Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The King’s Man, and 9 new movies to watch at home

The release of Texas Chainsaw MassacreThe 9th installment of this long-running horror series was written and produced together by Don’t Breathe Director Fede Alvarez. This film sees the homicidal Leatherface use his chainsaw to attack business-savvy Zoomers who are trying to gentrify his small, Texan town. If 80-plus minutes of that sounds like too much to suffer through, don’t worry — there’s plenty of options to choose from when it comes to new movies available to stream and rent on VOD.

We’ve got The King’s Man, the latest installment in Matthew Vaughn’s spy-action comedy series, available to stream on Hulu; the Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson romantic comedy Get married to me on Peacock; Julia Ducournau’s psychosexual body horror family drama TitaneHulu – The action film in martial arts on Hulu A Fistful Of Vengeance on Netflix; Chloé Zhao’s EternalOn VOD and tons of great films to rent.

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.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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The ninth installment of the legendary slasher franchise, 2022’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leatherface is back after many decades in hiding. An assortment of young entrepreneurs, including Eighth Grade’s Elsie Fisher) arrive in Harlow, Texas and plan to transform it by gentrifying it, much to the consternation of Old Leatherface, who starts another murder spree. Production by Evil Dead (2013) Don’t Breathe Fede Alvarez, director (also co-wrote story))The New TCM is a lean 81 minutes and was filmed in Bulgaria (but don’t call it Bulgaria Chainsaw Massacre, Leatherface doesn’t like it). Our review.

This is a great article. Chainsaw is under-realized and messy — perhaps because of the project’s convoluted shoot, which saw the original directors axed one week into production in Bulgaria. Garcia’s final version packs many characters, subplots and backstory in its 83-minute runtime. But very few scenes are crucial. Beyond Sally’s return, the movie has Lila coping with PTSD from a mass shooting she survived, Moe Dunford playing a local redneck who reluctantly helps out Dante and his team of idealistic gentrifiers, and a busload of visiting Californians who respond to their first glimpse of Leatherface by pulling out their cell phones and live-streaming. None of these ideas lasts long enough to be meaningful. The film’s social commentary — including a bit where the new kids in Harlow are offended by a prominently displayed Confederate flag — is more glancing than hard-hitting.

The King’s Man

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Prequel to 2017’s action spy comedy The Golden Circle of Kingsman, Matthew Vaughn’s The King’s ManThe story follows Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes), a British aristocrat, who establishes a counterterrorismist spy agency to prevent a civil war. Our review shows that

The film’s cartoony bits still stick out, because the journey to the line “time to kill Rasputin” (and the detour away from it; Rasputin ultimately isn’t the movie’s main event) is surprisingly lengthy, as Orlando and Conrad clash over what kind of sacrifices should be expected or volunteered by young men for their country. This was also hinted at in earlier films when the history of the Kingsman organisation is described. These are the kinds of questions this series is able to answer. It is worth the effort to travel and stay in hotels just for this? KingsmanA prequel with a different voice? This is still a movie about a madman manipulating world events to vengefully pit Germany against England, where the bad guy’s face is concealed to lead up to a big reveal, despite having characterization that’s pretty much limited to “Scottish.”

Eternals

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

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Chloé Zhao follows the Oscar-winning momentum of her 2020 film NomadlandWith EternalsMarvel Cinematic Universe: ‘The Secret Life of Extraterrestrial Warriors, Part II. This Marvel Cinematic Universe movie follows a group defending Earth from extraterrestrial invaders for hundreds of years while being hidden in plain view.

Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan and Richard Madden are part of an ensemble cast that tells the story of humanity’s rise and ends with hints at the MCU’s future. EternalsIt has high expectations and lofty ambitions. Our analysis revealed the following:

Eternals considers where we are, where we’ve been, and how much it’s changed us, if at all. These internal thoughts are hard to transfer into superhuman brawls. Each fight feels like pulling a tether. Eternals When it’d rather fly, it returns to the ground. Each scene expounding on the cosmology of the MCU does more for movies we haven’t seen yet than it does for the one we’re watching.

The movies can have enough space to hold ideas such as these: hard conversations about cosmic significance with no clear answers, anger at an uncaring God, and whether our moral compass needs to shift with our view and reach. A film has to create an atmosphere where these questions are relevant, both to the characters and their audience. Zhao achieved this feat in just a few lines. Nomadland. Eternals, however, just isn’t big enough. Maybe the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems too small.

Get married to me

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This romantic comedy stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Lopez. Popstar Kat Valdez (Lopez) is about to get married in front of the world, but things fall apart when she learns her fiancé has been cheating on her. Lopez chooses not to call it quits and pulls out a random guy (Wilson), and weds him there and then. The media obsesses on the surprising new relationship and the newlyweds attempt to discover how genuine the love could be. We have reviewed the article.

