Matrix Resurrections, Netflix’s Home Team, and 8 new movies to watch at home

This weekend Resurrections by The MatrixIt makes its VOD debut just over one month after its premier in theaters and on HBO Max. If you didn’t happen to catch Lana Wachowski’s cerebral return the Matrix series when it first came out, now’s the time to finally dust off your favorite pair of mirror-shades and jack in.

It’s less than one week before the official premiere Jackass ForeverThe most anticipated movie of the year is. Februar The season all time, there’s not a lot of reasons to go out to the theaters this weekend unless you want to watch Spider-Man has no way homeOder ScreamThis is the third time. Not to worry; there’s plenty of new releases to watch from home on VOD and streaming. We’ve got the Kevin James sports comedy The Home TeamNetflix: The young adult drama The Fallout starring Jenna Ortega (Scream) and Maddie Ziegler (West Side Story() On HBO Max Buck Wild’s Ice Age AdventuresDisney Plus plus many other films that will be available on VOD.

To help you get a handle on what’s new and available, here are the new movies you can watch on streaming and VOD this weekend.

Resurrections by The Matrix

Watch out: Amazon, Apple, Vudu and Vudu are all available for rent at $24.99

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18 years have passed since the end of the Matrix Trilogy. Resurrections by The MatrixLana Wachowski’s post-cyberpunk movie epilogue, “The Y” features returning stars Keanu and Carrie Anne Moss. An ambitious, strange, and deeply personal continuation of the original series that further complicates and interrogates the concept of the “chosen one,” Resurrections by The MatrixThe 1999 edition is as unique and bold as ever. Based on our (excellent!) review

Resurrections by The MatrixThis is all about achieving the impossible. On a very basic level, it’s about the insurmountable and inherently cynical task of making a follow-up to the Matrix trilogy, one that breaks technical and narrative ground the way the first film did. On a thematic one, it’s an agitprop romance, one of the most effective mass media diagnoses of the current moment that finds countless things to be angry about, and proposes fighting them all with radical, reckless love. On top of all that, it is also a kick-ass work of sci-fi action — propulsive, gorgeous, and yet still intimate — that revisits the familiar to show audiences something very new.

The Home Team

What to Watch: Netflix is available to stream

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Loosely inspired by Sean Payton’s 2010 autobiography, the 2022 sports comedy The Home TeamKevin James stars as the NFL legend who led New Orleans Saints’ to the Super Bowl. Payton returned to his home town to try to reconnect with his son, 12 years after he was expelled from the Super Bowl coaching job. With his son’s football team in desperate need of some coaching, Payton steps up to lead them to newfound heights of success and self-esteem. It might sound that way The Home Team is your typical inspirational sports drama, but not to worry: there’s more than plenty projectile vomit and crass humor to go around.

The Fallout

What to Watch:You can stream HBO Max on your computer.

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The Fallout stars Jenna Ortega (Scream) and Maddie Ziegler (West Side Story() As Vada Cavell, and Mia Reed. They are two survivors of a school shooting. Bonded through their mutual experience, both Vada and Mia grapple with the emotional and psychological fallout of their classmates’ deaths while trying to build a new life in the wake of tragedy. The Fallout garnered significant praise following its debut at 2021’s SXSW, with many singling out Park’s direction and Ortega’s emotionally moving performance in particular.

Keep it clean

Watch out: Amazon, Apple, Vudu and Vudu are all available for rent at $6.99

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Dramatis persona 2021 Keep it clean stars Adrien Brody (The PianistHe is a disturbed man from a past of violence who lives a quiet life as a garbage collector. When a spur of the moment decision places him in the crosshairs of a local crime boss (Glenn Fleshler), he’ll have to resume his life of violence in order to protect himself and those he holds dear.

Brody, along with director Paul Solet produced and co-wrote the film. Keep it clean certainly isn’t going to win any accolades for originality, but if you’re looking for another action film in the vein of 2021’s NobodyOder John WickObserve the long delay in John WickToo painful to endure, it might suffice to reduce the waiting time.

Taste of Hunger

Watch out: Amazon: $5.99; Vudu: $6.99

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of ThronesThe 2022 drama stars Katrine Greiss-Rosenthal and a young Katrine Greiss-Rosenthal Taste of HungerCarsten and Maggi, culinary superstars in Denmark, set out to open their first Danish restaurant. Despite their relative happiness, the two become obsessed with the one thing they don’t have — a Michelin star. Carsten and Maggi decide to give up everything and possibly even their marriage to pursue their dreams. The trailer plays similiarly to last year’s A Second Round, so if you’re the type of viewer who considers watching a handsome Danish man going through a mid-life crisis to be an entertaining watch, you should definitely pop this one on.

