Wicked, Netflix’s Wallace & Gromit, and every new movie to streaming

Every week, we round up the most compelling new releases for streaming and VOD on Polygon, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.

This week, evilAn all-singing, all-dancing musical fantasy starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, on VOD. That’s Not All: A New Comedy from Actor-Director Jesse Eisenberg real pain Starring Kieran Culkin (succession), will also be released on VOD this week. There are plenty of new releases coming out this week, including Wallace & Gromit, a social horror thriller on Netflix lobby About Max and Psychodrama mother instinct Starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway on Hulu. If that’s not enough Barry Lyndon Free to watch on YouTube! This is not a drill!

Here’s all the new stuff to watch this weekend!

Wallace & Gromit: The Most Revenge

Where to watch: Available to watch on Netflix

type: comedy
Running time: 1 hour 19 meters
director: Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham
Throw: Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel

“Wallace and Gromit” is back for the first new movie since 2008! Wallace & Gromit: The Most Revenge Fan-favorite nemesis Feathers McGraw returns, an evil penguin with nefarious intentions, joining everyone’s favorite goofball and dog duo. When Wallace invents a robotic garden gnome to help him around the house, Feather seizes the opportunity and hijacks the robot to play a prank.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu

type: psychodrama
Running time: 1 hour 34 meters
director: Benoit Delhomme
Throw: Jessica Nestle, Anne Hathaway, Josh Charles

Benoit Delhomme stars in the period drama, starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway as Alice and Céline. Two housewives with a sisterly bond live next to each other in a picturesque 1960s American suburb. When their idyllic life is disrupted by inexplicable tragedy, the harmony of their daily lives is shattered by paranoia, sadness, and barely concealed rage.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Max

type: horror thriller
Running time: 1 hour 34 meters
director: Max Eggers, Sam Eggers
Throw: Brandi, Andrew Burnap, Katherine Hunter

Brandi stars in this new horror thriller from directors Sam and Max Eggers as Belinda, a newly pregnant anthropology professor who eagerly anticipates the birth of her next child while still Mourning the death of the eldest son. When she and her husband Norman (Andrew Burnap) adopt their newly widowed stepmother Solange (Katherine Hunter), the arrival of new guests brings with them some disturbing dark truths that threaten to Linda’s life and sanity.

Where to watch: Available to stream on AMC Plus

type: comedy thriller
Running time: 1 hour 36 meters
director: Austin Peters
Throw: Elizabeth Banks, Louise Pullman, Michaela Rodriguez

In this new comedy thriller, Elizabeth Banks stars as Hope Goldman, a famous beautician on the verge of achieving her greatest career success yet: launching her own Exclusive skin care range! Problem is, Hope faces competition from rival beautician Angel Vergara (Luis Gerardo Mendez), who has opened a new boutique across from her own shop. With the help of her life coach (Louis Pullman), Hope devises a desperate plan to succeed.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Paramount Plus

type: sci-fi thriller
Running time: 1 hour 48 meters
director: Mikael Hafström
Throw: Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham

This sci-fi thriller stars Casey Affleck (Manchester by the sea) stars as John, an astronaut aboard an experimental spacecraft designed to conduct a years-long mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. When the ship’s passengers begin to suspect that the mission is somehow compromised, John must work side by side with the captain (Laurence Fishburne) to find a solution and survive.

Where to watch: Available on YouTube

type: historical black comedy
Running time: 3 hours 5 meters
director: Stanley Kubrick
Throw: Ryan O’Neal, Marissa Berenson, Patrick Magee

If you’re looking for a movie that embodies the saying “every frame is a painting,” then Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 starring Ryan O’Neal masterpiece is the best choice. Set in 18th century Ireland, Barry Lyndon It tells the story of the life of a hopeless charlatan who married into high society. The feud between the two escalates to a breaking point when Lyndon’s constant philandering and drinking come into conflict with his son-in-law, Lord Brynden (Leon Vitali). If you like well-imagined period pieces and beautiful cinematography, Barry Lyndon is generally considered one of the finest films in Kubrick’s oeuvre.

Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

type: fantasy musical
Running time: 2 hours 40 meters
director: John Chu
Throw: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jeff Goldblum

Adapted from the 2003 play of the same name by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, evil Tells the story of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), the Wicked Witch of the West from the future, by L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Ozand her friendship with Galinda (Ariana Grande), who would become Kind Glinda. At the invitation of the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), Elphaba and Galinda’s friendship is tested.

To a large extent, Zhu uses new media to add meaningful content to the story. Not everyone lands. The movie’s last big scene, in particular, suffers from this weird start-and-stop combination with some superfluous big scenes that ruin the emotional catharsis of the big moment. Such is the nature of stretching a nearly three-hour musical into two films, even with a natural intermission. Overall, adding breathing room to songs and scenes works for the most part. It would take more than a few extra fluff for this movie to fail.

Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

type: comedy
Running time: 1 hour 30 meters
director: Jesse Eisenberg
Throw: Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg returns to direct and star in his 2022 sequel When you finish saving the world. Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin (Succession) real pain David and Benjy are two estranged cousins ​​who embark on a journey across Poland in an attempt to deepen the memory of and honor their late grandmother. As the journey progresses, the two are forced to confront their growing distance from each other and remember their importance in each other’s lives.

The film is relatively low-stakes, centering on two disowned cousins ​​who both miss their childhood friendship and want to get back to it. David doesn’t understand why Benji doesn’t grow up the way David does. Benji couldn’t admit that he felt left behind. All of this is set against the backdrop of an effective and well-handled tour of the Holocaust, which makes everyone in the tour group react in different, profound and difficult ways.