The Princess, The Bad Guys, and more new movies you can watch at home this weekend
This week sees the premiere of The Princess, the “Rapunzel meets The Raid” action film starring Joey King on Hulu, as well as the streaming premiere of animated comedy The Bad Guys on Peacock.
That’s not all: Edgar Wright’s giallo-inspired horror thriller Last Night in Soho comes to HBO Max, the Norwegian sci-fi comedy Blasted and the 2022 drama Beauty premiere on Netflix, the 2009 Japanese fantasy drama Air Doll streams on Criterion Channel, and there tons of new VOD releases including a 4K restoration of the 1956 epic Ilya Muromets: The Sword and the Dragon.
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 stream on Hulu
Joey King (The Kissing Booth) stars in Le-Van Kiet’s “Rapunzel meets The Raid” action movie as a strong-willed princess who, after refusing to marry the cruel suitor to whom she is betrothed, is abducted and locked away in a remote tower of her father’s castle. Determined to undermine her would-be husband’s malevolent schemes, she’ll have to cut a bloody swath of carnage to escape and save her kingdom.
From our review:
It’s intrinsically satisfying to see a fantasy princess in a ripped, bloody wedding dress, stabbing the men who seek to control her. Princesses and other wealthy women shedding their constraining dresses and corsets for more battle-ready looks isn’t new: See again, Merida’s dress bursting at the seams as she readies her bow, Elizabeth trading her gowns for more practical fighting attire in Pirates of the Caribbean, or more recently, Grace battling her predatory new in-laws in Ready or Not.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock
This animated heist movie follows a group of
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