Gran Turismo, Blue Beetle, new Wes Anderson on Netflix, and every new movie to watch this weekend
Good news, everyone: It’s a busy week of new movies to watch at home.
Despite dropping Asteroid City over the summer, Wes Anderson has another new movie out, this time straight to Netflix (and just a tad under 40 minutes long). It’s the first of a few Anderson projects for Netflix due out this week, and early responses have been very positive. Some of the summer blockbusters make their way for home viewing, too: The Meg 2splashes onto Max, while Blue Beetleand Gran Turismoveer their way onto VOD.
Those are the main highlights, but there’s plenty more options for people looking to watch new movies at home this weekend. Let’s get into it.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 39m
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Friend
Wes Anderson’s second movie of the year, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, is the first of a group of Netflix shorts he’s made adapting Roald Dahl stories. A new Wes Anderson is always an event, and this one sees friends new (Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley) and old (Ralph Fiennes) for the one-of-a-kind filmmaker. The other three shorts — The Swan, The Rat Catcher, and Poison — are all also dropping on the platform this week, with the last one premiering Saturday.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Crime thriller
Run time: 2h 14m
Director: Grant Singer
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian
Benicio Del Toro stars in this brutal new crime thriller as Tom Nichols, a gruff detective who finds himself unnerved by a disturbing new case. The trailer plays like a cross between Denis Villeneuve’sPrisoners and David Fincher’s Gone Girl, with a wild example of stunt casting in the form of
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