The Woman King, Infinity Pool, and every other movie you can stream from home this weekend
As the calendar turns in February and we get closer to spring, the new movies available to watch at home are springing up left and right. This week, there are awards season snubs, festival darlings, and two very bloody good times to watch from the comfort of your couch.
Leading things off is Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical action epic The Woman King, finally landing on Netflix. There are also new movies from celebrated filmmakers James Gray and George Miller, Sundance hit Infinity Pool from Brandon Cronenberg, one of my favorite action movies of 2022, and two of the goriest movies I’ve ever seen (complimentary).
Let’s get into it!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Epic historical actionRun time: 2h 15mDirector: Gina Prince-BythewoodCast: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch
After the success of The Old Guard, director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball) returns to the action genre with this piece of epic historical fiction about the West African kingdom of Dahomey, and the group of women warriors who fought for it.
From our review:
The Woman King is a more human type of blockbuster than most of what turns up on screen in the summer months. It’s burdened with many of the issues that typify big studio movies — overstretched CGI, an overstuffed plot — but it shrugs off those issues as easily as the Agojie flip enemy soldiers over their backs and into the dirt. This film has a fire in its belly. But more importantly, it also has a heart full of love: love of life, love of freedom, love of Black people and culture, and love for its ferocious, complicated, brave women.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Genre: Action comedyRun time: 1h 36mDirectors: George and Harry KirbyCast: Scott
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