kaluev, Zack Duhame
Kaitlyn Dever (Smart book) stars in this new sci-fi horror thriller as Brynn, a socially anxious shut-in whose childhood home is invaded by aliens. As she frantically searches for someone to help her, Brynn is forced to confront the regrets of her past as she struggles to survive.
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As the action gains momentum and eventually moves to the surrounding wooded environs, Duffield firmly places Nobody will save you in the home invasion canon using Brynn’s house itself, looking through the glass murals and peeking between the braids of elaborate wooden pillars. Even household appliances can cause fear; When Brynn first encounters the invaders, she finds herself trapped behind her refrigerator door as they telepathically tear the kitchen apart. It’s a chilling moment that highlights how Brynn’s once familiar and mundane home has been used as a weapon against her by the mere presence of these otherworldly creatures.
Bad ax
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Hulu
Image: IFC Films
Gender: Documentary
Duration: 1h 40min
Director: David Siev
Cast: Skyler Janssen, Michael Meinhold, Chun Siev
This documentary follows the lives of the Sievs, an average Asian American family living in rural Michigan whose lives are turned upside down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Harassed by neo-Nazis and haunted by memories of Cambodia’s killing fields, the Sievs fight to keep their family restaurant and the American dream alive in a time of great panic.
New on Prime Video
Guy Ritchie’s Alliance
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Main video
Photo: Christophe Raphaël/MGM
Gender: Military action thriller
Duration: 2h 3min
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Sean Sagar
One of two films to be released this year about American soldiers carrying out difficult missions with their interpreters (along with Ric Roman Waugh’s Kandahar), The agreement sees Jake Gyllenhaal team up with Guy Ritchie for a war drama.
Cassandra
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Main video
Image: Amazon Studios
Gender: Biographical drama
Duration: 1h 47min
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, Perla De La Rosa
Gael Garcia Bernal (Station eleven) plays in this new biopic Saúl Armendáriz, a gay luchador from El Paso who regularly crosses the border to perform in wrestling matches. Taking on the character of Cassandro, he builds a new identity as a flamboyant drag wrestler with a charismatic personality.
One thousand and one
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Main video
Image: Focus characteristics
Gender: Drama
Duration: 1h 57min
Director: A.V. Rockwell
Cast: Teyana Taylor, William Catlett, Josiah Cross
Set in 1994, the AV Rockwell drama stars singer and actress Teyana Taylor (Coming 2 America) as Inez, a fiery woman who, after being released from Rikers Island, kidnaps her 6-year-old son in an attempt to both reconcile with him and give him a better education than the one he received. she got. 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 watch: Available for streaming on Paramount Plus
Image: Nickelodeon/Paramount
Gender: Superhero animated action comedy
Duration: 1h 39min
Director: Jeff Rowe
Cast: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon
This animated reboot produced by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Seth Rogen reimagines the origin story of Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo and Leonardo, four turtles mutated by a mysterious ooze 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 run by a mysterious crime boss who goes by the name “Superfly.” .
New to Shudder
The angry black girl and her monster
Where to watch: Available for streaming on Shudder and AMC Plus
Image: RLJE Films
Gender: Sci-fi horror
Duration: 1h 31min
Director: Bomani J. History
Cast: Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad Coleman
This new sci-fi horror film follows a 17-year-old genius (Laya DeLeon Hayes) who uses his skills to resurrect his deceased brother and unleash him on the drug dealers and corrupt police officers who attacked him in his life. Think Frankensteinbut with a modern touch.
New for rent
Down
Where to watch: Available for rental on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: MGM
Gender: Comedy
Duration: 1h 31min
Director: Emma Seligman
Cast: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Marshawn Lynch
Teen comedies are back with a bang, and Down is a highlight of this year’s harvest. A trio of comedic powerhouses star in this film about high school girls who start a fight club to try to impress the popular girls at school they have crushes on. Chaos ensues.
Lazy house
Where to watch: Available for rental on Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Gender: Slasher comedy
Duration: 1h 33min
Director: Matthew Goodhue
Cast: Stefan Kapicic, Lisa Ambalavanar, Olivia Rouyre
When a sorority girl adopts a sloth, a bunch of people start dying, begging the question: What if a slasher movie, but maybe a sloth, did it?
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Where to watch: Available for rental on Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Gender: Black comedy
Duration: 1h 36min
Director: Adam Sigal
Cast: Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver, Christopher Lloyd
Simon Pegg plays a famous paranormal psychologist hired to determine whether a mongoose can actually talk in this comedy very loosely based on a true story. Neil Gaiman is the voice of the mongoose. From that alone, you’re either in or out.