Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Crimes of the Future, and more new movies you can watch at home this weekend
This week sees one of the most heavily anticipated streaming premieres of 2022 arrive at home, as the Doctor Strange sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness lands on Disney Plus.
That’s not all: There’s a new Kevin Hart movie on Netflix, a new Beavis and Butt-Head movie in the year 2022, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future on VOD, and much more.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the 28th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, follows Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), the would-be Sorcerer Supreme, as he teams up with America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), a teenage girl with the ability to traverse universes, in order to stop a mysterious adversary who seeks to absorb America’s power and destroy the multiverse in the process. In their fight to save all of existence, Strange must seek the help of old friends, including the likes of Wanda, the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Wong (Benedict Wong).
From our review:
The scenes that go full Raimi are powerful reminders of how much fun the Marvel Cinematic Universe can be whenever its filmmakers’ idiosyncrasies are allowed to shine through. Multiverse of Madness isn’t a full-on Sam Raimi film — Michael Waldron’s script has a lot of MCU lore to tear through, and there are still more scenes of magic lasers firing at each other than horror fans might like. But the stylistic flair Raimi brings offers respite from all the flying CG magic blasts in a way that establishes the characters. Wanda Maximoff isn’t just capable of crimson energy blasts and mass illusion: She genuinely has mastery of the most disturbing powers in the multiverse. Doctor Strange doesn’t just conjure orange versions of physical
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