Netflix’s Ultraman: Rising, I Saw the TV Glow, and every movie new to streaming this week

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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, I Saw the TV Glow, the new psychological horror drama from We’re All Going to the World’s Fair director Jane Schoenbrun starring Justice Smith (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) and Brigette Lundy-Paine (Bill & Ted Face the Music), is finally available to watch on VOD. There’s tons of other exciting new releases on streaming this week as well, like new animated feature Ultraman: Rising on Netflix, the Ava DuVernay-directed drama Origin on Hulu, Dev Patel’s blistering action brawler Monkey Man on Peacock, and much more.

Here’s everything new that’s available to watch this weekend!

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Genre: Superhero drama
Run time: 1h 57m
Directors: Shannon Tindle, John Aoshima
Cast: Christopher Sean, Gedde Watanabe, Tamlyn Tomita

Ultraman is back, this time in an all-new animated feature from directors Shannon Tindle (Lost Ollie) and John Aoshima! Ultraman: Rising centers on Ken Sato, a braggadocious baseball player who returns to his home of Tokyo to inherit his father’s role as the superhero Ultraman. After inadvertently adopting a baby kaiju, Ken must raise the newborn while balancing his personal and heroic responsibilities.

From our review:

Ultraman: Rising doesn’t spend a whole lot of time on the decades-spanning mythos and world-building around the character. Instead, Tindle and company hone the film’s focus down to Ken’s family dynamic, and his subsequent arc from an obnoxiously selfish braggart to a humbler, more mature hero. That decision absolutely works to the movie’s benefit, allowing audiences who might otherwise be unfamiliar with the character to grasp the broader stakes and particularities of his universe.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 1h 32m
Director: Ron Frank

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