Greetings, Polygon readers! Each week, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, Imaginary, the new horror movie from Blumhouse, finally comes to VOD. Not interested? That’s all right; there’s tons of other exciting new releases to choose from this weekend. Lisa Frankenstein, the new horror comedy from Jennifer’s Body writer-producer Diablo Cody, comes to Peacock this weekend, along with the dark comedy When You Finish Saving the World starring Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard on Netflix. There’s also plenty of other intriguing VOD releases, including the 4K remaster of Stop Making Sense, the culinary romance drama The Taste of Things, and more.
Here’s everything new that’s available to watch this weekend!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Sports drama
Run time: 2h 5m
Director: Thea Sharrock
Cast: Bill Nighy, Micheal Ward, Susan Wokoma
Bill Nighy stars as the manager of England’s homeless football team who coaches them to compete at a global tournament in Rome in this new sports drama. Micheal Ward (Empire of Light) also stars as Vinny, the talented but troubled player on the team whose skills might deliver them the championship.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Thriller
Run time: 1h 28m
Director: Julien Leclercq
Cast: Franck Gastambide, Alban Lenoir, Ana Girardot
The third remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s classic 1953 thriller follows a team of drivers who are tasked with a deadly mission: Deliver two truckloads of highly volatile nitroglycerine across a desert to douse a deadly gas explosion. This version of The Wages of Fear stars a cast of big-name French talent, including Alban Lenoir of Lost Bullet fame.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Black comedy-drama
Run time: 1h 28m
Director: Jesse Eisenberg
Cast: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Alisha Boe
Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard), a high school student with a
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