Buck Wild’s Ice Age Adventures

Watch out:Disney Plus is available to stream

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Buck Wild’s Ice Age AdventuresThe sixth installment of the animated Ice Age series has seen many ups and downs on its way to the big screen. After more than four years of production and the closure of Blue Sky Studios following Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, the television spinoff-turned-feature film has finally be released into the world on Disney Plus.

The new Ice Age movie stars Crash and Eddie, the mischievous thrill-seeking possum brothers first seen in 2006’s Ice Age: MeltdownThey set out to seek adventure, but were trapped on an earth filled with mythical creatures who survived extinction. Buck Wild rescues the three of them and they must set out on a mission for peace in the Lost World.

And here’s what dropped last Friday:

Last Night in Soho

What to Watch:Rentable for as low $5.99 at Amazon, Apple and Vudu

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Edgar Wright’s giallo-inspired psychological thriller stars Thomasin McKenzie as Eloise, a 1960s-obsessed young woman who moves to London to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer. When she moves into her small apartment she experiences startling dreams. In them she is transported to Soho’s nightclub under the control of Sandie Taylor-Joy (an aspiring singer) and she becomes caught up in an intricate web of luxury, intrigue and luxury. But Eloise’s dreams become more vivid and violent, blurring the line between hallucinations and reality, will she be able to uncover the reason for why this visions are happening? Our review has shown that

Centrally, as a study of Wright’s own nostalgic proclivities, Soho He is an intriguing cultural object. He’s demonstrated an interest in the frailty of nostalgia in previous works. In Hot Fuzz The World’s EndCharacters are obligated to unrealistic nostalgia and can be castigated for it. Stylistically, though, he’s always leaned into homage, again going as far back as SpacingThe film’s many references to Hollywood, as well as more obscure films and television shows is called. Homage in itself is adjacent to nostalgia: It’s the celebration, in Wright’s case, of past styles and aesthetics, and deep, wistful love for decades-old cinema percolates through his filmography.

Soho feels like Wright’s most explicit interrogation of his own sentimental impulses, and simultaneously, his most stylistically grandiose work. The brutal and unconcerned exploiting of women is also central to the story. This is certainly Edgar Wright at his Edgar Wright-iest, but even as he’s arguing against celebrating the past in Last Night in Soho, he’s celebrating it himself, in ways that are hard to escape, and at times, harder still to enjoy.

Hero

What to Watch:Amazon Prime Video is available for streaming

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Amir Jadidi (Zero Day) stars in Iranian master Asghar Farhadi’s 2021 film Hero as Rahim, a man temporarily freed from debtor’s prison with only two days to repay his creditor. Rahim returns the handbag to his original owner, instead of paying his debt. This is what his girlfriend finds out when he discovers that he has a bag filled with gold coins. As news of Rahim’s altruist act begin to spread, so too do rumors of his suspected duplicity. Rahim has to confirm his story in order for his family not to be shamed or retaliated against. Grand Prix Award at 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Hero has garnered significant acclaim as one of the best films of the year, and is expected to be nominated for Best International Film at this year’s Oscars.

War Hunt

What to Watch:Rentable for as low as $6.99 at Amazon, Apple and Vudu

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I’ll be totally honest with you: When I saw that a movie called “Warhunt” was coming to VOD this weekend, I did not initially have particularly any expectations of it being a future classic. But after watching the trailer, I’m positively ecstatic to watch it. Filmed in 1945, it follows US soldiers trapped in Germany’s Black Forest following a cargo plane crash behind enemy lines. However, there’s more than just Nazis for them to be afraid of, as a malevolent force seems to have ensnared the group in a maze of illusions and horrors. Their only chance is death. Their only hope is Major Johnson (Mickey Rourke), an American-style Van Helsing commander wearing a gold eyepatch who sets out on a mission for his fallen comrades to be found and killed. If you love films like 2018’s The Overlord or 2009’s Red Snow You are searching for action horror thrillers on the WII Horror-Fantasy Action System? WarhuntThis is your ticket.

Mary’s Last Thing

What to Watch:Shudder streaming available

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Stefanie Scott (Insidious Chapter 3In? stars Mary’s Last Thing as a young woman who illicit romance with her family’s maid Eleanor (Isabelle Fuhrman) puts her at odds with the scruples of her parents and the prejudices of her small New England Puritan community. When the community’s matriarch (Judith Roberts) dies under mysterious circumstances, Mary is implicated and put under investigation by the tow’s constable. The following events are recalled: Mary’s Last ThingThe story evolves gradually from being a short period of persecution to a horror tale filled with gory close-ups, and horrifying visuals.