Netflix’s 65, Guardians 3, and every new movie to watch at home

Polygon Readers, Happy Friday!

Every week we highlight the best movies and streaming services available to you. Netflix has some high-profile releases this week, and one of the most anticipated superhero movies of the year is coming to VOD.

65The prehistoric sci fi action thriller, starring Adam Driver is streaming on Netflix alongside the action-comedy The out-LawsPierce Brosnan is among the stars of this film. Coming-of-age Drama The Quiet GirlHulu has been hacked by hackers Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — James Gunn’s swan song to the MCU before heading on over to DC Studios — finally comes to VOD. There’s plenty of other new, under-the-radar releases to check out this week, including the post-apocalyptic comedy BiosphereSterling K. BrownHotel ArtemisMark DuplassCreep() and the New Horror-Comedy Blackening.

Let’s dive in!

Netflix – New Releases

65

What to Watch:Netflix offers a wide range of streaming content

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Genre:Sci-fi thriller
Run time: 1h 33m
Directors: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Cast: Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt

Adam Driver stars in this sci-fi action thriller as an alien astronaut who crash-lands on a prehistoric Earth and must fight against the planet’s hostile creatures in order to escape with the only other survivor of the crash (Ariana Greenblatt). This is the movie you’re looking for if you want to watch a bearded man with grief shoot dinosaurs using a laser gun.

The out-Laws

What to Watch:Netflix offers a wide range of streaming content

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Genre:Action Comedy
Run time: 1h 35m
Director: Tyler Spindel
Cast: Adam DeVine, Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin

When a “straight-laced bank manager” (Adam DeVine, per Netflix’s description of the character) finally meets his prospective in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin), he quickly believes they are an infamous bank-robbing duo. Lil Rel Howery, Richard Kind, Michael Rooker, and DeVine’s Workaholics Blake Anderson, the co-star of The Cosby Show, is also a member of the cast.

The tutor

What to Watch:Netflix offers a wide range of streaming content

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Genre: Psychological thriller
Run time: 1h 32m
Director: Jordan Ross
Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Victoria Justice, Noah Schnapp

The mystery film follows the story of a young boy (Garrett Hedlund), who is assigned to teach a strange child (Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp), of a millionaire. When the boy starts to become more and more obsessed with his tutor’s life, things take a turn.

Wham!

What to Watch:Netflix offers a wide range of streaming content

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Genre: Documentary
Run time: 1h 32m
Director: Chris Smith
Cast: George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley

The documentary tells the story of Wham, the popular duo of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. It uses interviews and archival material.

Hulu – New Releases

The Quiet Girl

What to Watch:Hulu is now streaming.

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Genre: Coming-of-age drama
Run time: 1h 36m
Director: Colm Bairéad
Cast: Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch

Cáit (Catherine Clinch), a 9-year-old girl, is sent to live in rural Ireland to escape the dysfunction of her immediate family. Cáit finds solace in the care of two middle-aged farmers, until the unearthing of a secret threatens to unravel the fragile peace of her adopted home.

VOD – New and Improved

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

What to Watch:Purchase this movie for only $19.99 from Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Photo: Jessica Miglio/Marvel Studios

Genre: Superhero action
Run time: 2h 29m
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista

The third and final installment of James Gunn’s MCU The movie trilogy, one of this year’s most popular superhero films, is now available for you to enjoy at home.

Our review is:

It’s a film with a giant laboratory of flesh, held together by bones, in which data is kept in pus-covered capsules. A private security team led by Nathan Faulon wears hideous Power Rangers body armor, that looks like hard muscle. It’s a movie where a Russian cosmonaut golden retriever has telekinesis, and a family of humanoid vampire bats serve the heroes blue soda in an otherwise picturesque Norman Rockwell-ass home. In other words, it’s a film filled with genuine imagination, with real and odd sets and costumes and makeup, with gross-out visual humor and more than a little horror.

Blackening

What to Watch:Rent it for just $19.99 at Apple, Amazon and Vudu

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Genre: Horror-comedy
Run time: 1h 36m
Director: Tim Story
Cast: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg

In this horror comedy, a group Black of friends are caught up in the villainous grasps of a killer. Forced to play a dangerous board game where “proving” their Blackness is key to survival, the friends must use every ounce of their wits to overcome their captor and make their way safely to freedom. Remember Scary Movie 2.? Yeah, it’s a lot like that.

Biosphere

What to Watch:Rent it for just $6.99 at Apple, Amazon and Vudu

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Genre: Sci-fi comedy
Run time: 1h 46m
Director: Mel Eslyn
Cast: Sterling K. Brown & Mark Duplass

The sci-fi drama follows the story of two men trapped in a biosphere that is self-sustaining. They are terrified by the situation and must come up with an innovative solution to save the human race.