The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend
Welcome to the weekend – and to another batch of recommendations of all the best new streaming releases. It's a big week for movies, with some of the summer's biggest hits now available to watch at home: Pixar's most recent release Elemental is now on Disney Plus and Fast X is now streaming on Peacock. In other movie news, El Conde, the latest film from Spencer and Jackie director Pablo Larraín, is now on Netflix, and recently released comedy Theater Camp is streaming on Hulu.
As for TV, The Morning Show season 3 premieres on Apple TV Plus, and Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds-fronted sports documentary Welcome to Wrexham returns for a second season on Hulu in the US and Disney Plus in the UK. Meanwhile, over on Prime Video, Jenna Coleman plays a wronged wife plotting revenge in new thriller series Wilderness.
Available: Worldwide
Watch now: Disney Plus
Set in a world of anthropomorphized elements of nature, Pixar's latest Elemental charts the unlikely love story between fire element Ember (Leah Lewis) and water element Wade (Mamoudou Athie). The movie was a slow burn at the box office, debuting to Pixar's lowest opening weekend since the '90s before eventually becoming the #1 animated movie at the international box office – and now you can tune in from the comfort of your own home.
For more on Elemental, check out our interview with the movie's director Peter Sohn and stars Athie and Lewis.
Available: Worldwide
Watch now: Netflix
Translating to 'The Count' in English, El Conde centers on Chilean fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet – except, in this movie, directed by Spencer helmer Pablo Larraín, he's a 250-year-old vampire. The real Pinochet died in 2006, but this version at the age of 91 decided to stop drinking blood
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