Fall, Netflix’s Your Place or Mine, and every other movie you can stream from home this weekend
It’s the first full week of February, and there are a ton of intriguing movies out on streaming this week.
The Tamil heist thriller Thunivu is at the top of our list, and it’s one of three new Netflix releases this week (including a rom-com with Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon). There are also two Oscar-nominated movies new to HBO Max, two very interesting new releases on Shudder, the VOD debuts of two of the most highly acclaimed movies of 2022, and much more.
Let’s get into it!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Rom-comRun time: 1h 49mDirector: Aline Brosh McKennaCast: Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Steve Zahn
This rom-com is about two friends who have very different lifestyles and swap houses and lives for a week. It is the directorial debut of The Devil Wears Prada screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, who was also the co-creator and showrunner of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (with star Rachel Bloom, who is also in Your Place or Mine.)
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Crime thrillerRun time: 2h 26mDirector: H. VinothCast: Ajith Kumar, Manju Warrier, Samuthirakani
If you’re wondering, “What will the person writing this [ed. note: Pete] be watching this weekend?” you have found your answer. I have heard good things about this Tamil-language heist movie about a mastermind criminal and his Robin Hood style of thieves who take from the rich, and I am extremely excited to finally watch it now that it’s on Netflix.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Crime thrillerRun time: 2h 4mDirector: Uluç BayraktarCast: Nejat Isler, Ilayda Alisan, Ilayda Akdogan
In this first movie in a Turkish trilogy, a former lawyer takes on a dangerous missing-person case in his new life as a
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