A string of great new movies are airing this weekend, and we’ve got your guide to recently released films that deserve your attention while you sit back and relax over the next few days.
We say Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays are for movies, but if you’re not in the mood to go to the local theater, you can always heat up a bag of popcorn in the microwave, curl up on the couch in your pajamas, and press play from the comfort of your own home.
This weekend you can actually watch Black phone 2 At home if you’re feeling the spooky vibes and aren’t quite ready to move on from Halloween just yet, even though the merry holidays are right around the corner. There’s also Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein on Netflix, plus a new comedy starring Keanu Reeves as a guardian angel who bites off more than he can chew when the stubborn human he’s been tasked with guiding has other plans.
Below, here are the five best new movies you can watch at home this weekend, either via video on demand or via streaming for free. Happy watching!
Black phone 2 (Video on demand)
In the sequel to 2021’s excellent supernatural horror film Black phoneVinnie Blake, now a troubled teenager due to the trauma he suffered in the first film, is once again tormented by Grabber – this time terrorizing his victims, including Vinnie’s younger sister Gwen, from beyond the grave.
The chilling follow-up takes place at a snow-covered mountain sleepover camp, where Vinnie and Gwen team up to solve Grabber’s first murder. Black phone 2 It represents a slight shift in tone from the subtle psychological scares of the first film to something closer to the film A Nightmare on Elm Street series, where Ethan Hawke’s killer is now the character Freddy Krueger.
Black phone 2 Available to rent or purchase on VOD, including Amazon Prime.
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Frankenstein (Netflix)
Guillermo del Toro is the master of gothic filmmaking, and his latest beloved work, Frankensteinfits perfectly with his famous and often harrowing films.
Based on Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel, Del Toro’s Atmosphere Frankenstein It focuses on a mad scientist (Oscar Isaac), whose relentless ego leads to tragic consequences when his monstrous creation (Jacob Elordi) is rejected and condemned to live alone.
Frankenstein It streams exclusively on Netflix.
Crushing machine (Video on demand)
In a transformative, critically acclaimed role, Dwayne Johnson stars as mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s biographical sports drama. Crushing machine.
The film tells the true-life story of former UFC and mixed martial arts legend Mark Kerr, whose obsession with perfection nearly destroyed him through drug use, the pressures of the spotlight, a volatile relationship and the devastating physical toll of fighting.
Crushing machine Available for rent or purchase via VOD.
good luck (Video on demand)
The film is written and directed by Aziz Ansari, and stars Ansari, Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, Sandra Oh, and Keke Palmer. good luck is a socially minded supernatural comedy of heavenly proportions (literally) that tackles the economic divide.
When a well-meaning guardian angel (Reeves) replaces a struggling Los Angeles-based temp worker with the body of a wealthy investor to prove that money doesn’t solve all problems, he risks losing his wings and being forced to live like a human when the poor man refuses to return to his homeland.
good luck Available to rent or purchase via VOD, including Amazon Prime.
The Fantastic Four: The First Steps (Disney+)
The first person in charge of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Fantastic Four The film sees the family-unit-turned-superhero team of Reed Richards (aka Mister Fantastic), Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm take on the planet-consuming giant Galactus, who really, truly He wants Reid and Sue’s baby for a reason that we won’t spoil here.
Set in the 1960s on an alternate version of Earth, the film is a futuristic film full of action and heart in which a quartet of heroes decide to save the world using their greatest power of all: the power of family.
The Fantastic Four: The First Steps It’s streaming for free on Disney+.
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