Across the Spider-Verse, Netflix’s Heart of Stone, and every new movie to watch at home this weekend
Happy Friday, Polygon readers. This week is an exciting one in new movies to watch at home: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the thrilling sequel to 2018 Oscar-winning smash hit Into the Spider-Verse and one of the best movies of 2023, finally drops digitally and is available to purchase online.
That’s not all: Asteroid City, Wes Anderson’s latest adventure (and another of our best movies of 2023) premieres on Peacock. Netflix also has the new Gal Gadot spy thriller Heart of Stone, the folk horror Enys Men debuts on Hulu, Chinese blockbuster The Wandering Earth II arrives on Prime along with theRed, White & Royal Blue adaptation, and there’s a group of intriguing docs now available to watch at home, too.
Let’s get into it.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Spy thrillerRun time: 2h 2mDirector: Tom HarperCast: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt
Gal Gadot and Netflix aim to start a franchise with this spy movie modeled after the more realistic thrills of the Bourne, Bond, and Mission: Impossible franchises. She plays superagent Rachel Stone, who has to stop a dastardly plot to take over the all-powerful artificial intelligence that guides her agency. It’s a pretty fun time, with grounded, in-camera action, and Gadot’s best movie in years.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video
Genre: Sci-fiRun time: 2h 53mDirector: Frant GwoCast: Wu Jing, Andy Lau, Hao Feng
The prequel to the 2019 Chinese sci-fi action adventure film The Wandering Earth centers on a team of scientists tasked with building enormous engines designed to propel the Earth safely outside the radius of an impending solar flare in search of a new solar system. Time is running out, and the scientists must survive the elements and
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