Netflix’s Enola Holmes 2, Weird Al, and every new movie to watch at home

Enola Holmes 2The 2020 sequel, featuring a staring actress in starring Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown as Sherlock Holmes’ teen sister, premieres on Netflix this weekend. That’s not all, as Crimes of the Future — David Cronenberg’s latest body horror opus starring Viggo Mortensen and Léa Seydoux — finally comes to streaming on Hulu, while new comedy mystery Check out Their Running StylesHBO Max presents its streaming premiere.

Are you still not interested in this movie? Not to worry — there’s plenty more new movies available to watch on VOD and streaming. Here’s the rundown on everything there is to watch this weekend.

Enola Holmes 2

You should be watching:Netflix streaming available

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Genre:Action/mystery thriller
Run time: 2h 9m
Director:Harry Bradbeer
Cast:Helena Bonham Carter and Henry Cavill are Millie Bobby Brown.

Millie Bobby BrownStranger Things) reprises her role as Sherlock Holmes’ (Cavill) brilliant and capricious teenage sister in the sequel to 2020’s Enola Holmes. Enola becomes entangled in a bigger, more sinister mystery while searching for the sister of her client. To solve it, she’ll have to call up not only her brother, but allies both new and old to crack the case and secure her place as London’s next master sleuth.

From our review:

The Enola Holmes movies aren’t just delightful mysteries focusing on a plucky teenage detective and a spectacular cast of supporting characters: They also hold a magnifying glass over the world of Victorian London, one often glamorized in other adaptations. Although the hand that holds the magnifying glass is not perfect, it still blurs a portion of what’s visible. Perhaps next time, the glass will be perfect. You can also find out more about it here. Enola Holmes does deserve a third movie — and perhaps a fourth and a fifth. She’s a wonderful heroine who not only works well with her famous brother, but also on her own. Enola Holmes deserves to be more popular in this world.

Crimes of the Future

You should be watching:Hulu is available to stream

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Genre: Horror/sci-fi
Run time: 1h 47m
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart

Viggo Mortensen stars in Cronenberg’s latest venture into body horror as Saul Tenser, a performance artist in a dystopian future where a combination of pollution, environmental collapse, and biotechnological advances have yielded a world where humans no longer feel pain and vestigial organs have manifested among certain individuals to compensate for poisonous elements in the atmosphere and food. Saul becomes the focus of a plot to control the evolution of humanity when he’s approached by an unknown man.

Our review:

His movies are filled with discomfiting and horrific moments as well as moments of sheer gnarliness. The Stars and Maps Cosmopolisboth with Stewart’s TwilightRobert Pattinson is his co-star; Taylor Lautner must have been doing kick-flips while he waits at the phone. But Crimes is Cronenberg’s first full-on sci-fi/horror movie since 1999’s playful gaming odyssey eXistenZ. His return to the genre is both extremer and more subtle. eXistenZ It is more accessible for people with disabilities, however it does not compromise on the enjoyment of those in good health. Crimes’ explicitly surgical moments, it’s a more contemplative, sometimes recessive film. It could be called a mood film.

Check out Their Running Styles

You should be watching:On HBO Max, you can watch it live.

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Genre: Whodunit/comedy
Run time: 1h 38m
Director: Tom George
Cast: Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan. David Oyelowo

Saoirse and Sam Rockwell play the roles of Inspector Stoppard (a gruff, chipper) and Constable Stalker (a mystery-comedy set 1950s London). When the director (Adrien Brody) of an upcoming film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is killed during a party celebrating the play’s 100th performance, Stoppard and Stalker are called in to investigate and nab the culprit. Who among the cast is responsible for the murder, you’re wondering? I’ll never tell; watch the movie and find out!

From our review:

Check out Their Running Styles works better as an outright comedy than as a murder mystery, although it doesn’t nail either form. Chappell’s script is loaded with tasty barbs, painful puns, and gently mocking characterization. George is a veteran British television comedy director who knows how to create gags and make them work. But there’s a halting rhythm to it, and scenes sometimes coast too long in an airless haze in between jokes. With its dependence upon chemistry, comedy must have been the most difficult genre to shoot in pandemic conditions.

Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva

You should be watching:Hulu is available to stream

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Genre: Fantasy/adventure
Run time: 2h 47m
Director: Ayan Mukerji
Cast:Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan

The highest-grossing Hindi film in 2022, this fantasy action-adventure movie — the first in a planned cinematic universe known as the Astraverse — follows the story of Shiva (Kapoor), an orphan with pyrokinetic abilities who discovers that he is in fact a living weapon known as an “Astra,” one of the human incarnations of a pantheon of ancient deities known as the Brahmānsh. Shiva must stop one of the strongest astras falling into wrong hands to save his beloved Isha (Bhatt), and all of humanity.

From our review:

An Indian movie with heavy effects and big canvas had an moment in America earlier in the year, when it was a Telugu film. RRR He was a popular film star and a source of admiration for movie geeks. Brahmāstra: Part One – ShivaThis seems unlikely to inspire a similar devotion. In North America, at least, it feels like it’s been plugged into the release schedule as a stopgap, at a time when moviegoers are about to enter a month or more without spectacle-fueled big-screen productions. If you suffer from extreme summer movie withdrawal, this might be the one to watch. The film pops, then fizzes and fades: It’s a firecracker of a movie, for better and worse.

Causeway

You should be watching:Apple TV Plus can stream the video

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Genre:Drama
Run time: 1h 32m
Director: Lila Neugebauer
Cast:Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry

Lynsey Lawrence, who suffered a brain injury in Afghanistan while serving her country, returns home to New Orleans where she meets James Henry (Henry), an auto mechanic struggling with the past. As the two bond over their common struggle of adjusting to a life in a place that doesn’t quite feel like home anymore, their relationship deepens and grows into something neither of them could have expected.

