Barbie, John Wick 4, Netflix’s El Conde, and every new movie to watch at home this weekend
Happy Friday, Polygon readers!
Each week, we round up the most notable releases new to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s box-office behemoth about everyone’s favorite fashionista everywoman, finally comes to streaming following its tremendously profitable theatrical run. Spencer director Pablo Larraín’s satirical dark comedy about a vampiric dictator arrives on Netflix, alongside a new romance drama starring Haley Lu Richardson (The White Lotus). Pixar’s latest fantasy drama, Elemental, comes to Disney Plus, Fast X races onto Peacock, and much more are arriving on streaming and VOD this weekend, include genre movie sensations Talk to Me and John Wick: Chapter 4.
Here’s everything new to watch this weekend!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Black comedy horror
Run time: 1h 50m
Director: Pablo Larraín
Cast: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro
Spencer director Pablo Larraín’s latest satire asks a simple question: What if, besides being an unrepentantly monstrous dictator responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 Chileans and the embezzlement of nearly $28 million, Augusto Pinochet was also a bloodsucking vampire? After living nearly 250 years as a creature of the night, Pinochet decides to die, but not before tying up some loose ends regarding his family’s estate.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Romance
Run time: 1h 30m
Director: Vanessa Caswill
Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Jameela Jamil
Haley Lu Richardson (The White Lotus) and Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalypse) are two perfect strangers who unexpectedly fall in love during their shared seven-hour flight to London. After losing each
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