Netflix’s Spiderhead, Morbius, and more new movies you can watch at home this weekend
Happy Friday, Polygon readers! This week brings a bevy of new movie releases on streaming services and for rental or purchase on VOD.
Leading the way this week is Netflix’s Spiderhead, the new movie from Joseph Kosinski. Kosinski directed Top Gun: Maverick, one of our picks for the best movies of 2022, and Polygon readers may also remember his famous Gears of War commercial from 2006. This time out, he’s working with Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and the writing team behind the Deadpool movies and 6 Underground on a cerebral sci-fi.
We would be remiss not to mention Morbius, which is now available at a reduced rental price of $5.99. Please Morb responsibly.
There are also the long-awaited release of Phil Tippett’s nightmarish horror Mad God, two recent Oscar nominees making their streaming debuts, a group of new Netflix action movies, and much more!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
“Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski and the writers of Deadpool team up to adapt a dystopian short story by George Saunders” is a real description of a real movie that really exists. Set in a state-of-the-art penitentiary where inmates are forced to undergo a series of mind-altering drug trials in exchange for commuted sentences, Spiderhead follows the story of Jeff (Miles Teller) and Lizzy (Jurnee Smollett), two test subjects who form an unlikely connection under the watchful eye of Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth), an elusive tech visionary whose deranged philosophy of “better living through chemistry” threatens the sanity (and lives) of everyone in the facility.
From our review:
In spite of the dystopian premise, Kosinski brings a light touch to Spiderhead. Colorful cinematography and spirited editing contrast with the
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