Extraction 2, Disney’s Stan Lee doc, and every new movie to watch at home this weekend

By James On Jun 16, 2023

The summer movie season is coming up in earnest, with The flash comes out this weekend and movies like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate, Barbie, OppenheimerAnd Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning part one all around the corner.

While you wait, there are plenty of new releases to enjoy from the comfort of your couch this weekend. Pointing the way is Extraction 2, the sequel to one of Netflix’s most successful original hits, returns Chris Hemsworth for the explosive action franchise. There’s also Ari Aster’s new movie Beau is scareda Stan Lee documentary on Disney Plus, a new action collaboration between Gerard Butler and Ric Roman Waugh and the critically acclaimed Polite societyan action comedy about sisters and martial arts.

Let’s get into it.

New on Netflix

Extraction 2

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Photo: Jasin Boland/Netflix

Genre: Action thriller
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes
Director: Sam Hargrave
Form: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Tinatin Dalakishvili

One of the greatest Netflix originals ever gets its highly anticipated sequel, as star Chris Hemsworth and stuntman-turned-director Sam Hargrave return for Tyler Rake’s latest adventure. This new one promises a flaming fistfight, an extended one-take sequence and much more.

New to Disney Plus

Stan Lee

Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus

Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1h 26m
Director: David Gelb
Form: Stan Lee

The comic book legend’s life gets the documentary treatment from Jiro Dreaming of Sushi director David Gelb, premiering on Disney Plus after debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival.

New to Hulu

Knight

Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu

Kevin Harrison Jr. holds up his violin while standing in front of an orchestra in Chevalier

Genre: Biopic
Duration: 1h 48m
Director: Stephen Williams
Form: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton

Knight tells the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the pioneering black fencer and musician in 18th century France who became a prominent member of high society.

New on Peacock

Polite society

Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock

Ria, a Pakistani teenager in a traditional green and gold dance outfit, holds her arms outstretched in a fighting stance.

Genre: Action comedy
Duration: 1h 44m
Director: Nida Manzoor
Form: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Renu Brindle

When a teenage girl on her way to becoming a stuntwoman discovers her sister is engaged to a man, she suspects the man and his mother are up to no good. So she does the only thing you can do in such a situation: try to sabotage the relationship and beat the man up in the process.

Polite society sounds like a lavish fun time, and it’s one of the movies I’m most looking forward to this year – it’s on our list of the best movies of the year so far for a reason. After watching, read this interview with the director about it Polite society‘s diverse influences.

New on VOD

Beau is scared

Where to watch: On rent for $19.99 Amazon, Appleand Vudu

Joaquin Phoenix in Beau is Afraid, standing in a bathrobe with cuts on his face.

Genre: Drama
Duration: 2h 59m
Director: Ari Aster
Form: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan

A24 horror maestro Ari Aster returns with a different kind of horror project in this tale of a man facing his fears after the death of his mother.

kandahar

Where to watch: On rent for $19.99 AmazonApple and Vudu

Genre: Action
Duration: 1h 59m
Director: Rick Roman Waugh
Form: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal

Gerard Butler reunites with stuntman-turned-director Ric Roman Waugh (Greenland) for this multidimensional war story about a CIA agent who, with the help of a translator (Navid Negahban, fantastic in this movie), tries to make his way to Kandahar, Afghanistan after his cover is blown.