Elvis, Netflix’s Day Shift, and every other new movie to watch at home

A new movie you can watch at home this week is a bit of a throwback to the exciting Netflix movie, with a big theatrical release finally coming to home video.

first we need to talk ElvisBaz Luhrmann’s maximalist approach is the perfect vehicle for telling the story of one of America’s most legendary figures in pop culture, and even if you couldn’t make it to the theater like I did, you could do it at home. You can see.

Other highlights from Netflix day shift, a vampire-hunting action-comedy-horror hybrid from legendary stunt performer JJ Perry and first-time director starring Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, and Snoop Dogg. It’s a blast, a throwback to a bygone era of action movie making.

Along with these two are two children’s films, a documentary about Princess Diana and David Cronenberg’s crime of the future and Alex Garland’s male at discounted rental prices.

let’s start!

Elvis

Where to watch: Available to rent or buy from Amazon, Apple and Vudu for $19.99

Austin Butler stars in the biopic directed by King of Rock and Roll’s Baz Luhrmann (once upon a time in hollywood) as the legendary musician and Tom Hanks as his promoter, Colonel Tom Parker. From our review:

It turns out that the key casting choice is not the actors, but the director. Baz Luhrmann is exactly the person an Elvis biography needs. He has no restraint, no shame, no self-consciousness. He’s the only filmmaker who can simultaneously treat the legend of Elvis Presley with the high camp and the emotional honesty it deserves.

While you’re feeling good, why not check out our list of great biographies about musicians, or our list of the best movies from Elvis’ acting career?

day shift

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

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This new action horror comedy is the directorial debut of longtime stunt performer and action coordinator JJ Perry. In many ways, it’s a throwback to the buddy comedy action movies of 30 years ago, but with modernized choreography. Jamie Foxx plays a vampire hunter in dire need of cash, teaming up with a Vampire Hunter Guild representative (Dave Franco) and his old friend (Snoop Dogg) to try and score big.

From our review:

The refreshingly low stakes and the way the mundane and the supernatural blend effortlessly here are just two of the ways. day shift Savvy viewers will remember many video store staples of the 80’s and 90’s where this movie is clearly a love letter. lost boys, dead heatWhen night of terror All get separate homages, among other films. Some of these references are presented in subtle ways for the most dedicated movie geeks. Others roar and shout affectionately.

secret headquarters

Where to watch: Streamable with Paramount Plus

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Owen Wilson is a hybrid of Iron Man and Green Lantern in this kid-centric superhero movie. catfish When nerve Directed by Ariel Shulman and Henry Joost.

From our review:

when secret headquarters Indulge your kids in fun with super powerful gadgets, it shines. Focusing on Charlie’s conflict with his father, and the toll that masked vigilantes take on family life, the film is well suited to the “kids discover super powers and super gadgets” subgenre. stands out from the entry of Focusing on serious adult issues could be a bit of an understatement, but when Joost and Schulman narrow the plot down to smaller stakes and ridiculous antics, secret headquarters It proves to be a fun and heartwarming binge.

crime of the future

Where to watch: Available for rent at Apple, Amazon and Google for $5.99

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David Cronenberg’s latest body horror venture stars Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux and Kristen Stewart. Now is the perfect time to take a look back at the history of the genre Cronenberg has long championed.

From our review:

His relatively recent films have jarring, terrifying, and even dangerous moments. map to the stars When Cosmopolis (Both with Stewart twilight Co-star Robert Pattinson. Taylor Lautner must be kickflipping while waiting by the phone.) crime is Cronenberg’s first serious sci-fi/horror film since 1999’s playful game odyssey. existHis return to genre territory is both more extreme and less. exist A more user-friendly trip for the squeamish, but crimeA decidedly surgical moment, a more contemplative and sometimes subversive film. It can also be called a mood piece.

male

Where to watch: Rent for $5.99 from Amazon, Apple and Vudu

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Alex Garland (Ex Machina, annihilation) returns in this horror film in which a young woman (Jesse Buckley) flees to the countryside after experiencing a trauma with her husband only to find herself in a very strange group of men (Rory Kinnear) who share the same face. just encounter.

From our review:

Aside from the meaning and purpose, male It’s a sensualist’s dream. Garland with cinematographer Rob Hardy (who also shot) Ex Machina When annihilation), with vivid colors and endlessly amazing imagery, giving the film a breathtakingly intense visual clarity. Ben Her music by Jeff Barrow of Salisbury and Portishead (who also collaborated on her two films before Garland) blended ambient noise and music with Buckley’s vocalizations, sometimes allowing her to harmonize with her own voice. The effect is hauntingly beautiful, like exploring the echoes of a tunnel. Screams of emotional anguish then slide perfectly into the soundtrack, making Harper think more than he actually does.

happy birthday

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

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This surreal Telugu crime comedy takes place in a fictional country that has passed laws mandating gun ownership. The film follows a group of people in a luxury hotel who demand that their customers carry guns, and the series of incidents that follow.

Codename: Emperor

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

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This Spanish action thriller follows the moral dilemma of an agent who is hired to outwit an innocent politician.

heart song

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

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heart song is a musical romantic drama from Turkey about a nomadic folk musician from the Dom tribe who falls in love with a bride at a wedding she is asked to perform. Dom’s folk songs are used extensively in this film.

Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

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Argentina’s most famous bank robbery is investigated in this true crime documentary. In 2006, when five of his masked robbers took 23 of him hostage and robbed a bank in broad daylight.

pakka commercial

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

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Another Telugu comedy coming to Netflix this week. This is a courtroom action comedy about a lawyer who takes on a controversial client. His relationship with the client puts him at odds with his former judge father.

Staying Aboard: The Story of Leo Baker

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

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This documentary tells the story of breakthrough skateboarder Leo Baker, who won gold at the 2014 Summer X Games and is one of the most prominent transgender athletes in the sport.

13: The Musical

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

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Jason Robert Brown, Robert Horn, and Dan Elish’s film adaptation of the 2007 stage musical follows a young boy who moves from New York to Indiana and wishes to be remembered for his Bar Mitzvah in his new surroundings.

princess

Where to watch: Streamable on HBO Max

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Not to be confused with the recently released Hulu action movie of the same name. princess is a documentary about Princess Diana by Oscar-nominated documentarian Ed Perkins (black sheep).

i love daddy

Where to watch: Apple available for rent on Vudu for $6.99

Image: Magnolia Pictures

In an irreverent comedy based on a true story, Patton Oswalt plays a father who tries to connect with his estranged son online by pretending to be a woman. Yes, he tries to catfish his own son (played by real-life writer/director James Morosini on which the story is based).

like a wife

Where to watch: Available for rent at Apple, Amazon and Vudu for $5.99

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R-rated sci-fi thriller, like a wife Following a recently widowed detective (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), he is assigned an AI companion (Elena Campoulis) designed to behave like her. As a result, when the AI ​​companion begins to recall memories that are not hers, he becomes embroiled in clashes with the Resistance Her group, who seek to end this practice.

From our review:

Rather than develop an uneasy and unbalanced relationship between these two specific characters, like a wife Unearth the barely hidden subtext and proudly lay it out as text. Men conquer women, and if their attempts to do so are thwarted, they invent new women to conquer more. There are moments that seem made up, but Bird avoids it by not including a major character who is truly grieving.