Happy Friday, Polygon readers. Each week, we round up the most notable releases new to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week he have some highly anticipated releases on Netflix, as well as one of the best superhero films of the year arriving on VOD.
Bird Box Barcelona, the spinoff sequel to Netflix’s apocalyptic thriller Bird Box starring Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), premieres on Netflix this weekend. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, the latest animated film in the massively popular martial arts fantasy franchise, comes to streaming on Crunchyroll, while the Colombian horror-thriller Quicksand arrives on Shudder. There’s plenty of new releases on VOD as well, including Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Asteroid City, and Joyland, and films with reduced prices like The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Beau Is Afraid.
Let’s dive in!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Apocalyptic horror thrillerRun time: 1h 50mDirector: David Pastor, Àlex PastorCast: Mario Casas, Alejandra Howard, Georgina Campbell
This spinoff sequel to 2018’s Bird Box follows a small group of survivors fighting to overcome an apocalyptic reality in which otherworldly entities with the power to drive human beings to kill themselves have descended on the planet. To protect themselves, the survivors wear blindfolds and other eye protection as they roam the Earth in search of safety. Now in Spanish.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Crunchyroll
Genre: Martial arts fantasyRun time: 1h 40mDirector: Tetsuro KodamaCast: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Ryō Horikawa
This new film set in the Dragon Ball universe follows an adult Gohan and his former mentor, Piccolo, as they battle
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