It’s been a busy month at the box office, with John Wick: Chapter 4, Dungeons & Dragons: honor among thievesAnd The Super Mario Bros. movie making waves back-to-back-to-back. But what about at home? Are Cocaine Bear season, of course, as the comedic thriller arrives on Peacock.
This week’s other new offerings include those from Netflix Last kingdom movie Seven kings must die, a sequel to the hit series. There’s also the cult hit horror movie Flux Gourmet on Hulu, the actor of Ryan Kwanten (and Scott Adkins for short). Section 8 on Hulu, the Julia Roberts-George Clooney rom-com Ticket to paradise on Prime, Zach Braff’s new feel-good movie on VOD, and much more.
Let’s dive in.
New on Netflix
The last kingdom: seven kings must die
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Netflix
Genre: Historical drama
Duration: 1h 51m
Director: Edward Basalgette
Form: Alexander Dreymon, Harry Gilby, Mark Rowley
After five seasons of The Last Kingdomadapted from Bernard Cornwell’s The Saxon Stories novels, the saga ends with this film, Seven kings must die. Alexander Dreymon returns as Uhtred of Bebbanburg, hoping to unite England after the events of the fifth season.
New to Hulu
Flux Gourmet
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: IFC Midnight
Genre: Black comedy
Duration: 1h 51m
Director: Peter Strickland
Form: Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed
Acclaimed director Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy, In dust) returns with this fascinating drama set in a culinary institution. The trailer promises “sensory overload,” Strickland’s signature impeccable costumes and attention to detail, and the unsettling atmosphere often found in his films.
Section 8
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: AMC Plus
Genre: Action thriller
Duration: 1h 38m
Director: Christian Sesma
Form: Ryan Kwanten, Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney
Real blood‘s Ryan Kwanten leads this action movie with a cast that includes Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney, Mickey Rourke and Scott Adkins. Kwanten is Jake, a struggling former Special Forces soldier who is recruited by a secret organization following the tragic murders of his wife and son. As he becomes entrenched in this secret organization, a deep conspiracy begins to unravel. Coming from prolific action director Christian Sesma, the film features an incredible fight from Adkins.
New on Prime Video
Ticket to paradise
Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime video
Image: Universal Pictures
Genre: Romantic comedy
Duration: 1h 44m
Director: Ol Parker
Form: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever
George Clooney and Julia Roberts play a divorced couple in this romantic comedy who puts aside their differences to team up with one goal in mind: to prevent their lovelorn daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) from getting married and making the same “mistake” they did.
New on Peacock
Cocaine Bear
Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock
Image: Universal Pictures
Genre: Comic horror
Duration: 1h 35m
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Form: Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
The whole internet loves Cocaine Bear, or “Cokey”, the beautiful bear who ate 70 pounds of cocaine that fell from a plane in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest… We’re sorry to inform you that the bear has started killing and eat people.
New on Mubi
Dogville 4K Restoration and Manderlay
Where to watch: Available to stream on Mubi
Image: Lions Gate Movies Home Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2h 58m
Director: Lars van Trier
Form: Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany
At first glance a crime/mafia drama, Lars von Trier’s Dogville uses a minimalist, experimental approach to a phase to tell this story of a woman on the run (Nicole Kidman). It was a polarizing movie upon release and is now getting a 4K restoration (along with Von Trier’s sequel Manderlay) on Mubi.
New on Shake
Kids vs Aliens
Where to watch: Available to stream on shudder
Image: RLJE Films/Shudder
Genre: Sci-fi/horror
Duration: 1h 15m
Director: Jason Eisner
Form: Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald
Looking for some more throwback 80s sci-fi horror with a requisite synthwave score à la Stranger things? Well, check out the new movie from Wanderer with a shotgun director Jason Eisener about a group of kids whose raucous slumber party takes a turn when bloodthirsty aliens descend on their quiet little suburb in a plot to take over Earth.
New on VOD
Have a nice morning
Where to watch: On rent for $5.99 Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Image: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Genre: Romantic drama
Duration: 1h 52m
Director: Mia Hansen-Love
Form: Lea Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud
Lea Seydoux (Crimes of the future, Death stranding) stars in this new romantic drama from Bergman Island director Mia Hansen-Løve as Sandra, a young widowed mother, who struggles to secure a decent nursing home for her ailing father (Pascal Greggory) while raising her 8-year-old daughter. When they reconnect with Clément (Melvil Poupaud), an old friend from her past, the two find themselves undeniably attracted to each other – despite Clément’s marriage to another woman.
Emily
Where to watch: On rent for $5.99 Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Image: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Biographical drama
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes
Director: Frances O’Connor
Form: Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson Cohen
What inspired Emily Brontë (Emma Mackey) to write Wuthering Heights, widely regarded as one of the best novels ever written in English? Frances O’Connor’s 2022 drama envisions an answer to that question, following a depiction of the iconic fiction writer as she struggles with the loss of her mother and the gendered constraints of an era that restricted her freedom to write and create. limited.
A good person
Where to watch: On rent for $19.99 Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2h 8m
Director: Zak Braff
Form: Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Celeste O’Connor
Actor-director Zach Braff (scrubs, Garden state) reunites with Morgan Freeman for his first full-length directing since 2017 Go in style. A good person follows Allison (Florence Pugh), a thriving young woman whose bright future turns to sadness and grief after a tragic car accident. As her life and the lives of those she loves begin to unravel in the aftermath of this tragedy, Allison finds an unlikely friend in Daniel (Morgan Freeman) – her soon-to-be father-in-law. Can these two learn to forgive each other, and themselves, to move forward to a future on the other side of tragedy?