Romantic comedies that focus more on tension between the leads and their heads are called romantic comedies. Ten Things That I Hate About Yourself. Some people lean more towards the plot that isn’t romantic, such asThe Long Shot Get married to me Is neither one or the other. Get married to me is about two good-looking people enjoying each other’s company, giggling together, and slowly falling in love. Fans of the actual comedy in romantic comedies probably won’t feel that Get married to me scratches that itch, but if you’re in the mood for some low-stakes comfort, this movie checks all those boxes.

Titane

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RawJulia Ducournau, director of Julia Ducournau is back with TitaneA psychosexual horror film about a family drama about a serial murderer with a skull metal plate. She is immunized after she has sex in a car and then pretends to be the son of a grieving firefighter as a last ditch effort to escape the police. If that pitch alone doesn’t sell you on the film, nothing will — but it’s worth mentioning that the film did win the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and is widely considered one of the best films of last year (including here at Polygon).

A Fistful Of Vengeance

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Follow-up movie to Netflix’s series Wu Assassins, A Fistful Of Vengeance IkoUwais is the star of this supernatural action thrillerRaid, We are all waiting for the night.Lewis Tan (Mortal Kombat). Kai Jin (Uwais) is Kai Jin, a chef possessing powerful supernatural abilities. He must join his friends to seek revenge for the death of one of their members. Directed by Roel Reiné (Death Race 2: The Man with the Iron Fists 2., A Fistful Of Vengeance The film promises lots and lots of action. Although the film has a connection to the series, it is sufficient to be seen on its own so viewers don’t need to first watch the show.

Our review shows that

Reiné undeniably wants to give the audience the most generously action-packed film possible, with diverse setups and stunts by Uwais’ team and by Kawee Sirikanaerut, an industry vet who played a major role in some of the most memorable action scenes of the last 20 years, in films such as Ong-Bak, To Fight, The Protector, Rambo 4, Extraction, and 2021’s Kate. But while the stunts are suitably ambitious, Reiné’s direction often fails them. He has some worthy ideas about how to support action, including using an aerial shot to pan back and forth between two groups of fighters, to give viewers a clear idea of every group’s position in relation to the others in the sprawling building. But when Uwais tries his hand at a traditional one-vs.-many brawl, Reiné can’t escape the familiar problem of extras visibly waiting for their turn to attack and be defeated. Clever choreography or camera placement can help a movie dodge this problem, but Reiné just serves up a static medium-wide shot that captures every flaw.

AI Loves You

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AI Loves You, not to be confused with Ken Akamatsu’s 1994 manga series of the same name, takes place in a future where buildings are imbued with artificial intelligence in order to make the lives of humans more convenient. One building’s personality falls for a woman called Lana (Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon). Then, it attempts to seduce her by taking control of Bobby (Mario Maurer). Kind of sounds like 1999’s Smart House, only reinterpreted as a Thai sci-fi romantic comedy.

King Knight

You should be watching:Rentable for as low as $6.99 at Amazon, Apple and Vudu

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Thorn (Matthew Gray Gubler), seems to have everything. He’s got a loving “life partner” (Angela Sarafyan), a coven of witches who bow and obey his every beck and call, and an isolated compound where he can do just whatever the heck he wants. But when the truth of his past as a popular, preppy high schooler comes back to haunt him, he’ll have to return home for his high school reunion in order to retrace how his life changed so much while rediscovering who he truly is. It’s a weird premise for sure, but a potentially solid one for a dark comedy. Andy Milonakis appears in this film, and you might enjoy it and be eligible for AARP.

This is what we did before

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Andrea RiseboroughPossessor, Mandy(Stars in 2021 Psychological thriller This is what we did beforeAs Laura, a grieving mother who meets a family next door to make new friends after the death of Josie. Laura falls in love with Megan their daughter and believes she is a reincarnation Josie who sent her as a miracle. Laura soon develops a desperate need to reconnect with Josie.

Wolf

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George MacKay1917The psychological drama stars? Wolf Jacob, a young boy who thinks that he is a wolf in a body. Jacob, who is being held captive and undergoes a variety of therapy to treat his Lupine Persona, makes friends with Wildcat (Lily Rose Depp), an older woman with the same condition. Jacob must decide whether he will renounce the identity of a wolf and choose to be a man.

Pursuit

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Emile Hirsch (Into the WildThe action-crime thriller features a star rating of? PursuitRick Calloway is the son of John Cusack, a notorious crime boss and hacker. After his wife is abducted by a drug cartel, Rick embarks on a merciless streak of violence and revenge to find her, ultimately bringing him to the doorstep of his father’s criminal empire. Not going to lie, it looks pretty cheesy, but if you’re aching to see John Cusack ham it up as a mafioso (and honestly, who isn’t?) This one is worth a look.