Moonfall, Netflix’s Bubble, and more new movies you can watch at home this weekend
This weekend Moonfall, the latest sci-fi disaster film from Independence Day director Roland Emmerich, is finally available to rent on VOD. If a movie about a celestial body crashing into Earth doesn’t sound like your idea of a fun Friday flick, don’t worry; we’ve got plenty more great new releases on VOD and streaming to choose from.
This week’s picks include Bubble, the new post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance anime film from Attack on Titan director Tetsurō Araki; the follow-up to 2020 Polish-Italian erotic drama 365 Days; the South African historical drama Silverton Siege; and four more new films are available to stream on Netflix. The teenage rom-com Crush starring Rowan Blanchard (A Wrinkle in Time) is streaming on Hulu, while the biographical sports drama The Survivor starring Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) is available to watch on HBO Max. Top that off with the release of the 2022 psychological thriller The Aviary on VOD and you’ve got a weekend’s worth of great new entertainment to watch.
To help you get a handle on what’s new and available, here are the new movies you can watch on streaming and VOD this weekend.
Where to watch: Available to rent for $5.99 on Apple, Amazon, Vudu
Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster epic tells you exactly what you need to know, right on the tin: The moon, it is falling. With an ensemble cast featuring Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, Michael Peña, and Donald Sutherland, Moonfall is a bit of a throwback to an era when disaster movies were a more fashionable blockbuster genre.
From our review:
Emmerich has made a name for himself as one of the last great disaster-movie kings. The genre that made him famous, via movies like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow,has fallen out of favor,
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