Greetings Polygon readers!
Every week, we round up the hottest new releases on streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, oppenheimerThe historical biopic starring Cillian Murphy as the so-called “Father of the Nuclear Bomb” finally hits streaming following its critically and commercially successful theatrical debut earlier this year. LionThe new animated comedy starring Adam Sandler as a talking lizard premieres on Netflix this week along with the scripted documentary. Stamped from the beginning Based on the book by Ibram X. Kendi. There are many interesting releases this week, such as Paul Schrader. Master gardener on Hulu, Good burger 2 on Paramount Plus, the fantastic comedy Genius starring Melissa McCarthy on Peacock and more.
Here’s everything new you can see this week.
New on Netflix
Lion
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Netflix
Gender: Musical comedy
Execution time: 1h 42m
Directors: Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel, David Wachtenheim
Cast: Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Cecily Strong
Adam Sandler’s latest Netflix project is also co-written by the comedian. He plays a lizard named Leo, who along with a turtle (Bill Burr) are the pets of a fifth-grade classroom. The two try to escape the classroom and live life on their own terms.
Stamped from the beginning.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Netflix
Gender: Documentary film
Execution time: 1h 31m
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Cast: Angela Davis, Alexa Rachelle Jennings, Ibram X. Kendi
A documentary/feature film hybrid adapted from Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s book, Stamped from the beginning delves into the widespread racism against black people in the United States and its history as a strategic tool.
New on Hulu
Master gardener
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu on November 23
Image: Bonnie Marquette/Magnolia Pictures
Gender: Drama
Execution time: 1h 51m
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell
The third film in Paul Schrader’s “accidental trilogy” of thematically related films stars Joel Edgerton (The underground railway) as Narvel Roth, a horticulturist with a dark past who is tasked with confronting the wayward great-niece (Quintessa Swindell) of his wealthy benefactor (Sigourney Weaver). As the two grow closer, Narvel’s story slowly comes to light, threatening to uproot the simple life he has worked so meticulously to cultivate.
the last horseman
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: Roadside attractions
Gender: Documentary film
Execution time: 1h 38m
Director: Alex Holmes
Cast: Perico Delgado, Laurent Fignon, Cyrille Guimard
This documentary follows the story of Greg LeMond, the first non-European cyclist to win the Tour de France. the last horseman charts LeMond’s early career as a professional cyclist, his life-threatening brush with death while turkey hunting with his family, and ultimately his victory during the 1986 Tour de France.
New at Max
Little Richard: I am everything
Where to watch: Available to stream no later than November 23
Gender: Documentary film
Execution time: 1h 41m
Director: Lisa Cortes
Cast: Billy Porter, John Waters, Tom Jones
This documentary chronicles the life and career of Little Richard, one of the first stars of rock ‘n roll music, as well as the black queer origins of the genre itself. Featuring appearances by Billy Porter, John Waters and Nile Rodgers along with archival footage of Little Richard’s performances, this film unravels the complex and enduring legacy of this American musical pioneer.
New on Apple TV Plus
The corduroy rabbit
Where to watch: Available to stream on Apple TV Plus
Image: Apple TV Plus
Gender: fantasy drama
Execution time: 44m
Directors: Jennifer Perrott, Rick Thiele
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Nicola Coughlan, Alex Lawther
Based on the children’s book by Margery Williams, this short film follows the story of a 7-year-old boy named William (Phoenix Laroche) who receives a stuffed rabbit for Christmas that takes him to a world of fantastical splendor.
New on Paramount Plus
Good burger 2
Where to watch: Available to stream on Paramount Plus
Image: Paramount Plus
Gender: Comedy
Execution time: 1h 46m
Director: Phil’s Way
Cast: Kenan Thompson, Jillian Bell, Lil Rel Howery
Set twenty-six years after the events of the first film, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell reprise their roles as Dexter Reed and Ed, who reunite to save Good Burger from a nefarious megacorporation that wants to automate its workforce.
New in peacock
Genius
Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock
Image: peacock
Gender: fantasy comedy
Execution time: 1h 33m
Director: Sam Boyd
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Paapa Essiedu, Denée Benton
Workaholic father Bernard (Paapa Essiedu) can’t seem to find a healthy balance between his professional life and home. That changes after he accidentally awakens a genie named Flora (Melissa McCarthy), who helps him understand what really matters during a mischief-filled adventure through New York City.
New on AMC Plus
What’s coming around
Where to watch: Available to stream on Paramount Plus on November 24
Gender: suspense
Execution time: 1h 25m
Director: Amy Redford
Cast: Summer Phoenix, Grace Van Dien, Kyle Gallner
After a young woman (Grace Van Dien) is seduced online by an older, controlling man, a rift forms between the woman and her mother (Summer Phoenix) in this psychological drama-thriller.
New on the Criterion Channel
A fire
Where to watch: Available to stream on Criterion Channel
Image: The Criterion Channel
Gender: Romantic drama
Execution time: 1h 42m
Director: Christian Petzold
Cast: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Enno Trebs
While on vacation in the Baltic Sea, four young people meet by chance while staying in the same vacation house. As a nearby forest fire gets closer and closer, the group finds themselves trapped with each other as tensions and passions reach a fever pitch.
New for rent
oppenheimer
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: Universal Photos
Gender: historical biographical film
Execution time: 3h
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called “father of the atomic bomb,” in the Christopher Nolan biopic that chronicles the scientist’s tenure at a clandestine research facility in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to his conflicted reputation. and his public disgrace in the years that followed. Second World War.
From our review,
In its final stretch, oppenheimer uses the political campaign to discredit the physicist and undo his legacy as a way of getting under the skin of a man whose position on his terrible creation remains contradictory and enigmatic. After the overwhelming bomb sequences, that’s a surprisingly subtle and complex tactic for Nolan, but it works because the story is driven by the historical record and characters, rather than dogma, and the dire moral consequences emerge naturally. of the details. Nolan is not one to let any audience member miss his point, and the film’s final scene makes that clear. But first, he builds the web of ambition, commitment, dreams, politics, jealousy and inspiration (in a word, humanity) that unleashed the forces that amaze him. In oppenheimerMan is the most terrible machine of all.
The swamp king’s daughter
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: Lionsgate Movies/STX Entertainment
Gender: Psychological thriller
Execution time: 1h 49m
Director: Neil’s Burger
Cast: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklyn Prince
Daisy Ridley stars in this psychological thriller based on the novel by Karen Dionne as Helena, a woman with a troubled past who travels to the marshes of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in search of her father (Ben Mendelsohn), who has escaped police custody. . Knowing that he will eventually come to terrorize her family, Helena arms herself to kill or capture him before she hurts anyone else.
