The Menu, Puss in Boots 2, and every new movie you can now watch at home

this weekend, menua dark comedy horror thriller starring Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Anya Taylor-Joy (Queen’s ruse), and Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max Fury Road) will be available to stream on HBO Max after it hits theaters in November 2022. If you don’t want to see a group of influence-seeking dilettantes and would-be foodies get just deserts, don’t worry. There are many other new movies. Movies to choose from.

Puss in Boots: Last Wisha stunningly good animated feature starring DreamWorks Animation’s eponymous breakout supporting character. Shrek, coming to VOD this weekend.period mystery thriller pale blue eye Starring Christian Bale (dark Knight) and Harry Melling (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs) is coming to Netflix with a Colombian road movie kings of the worldthe biographical Me Too era drama she said Streamed on Peacock. Also, his recent VOD releases like Todd Field’s latest (and excellent) psychological thriller are now available at discounted prices. tar Starring Cate Blanchett devil’s preymore.

Too many choices and very little free time to see them all. Here’s a rundown of all the new features you’ll enjoy with streaming and VOD this week.

What’s new on Netflix

pale blue eye

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Execution time: 2 hours 8 minutes
directed by: Scott Cooper
cast: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson

Christian Bale, a 2022 historical mystery thriller directed by Scott Cooper, follows a world-weary veteran detective who is hired to investigate a series of murders at the Military Academy in West Point, New York. Starring as Augustus Landau. Frustrated by the lack of cooperation on the part of the cadets, most of whom have taken a vow of silence, Landor finds help in the form of an unlikely ally — Edgar Allan Poe (Melling ) is a meek young military cadet named

kings of the world

Where to watch: Streamable on Netflix

Image: Netflix

Genre: Adventure/Drama
Execution time: 1 hour 43 minutes
directed by: Laura Mora Ortega
cast: Carlos Andrés Castañeda, Davison Flores, Brahian Acevedo

This Colombian fantasy drama road movie follows the story of five orphaned boys who band together as an adoptive family to make a poor living on the streets of Medellin. When she discovers that one of the boys has inherited land from her late grandmother, who was violently displaced from her home by paramilitaries and later reclaimed by a government restitution program, the boys embarks on a journey to Colombia. A dangerous quest for a better life.

New in HBO Max

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Where to watch: Streamable on HBO Max. Available on Amazon, Apple and Vudu for $14.99

Photo: Eric Zachanowicz/Searchlight Pictures

Genre: dark comedy/horror
Execution time: 1 hour 47 minutes
directed by: Mark Myrod
cast: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult

Anya Taylor-Joy (norseman) star opposite Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max Fury Road) as Margot is invited on a “date” with a wealthy food snob named Tyler (Holt) to dine at Hawthorne, a fine dining restaurant owned by world-famous reclusive chef Julian Slowwick (Fiennes). . But it didn’t take long before they realized Slowik was thinking of something else besides bourguignon for overpriced oysters and beef.

From our review:

menu Often read like an extended version of a set of plays. A group of people forced into close proximity gradually crack under pressure to reveal new things about themselves. It’s the staging itself that keeps it going, not the energy of that stage. Production designer Ethan Tobuman was inspired by all of Luis Buñuel’s devastating 1962 film. angel of extinction (another film about self-righteous elites who cannot escape each other) to German Expressionist architecture. He and cinematographer Peter Deming give the film a harsh, punishing chill that highlights both the lack of comfort and warmth in haute cuisine and the state of mind of Chef Slowwick. It’s a suitably gorgeous, sensory-driven film, with something eye-catching in every frame.

What’s New in Peacock

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Where to watch: Streamable on Peacock

Image: Universal Pictures

Genre: Drama
Execution time: 2 hours 9 minutes
directed by: Maria Schrader
cast: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson

This biographical drama stars Zoe Kazan (conspiracy against america) and Carey Mulligan (promising young woman) as Jodie Kantor and Megan Twohey, New York Times reporters who broke Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s groundbreaking story of the history of sexual abuse against women.

What’s New in AMC+

Vesper

Where to watch: Streamable on AMC+. Available to rent for $6.99 Amazon, appleand voodoo

Image: IFC Film

A post-apocalyptic indie sci-fi film that has received rave reviews since its release last year! The film tells the story of a 13-year-old girl who struggles to survive in a world where the Earth’s ecosystem has collapsed and human civilization has collapsed.

