BlackBerry, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, To Leslie on Netflix, and every new movie to watch at home this weekend
Happy June, 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 sees a lot of new VOD releases, as well as a few on streaming platforms.
To Leslie, which resulted in one of the year’s most interesting Oscar campaigns, arrives on Netflix, while the trilogy-capping Magic Mike’s Last Dance finally makes its debut on the recently renamed Max platform. There’s also an exorcist movie on Hulu, a Sydney Sweeney movie on Max, and the VOD debuts of BlackBerry, Charlie Day’s Fool’s Paradise, Robert Rodriguez’s bewildering Ben Affleck psychological thriller Hypnotic, and a few other new movies.
Let’s get into it.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: DramaRun time: 1h 59mDirector: Michael MorrisCast: Andrea Riseborough, Andre Royo, Owen Teague
Andrea Riseborough stars in this 2022 drama as Leslie Rowland, an alcoholic from West Texas who wins the lottery only to squander her money on liquor and drugs. With nowhere and nothing left to turn to, Leslie works to rebuild her life and reconnect with loved ones estranged by her addiction. Even if you’re not familiar with the film, you might be familiar with the unconventional Oscar nomination campaign for Riseborough’s performance, which sparked a controversy among the awards committee.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Genre: Horror fantasyRun time: 1h 51mDirector: Nathan FrankowskiCast: Alice Orr-Ewing, Joe Doyle, Eveline Hall
A biotech company run by Satanists comes into possession of Jesus’ DNA and plots to clone the messiah to sacrifice them to the devil. Upon learning this, the archangel Michael (Peter Mensah) is sent to Earth with the
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