The Killer on Netflix, Dumb Money, and every new movie to watch at home this weekend
Happy Friday, Polygon readers!
Each week we round up the hottest releases new to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, The murderer, the latest psychological thriller from David Fincher, is finally released on Netflix after a short theatrical run. Satirical comedy by Charlie Day The fool’s paradise is coming to Hulu, while a new documentary about actor-director-comedian Albert Brooks premieres on Max. There are a ton of other new releases to choose from on VOD, including the biographical comedy-drama Stupid money starring Paul Dano, A24’s Dicks: the musicaland more.
Here’s everything you can watch this weekend!
New on Netflix
The murderer
Where to watch: Available to stream Netflix
Image: Netflix
Genre: Action thriller
Duration: 1h 58m
Director: David Fincher
Form: Michael Fassbender, Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell
Based on the 1998 French graphic novel, David Fincher’s latest film stars Michael Fassbender as a professional hitman who becomes the center of an international manhunt after his latest assignment goes wrong.
From our review:
In theory, The murderer can be seen as a film about the ruthlessness of the gig economy, disguised as a crime thriller. It sends the Killer through a Russian nesting doll of missions until there is little distinction left between his personal life and his profession. But Fincher and Walker have little say in anything they present on screen, or the fleeting thematic subtext they introduce. The film is watertight in its construction, but light in its artistic aims. Besides the nerve-wracking score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, there really isn’t much going on.
Square the circle
Where to watch: Available to stream Netflix
Genre: Art documentary
Duration: 1h 41m
Director: Anton Corbijn
Form: Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Jimmy Page
Dutch photographer and director Anton Corbijn (The American, A most wanted man) makes his second documentary in a row about the music industry here, after the Depeche Mode concert film from 2019 Ghosts in the forest. This time he turns his sights to album cover design studio Hipgnosis, with the help of some rock ‘n’ roll stars.
New on Hulu
The fool’s paradise
Where to watch: Available to stream Hulu
Image: Lionsgate
Genre: Satirical comedy
Duration: 1h 38m
Director: Charlie Day
Form: Charlie Day, Ken Jeong, Kate Beckinsale
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia‘s Charlie Day makes his feature film debut in this satirical comedy about a mute amnesiac (Day) who is kidnapped by a desperate publicist (Ken Jeong) to pose as his client – a method actor who refuses to leave his trailer to get a job. to film a biopic about Billy the Kid. It gets weirder than that, believe me.
New on Max
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Where to watch: Available to stream Max
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1h 28m
Director: Rob Reinier
Form: Albert Brooks, Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks
Framed as a dinner conversation between actor-director Albert Brooks and director Rob Reiner, this documentary charts Brooks’ career from his early work. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and his mainstream acting debut in Martin Scorsese’s Cab driver to his meteoric rise to fame, starring in films like Private Benjamin And Broadcast news. Guests include Larry David, Conan O’Brien, Sarah Silverman and Jonah Hill.
New at Shudder
Birth/rebirth
Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder
Image: IFC Films/Shudder
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1h 38m
Director: Laura Moss
Form: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, Breeda Wool
This horror-thriller follows a mortuary technician who performs a miracle by successfully bringing a dead girl’s body back to life. Unfortunately, this miracle comes at a price, forcing the technician to hunt for pregnant women to collect their biological material to keep the girl alive.
New for rent
Stupid money
Where to watch: Available to rent Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Photo: Claire Folger/Sony Pictures
Genre: Biographical comedy-drama
Duration: 1h 45m
Director: Craig Gillespie
Form: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio
Remember the GameStop short squeeze of 2021? No? That’s okay, it was a very hectic and wild time, despite the whole… everything going on. If you’re looking for a refresher, this biographical comedy-drama about a middle-class financial analyst who hit the big time during the squeeze might be just what you’re looking for.
From our review:
Where The big short one was patronizing, but still hugely entertaining and legitimately informative, Stupid moneyThe game’s creators don’t seem interested in explaining what the heck happened with the GameStop scenario, or how the heck it happened. The script assumes that the audience is either already familiar with the story or doesn’t care much about the financial details and just wants to see the news reenacted by people they know. Most of the jargon is left unexplained, and the series of events that made the saga possible are simply cast aside in favor of a simplistic “isn’t this crazy?!” show.
Dicks: the musical
Where to watch: Available to rent Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Image: A24
Genre: Musical comedy
Duration: 1h 26m
Director: Larry Charles
Form: Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson, Nathan Lane
This musical comedy follows two old business rivals who accidentally discover that they are identical twin brothers separated at birth. They devise a plan to get their divorced parents back together and switch places to organize a reunion. Think The parent trapbut with more musical numbers, dick jokes and Megan Thee Stallion.
From our review:
Dicks takes early shots at several types of modern films, starting with other A24 films. A24’s logo is accompanied by grandiose music, and its signature heightened horror threatens to become an ironic thematic inspiration as Trevor and Craig question whether their predicament meets the qualifications for abuse and trauma. The film is set in New York, American psychopath-esque corporate saga is clearly filmed in Los Angeles, with the seams of various sets and stages visible in the margins, while the stock footage used of NYC is all clearly anachronistic.
Rebel
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2h 15m
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilal Fallah
Form: Aboubakr Bensaihi, Lubna Azabal, Tara Abboud
Rebel follows the story of Kamal (Aboubakr Bensaihi), a Moroccan-born Belgian rapper who chooses to travel to Syria to help victims of war. After being kidnapped by Islamic State, Kamal is forced to work as a cameraman and film the group’s clashes against the military. While trying to find a way to escape, Kamal must find a way to save his impressionable younger brother Nassim, who is being groomed as a recruit for the Islamic State.
Enemy
Where to watch: Available to rent Amazon, Appleand Vudu
Image: Amazon Studios
Genre: Science fiction drama
Duration: 1h 50m
Director: Garth Davis
Form: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in this sci-fi psychological thriller about Henrietta and Junior, a married couple whose love is tested when Junior is called to work on a massive space station in orbit. In his place, Henrietta will be left in the company of a robot replica of her husband. Remember that one episode from the sixth season of Black mirror starring Aaron Paul and Josh Hartnett? This sounds something like this.