From our review:

Vesper At the same time, like a witty budget indie dual Like Alex Garland’s $50 million passion project annihilationIt’s a small story, sometimes so quiet and minimalist that even having two characters in the same room feels overcrowded. At the movie release vanishing waves, [directors Kristina] Buozite and [Bruno] Thumper does an impressive job of creating a plausible, concrete world around these silent spaces.

What’s new in VOD

dedication

Where to watch: Available January 8th on Amazon, Apple and Vudu for $19.99

Photo: Eli Ade/CTMG

Genre: biographical war drama
Execution time: 2 hours 19 minutes
directed by: JD Dillard
cast: Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson

Jonathan Majors (lovecraft country) and Glenn Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) In this air war epic, two elite fighter pilots and Navy officers, Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner, must learn to work together to overcome one of the most difficult battles of the Korean War. Hmm.

From our review:

The film’s combination of orthogonality and relative understatement, courtesy of director J.D. Dillard (Slight), accumulating quiet power. Not everyone grew up idolizing Tom Cruise’s smug Hotshot Maverick, and this is a Navy aviator movie that doesn’t need much speed. It’s not a big canvas. maverickBut it’s compelling, and there’s something satisfying about the way it emphasizes accuracy over power. Find graceful notes, such as the moment you stay pinned to the nose of the plane, or the striking look on Jesse’s pre-flight ritual. He stares at himself in the mirror, reciting every ugly dismissal ever thrown, and Dillard films this with Majors facing directly into the camera while at the same time torturing himself and turning himself into steel.

Puss in Boots: Last Wish

Where to watch: Available on Amazon, Apple and Vudu for $29.99

Image: DreamWorks Animation

Genre: adventure/comedy
Execution time: 1 hour 42 minutes
directed by: Joel Crawford
cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Gillen

Antonio Banderas returns as The Cat in Brave Cat Boots in the sequel to the long overdue 2011 film. While adventuring in the Kingdom of Duroc, the Cat in Boots discovers that he has used up eight of his nine lives, the very cause that drove Roy to patricide his Batty in the 1982s. must embark on an epic quest for blade runner: more life.

From our review:

last wish It’s the closest movie I’ve ever seen to emulating hand-drawn concept art. On the way to the Wishing Star, Puss and friends explore prismatic backdrops, from bright pink and green forests to the rustic interiors of the Cat Women’s Prison, seemingly retouched by a team of artists. Traverse. Beast Encounters uses color, linework, and kinetic camera movements to draw the viewer deeper into the battle. road of water, which regularly shifts the frame rate to shake the senses. The cat looks more like an oil painting than ever, but he could be soliloquy for a second about his legendary animated skills. “about them” Then find yourself in a cacophonous skirmish with towering trolls animated by your team “On the Two”. the sensation is spider verse It drags the Shrek franchise into high-art territory above all else. It is amazing.

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

Image: Focus function

Genre: psychological drama
Execution time: 2 hours 38 minutes
directed by: Todd Field
cast: Cate Blanchett, Noemie Merlin, Nina Hoss

Cate Blanchett to star in Todd Field’s first feature film since 2006 small children as the eponymous Lydia Thal, virtuosic composer and first female conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Known alike for both her immense talent and her fierce personality, should we say she’s not fit for abuse of power?Tár could be one of the most important milestones of her career. But when her myriad infidelities and crimes begin to come to light, she must find a way to weather the storm. Otherwise she will be swept into the dump of history.

devil’s prey

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

Image: Lionsgate

Genre: horror/thriller
Execution time: 1 hour 33 minutes
directed by: Daniel Stam
cast: Jacqueline Byers, Colin Salmon, Christian Navarro

Sister Ann (Jacqueline Byers), a troubled nun with a dark past, attends an exorcism school reopened by the Catholic Church and aims to become the first female exorcist. As she scrambles for the girl’s soul, Anne comes face to face with the demons that tormented her family years ago.

TICKETS TO PARADISE

Where to watch: Available on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Image: Universal Pictures

Genre: Love comedy
Execution time: 1 hour 44 minutes
directed by: Ol Parker
cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever

A divorced couple starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts in this romantic comedy puts aside their differences to prevent their lovestruck daughter, Lily (Caitlin Dever), from getting married and becomes the same. We work together with one goal in mind: to stop people from making “mistakes.” Did it.