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

You should be watching:Apple TV Plus can stream the video

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Genre: Documentary/biography
Run time: 1h 35m
Director: Alek Keshishian
Cast: Selena Gomez

Six years of Selena Gomez’s life are documented in this feature-length documentary. She tries to balance the challenges of stardom with the rewards of fame.

My policeman

You should be watching:Prime Video is available to stream

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Genre: Romance/drama
Run time: 1h 53m
Director: Michael Grandage
Cast:Harry Styles. Emma Corrin. David Dawson

Based on Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel of the same name, Harry Styles (Don’t Worry DarlingThis romantic drama stars.. as Tom Burgess. He is a gay cop living in 50s Brighton. To hide his affair with Patrick Dawson (David Dawson), Marion (Emma Corrin) marries Marion. When the truth of Tom and Patrick’s relationship is brought to light, all three of their lives are rocked by the consequences.

Satan’s Slaves 2: Communion

You should be watching:Shudder is available to stream

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Genre:Horror
Run time: 1h 59m
Director:Joko Anwar
Cast: Tara Basro, Endy Arfian, Bront Palarae

Their father and three of their siblings, four years after the death of their mother took their younger brother away, seek refuge and a new beginning in their cramped apartment building. A heavy storm causes the evacuation of the entire building, and the power is cut. The family finds themselves being manipulated by a malign spirit who wants them to go to hell.

It’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

You should be watching:You can stream The Roku Channel

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Genre: Biography/satire
Run time: 1h 48m
Director: Eric Appel
Cast:Daniel Radcliffe. Evan Rachel Wood. Rainn. Julianne.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) stars in new satirical biopic of “Weird Al” Yankovic, the iconic accordion-playing pop music satirist. Exploring the musician’s rise to fame on the back of songs like “Eat It” and “Like a Surgeon,” the film riffs not only on Yankovic’s own life, but the very form and convention of musical biopics themselves.

Our review:

It’s an extended work of parody art that’s actually funny, and an extended return to comedy from someone who is something of a master at it. In a world where the man hasn’t released an album in eight years, it’s damn refreshing to have this cinematic ode to his specific brand of humor.

The Bad Guys

You should be watching:Netflix streaming available

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Genre: Animated comedy/heist
Run time: 1h 39m
Director: Pierre Perifel
Cast:Marc Maron and Sam Rockwell. Awkwafina

This animated heist movie follows a group of anthropomorphic animal criminals who get caught, pretend to be reformed, and then find themselves actually wanting to be the thing they’re pretending to be. An ensemble cast includes Sam Rockwell (Marc Maron), Awkwafina (Anthony Ramos), and many others. We all can agree on one thing, however: Mr. Wolf looks pretty good.

From our review:

It’s all pretty lightweight stuff, and after recent mainstream triumphs like The Turning of the Red EncantoFrom two distinct Disney arms The Bad Guys may well shore up DreamWorks’ status as the B-squad of contemporary American animation, where spectacle is the default and emotional growth is a little pat. But the better DreamWorks cartoons come alive when they’re liberated from Disney formulas, rather than chasing after or self-consciously spoofing them. Even when The Bad Guys resembles other movies, it’s stealing from them gracefully, with its own sensibility and energy.

When you wake up, it’s time to go.

You should be watching:Amazon, Apple, Vudu and Vudu are all available for rent at $6.99

Grindstone Entertainment

Genre: Mystery/thriller
Run time: 1h 30m
Director: Michael Mailer
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser, Jaimie Alexander

Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption) stars in this neo-noir thriller as Thurmond Fowler, the sheriff of a small Mississippi town investigating a mysterious murder that may or may not involve a local waitress (Alexander) and her new boyfriend — a shady stockbroker (Hauser) responsible for the loss of millions of dollars. Enterprising criminals soon begin to arrive in the area, seeking to cash in on the rumored large sum of money that was behind the murder. Fowler can solve this case before any other people get hurt.

Next Exit

You should be watching:Apple and Vudu available to rent starting at $6.99

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Genre: Sci-fi/comedy-drama
Run time: 1h 43m
Director: Mali Elfman
Cast: Katie Parker, Rahul Kohli, Karen Gillan

The sci-fi comedy/drama stars Rose Parker (the comedian) and Teddy Kohli (the actor). They meet on their way to being euthanized. This experimental procedure will guarantee that both will succeed in the afterlife. The trailer looks great. Next Exit feels like a cross between 2017’s The Discovery and last year’s Three Counts.

Soft & Quiet

You should be watching:Rentable for as low $5.99 at Amazon, Apple and Vudu

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Genre: Horror-thriller/drama
Run time: 1h 31m
Director: Beth de Araújo
Cast: Stefanie Estes, Olivia Luccardi

Shot in real time, director Beth de Araújo’s thriller follows an elementary school teacher (Estes) who organizes a club meeting between like-minded women to get together and be racist. Things take a turn when, after stopping by a liquor store for drinks, an altercation breaks out between the group of women and two mixed-raced sisters with a connection to the teacher’s past. The film received a positive reception earlier this year at the SXSW Film Festival, where it was described as “a nightmare of white supremacy.” Sounds festive!

The System

You should be watching:Apple and Vudu available to rent starting at $6.99

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Genre:Take Action
Run time: 1h 37m
Director: Dallas Jackson
Cast:Terrence Howard, Tyrese and Terrence Gibson. Jeremy Piven

Tyrese Gillet (F9) stars as a young veteran who, newly returned from war and caught up in a drug bust to pay for his child’s medicine, is sent undercover to notoriously dangerous prison to take part in an illicit underground fighting tournament among the inmates and take down the Warden. Lil Yachty also appears! That’s sounds fun, right? Yes, it is.