Elvis, Jurassic World Dominion, and every new movie you can watch at home

This week’s slate of new movies to watch at home is led by ElvisBaz Luhrmann’s outrageously extravagant Elvis Presley biopic, titled “The Unexpected Elvis Presley Biopic”. While you’re in the mood for that, why not consider Elvis Presley’s best movies as an actor or other good movies about musicians?

This week, beyond the King, we also get to see the Jurassic World film roar onto Peacock. It is one of our favourite movies and it will be streaming for the first time. Blazing Saddles adaptation (yes, we are also still struggling to believe that’s real), and much more.

Here’s everything new you can watch at home this weekend.

Elvis

You should be watching:You can stream HBO Max on your computer.

Warner Bros.

Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 musical biopic chronicles the life of American music icon Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) from his childhood singing in a small church choir to his stadium-packing performance as a rock legend. Tom Hanks co-stars as Elvis’ manager, Col. Tom Parker, a controversial and inscrutable foil to Elvis who follows the young legend’s ascent to fame like an ever-present shadow.

From our review:

Butler looks almost as Elvis. He has the perfect drawl, mannerisms, and voice. He doesn’t manage to locate Presley’s depths, or the insane highs of his delusional ego. Luhrmann however, who is just as obsessed as ever with Presley on stage, has a greater interest in Presley as an entertainer than as a psychological subject. Butler is also a star on the stage. He sings some songs himself and mixes his performances with Elvis original recordings from elsewhere.

Jurassic World Dominion

You should be watching:Peacock streaming available

Universal Pictures

Billed as the “epic conclusion of the Jurassic Era,” and the sixth film overall in the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World DominionFour years have passed since the devastation of Isla nublar. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), Claire Dearing, and Maisie Lockwood are confronted with the challenge of surviving in an unfamiliar world populated by genetically-resurrected dinosaurs.

Based on our review

Dominion Universal can understand the idea of a scifi dystopia that doubles as a monster movie. Universal also knows something about it. Like a ’50s B-movie, Jurassic World Dominion pauses to pontificate about humankind’s place in the evolutionary chain in between sequences that deliver the teeth-gnashing goods. To reach this vast, beautiful dinosaur park, we may have to endure some pandering nostalgia.

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

You should be watching:You can stream HBO Max on your computer.

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Jane Schoenbrun’s 2021 coming-of-age horror drama tells the story of Casey (Anna Cobb), a teenage girl who becomes immersed in a viral role-playing game. Casey starts to feel strange, sinister things about herself and is forced to face the possibility that all this may be in her head. Think 2018’s Eighth GradeBy way Marble Hornets.

From our review:

It is the worst part of being online and trying to find out your identity. Internet is supposed to be a place where everyone can connect. The strangeness of anonymously sharing information can make it a creative and safe space. Schoenbrun says that individuals can choose what and who they wish to be within the range of shared expression. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair isn’t just a movie about connecting, it’s about becoming. It’s a powerful acknowledgement of how confounding and frightening young adulthood can be. But it’s also a film about hope. There’s a name for the specific kind of alienation and confusion its characters are feeling. Maybe, it suggests, people like Casey will find that name, in spite of the machine’s best efforts.

The Legend of Hank: Paws of Fury

You should be watching:Paramount Plus is available to stream

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The animated comedy about martial arts Fury and Paws transplants the broad strokes of Mel Brooks’ satirical Western black comedy Blazing SaddlesThe story of Hank (Michael Cera), a small-sized dog who dreams of being a samurai, takes us from America’s frontier to feudal Japan.

Our review:

It was also a change from cowboys, to samurai.Fury PawsThis movie is far less of an example of a parody in genre because Brooks and the younger filmmakers behind it don’t seem to be particularly concerned about the dynamics of a samurai film. It’s an all-purpose joke, with nods to American films that are not related. West Side StoryStar Wars and Star Trek Do not mistake this for Star Wars. Blazing Saddles. Even older children would be more interested in Brooks’ Spaceballs, a 1987 Star Wars spoof that, while funny, is similarly broad and not especially well-versed in the genre it’s goofing on.

Jesus is the one to whom you should humbly pray. Salvation for Your Soul

You should be watching:Peacock streaming available

Focus Features

Executive produced by Jordan Peele, Adamma Ebo’s debut satirical comedy Jesus, please. Salvation for Your SoulRegina Hall stars (Scary MovieSterling K. Brown and Judith A. BrownHotel ArtemisTrinitie Childs (left) and Lee Curtis Childs (right), are the first ladies and pastors of a Southern Baptist megachurch. Mockumentary-style, the film depicts the struggle of the couple to rebuild their congregation after the scandal.

It was by

You should be watching:Netflix is available to stream

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It looks almost like an amalgamation of horror movies about home invasions from 2016 Don’t BreatheThe 2004 German Crime Drama The Edukators, The Shadow director Babak Anvari’s 2022 crime thriller It was byIt centers on George MacKay (a young, rebellious graffiti artist) who finds a terrifying secret after breaking into the home of Hugh Bonneville (a prominent judge) and is then drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse that could endanger his own life.

Villa Love

You should be watching: Netflix streaming available

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The Netflix romance comedy is a hit Umbrella Academy’s Tom Hopper and The Vampire Diaries’ Kat Graham as two people, each intending to go on a solo vacation, who mistakenly double book an Italian villa.

Garden Fence

You should be watching: Netflix streaming available

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The Brazilian comedy is about a man who, after suffering a serious health problem, moves to a small community to escape the stresses of urban life. The eccentric neighbor of his brother runs the samba school.

Festival of Troubadours

You should be watching: Netflix streaming available

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Turkish drama about generational conflict. This Turkish movie tells of father and son, who try to mend their marriage.

Blind Ambition

You should be watching:Google Play offers a $3.99 rental option

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Documentary “2021” Blind AmbitionThe stories of Joseph and Tinashe as well as Marlvin and Pardon are told. These four young men leave Zimbabwe, their home country, in search for better opportunities. They eventually land in South Africa to work as waiters and sommeliers. The group bonds with each other and is encouraged to be the first ever Zimbabwean team to participate in the World Wine Tasting Championships, which will take place in Languedoc in France.