Turning Red, The Adam Project, and every new movie you can stream from home this week
This week, Pixar’s new coming-of-age movie Turning Red comes straight to Disney Plus. It’s one of our best movies of 2022, so far, draws inspiration from some classic anime, and is well worth your time.
There’s also Netflix’s latest Ryan Reynolds vehicle The Adam Project, the return of Dune to HBO Max, a dazzling Chinese action-adventure fantasy epic, and plenty more new stuff for you to watch at home.
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 Disney Plus
Pixar’s latest animated adventure is a coming-of-age story about Mei Lee, a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian girl who awakes one morning from uneasy dreams to find herself transformed into a gigantic red panda. When it turns out this is the case for all the women in her family, Mei finds herself torn between tradition and forging her own path as she figures out who she is in this world.
From our review,
Domee Shi, who directed Pixar’s short filmBao in 2018, creates something special with this project, a deeply personal film that speaks to universal themes. With Turning Red, Shi gleefully celebrates early adolescence, a time of life often portrayed as awkward and cringey, and she revels in extensive cultural specificities that enrich the story. With a bright visual style and specific, evocative storytelling,Turning Red is an incredibly special addition to the Pixar canon, and one of its best films.
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Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
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