It’s been a busy month at the box office, with John Wick: Chapter 4, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie making back-to-back waves. But what about home? It’s Cocaine Bear season, of course, when the comedy thriller hits Peacock.
This week’s other new offerings include Netflix’s Last Kingdom film Seven Kings Must Die, which follows on from the hit series. There’s also cult horror film Flux Gourmet on Hulu, Ryan Kwanten (and Scott Adkins briefly) actioner Section 8 on Hulu, Julia Roberts-George Clooney rom-com Ticket to Paradise on Prime, Zach Braff’s new feel-good film on VOD, and much more.
Let’s get into that.
New on Netflix
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Netflix
Genre: historical drama
Duration: 1h 51m
Director: Edward Bazaggette
Pour: Alexander Dreymon, Harry Gilby, Mark Rowley
After five seasons of The Last Kingdom, adapted from Bernard Cornwell’s novels The Saxon Stories, the saga comes to an end with this film, Seven Kings Must Die. Alexander Dreymon returns as Uhtred von Bebbanburg, hoping to unite England following the events of season five.
New on Hulu
river gourmet
Where to see: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: IFC Midnight
Genre: Black humor
Duration: 1h 51m
Director: Peter Strickland
Pour: Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed
Acclaimed director Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy, In Fabric) returns in this intriguing drama set in a culinary institute. The trailer promises sensory overload, Strickland’s trademark impeccable costuming and attention to detail, and the unsettling atmosphere often found in his films.
section 8
Where to see: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: AMC Plus
Genre: action thriller
Duration: 1h 38m
Director: Christian Sema
Pour: Ryan Kwanten, Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney
True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten directs this action film with an ensemble cast that includes Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney, Mickey Rourke and Scott Adkins, among others. Kwanten plays Jake, a combatant ex-Special Forces soldier who is recruited by a secret organization after the tragic murders of his wife and son. As he entrenches himself in this secret organization, a deep conspiracy begins to unravel. From acclaimed action director Christian Sesma, the film features an incredible fight by Adkins.
New to Prime Video
Entrance ticket to paradise
Where to see: Available for streaming on Prime Video
Image: Universal Pictures
Genre: Romantic comedy
Duration: 1h 44m
Director: Ol Parker
Pour: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever
George Clooney and Julia Roberts star in this romantic comedy as a divorced couple who put their differences aside to work together with one goal: prevent their smitten daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) from getting married and making the same “mistake”. , which they made.
New to Peacock
cocaine bear
Where to see: Available to stream on Peacock
Image: Universal Pictures
Genre: comedy horror
Duration: 1h 35m
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Pour: Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
The whole internet loves Cocaine Bear, or “Cokey,” the lovable bear who ate 70 pounds of cocaine that fell from a plane into the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest… We regret to report that the bear has started to kill and eat people.
New to Mubi
Dogville 4K Restoration and Manderlay
Where to see: Available to stream on Mubi
Image: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
Genre: theatre
Duration: 2h 58m
Director: Lars from Trier
Pour: Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, and Paul Bettany
A crime/mob drama on the surface, Lars von Triers Dogville uses a minimalist, experimental approach on a stage to tell the story of a woman on the run (Nicole Kidman). It was a polarizing film upon release and is now getting a 4K restoration (along with von Trier’s successor Manderlay) on Mubi.
New to Shudder
Kids vs Aliens
Where to see: Available to stream on Shudder
Credit: RLJE Films/Shudder
Genre: Science fiction/horror
Duration: 1h 15m
Director: Jason Eisener
Pour: Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald
Looking for even more 80’s sci-fi horror with a required synthwave score à la Stranger Things? Well, check out Hobo With a Shotgun director Jason Eisener’s new movie about a group of kids whose raucous slumber party takes a turn for the worse when bloodthirsty aliens invade their quiet little suburb to take over Earth.
New on VOD
A nice morning
Where to see: Available for $5.99 from Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Genre: romantic drama
Duration: 1h 52m
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Pour: Lea Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud
Léa Seydoux (Crimes of the Future, Death Stranding) stars as Sandra, a young widowed mother struggling to find a decent nursing home for her ailing father (Pascal Greggory) in this new romantic drama from Bergman Island director Mia Hansen-Løve to procure while raising her 8 year old daughter. When they reconnect with Clément (Melvil Poupaud), an old friend from their past, the two find themselves unmistakably attracted to one another – despite Clément’s marriage to another woman.
Emily
Where to see: Available for $5.99 from Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: biographical drama
Duration: 2h 10m
Director: Frances O’Connor
Pour: Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
What inspired Emily Brontë (Emma Mackey) to write Wuthering Heights, widely considered one of the greatest novels ever written in English? Envisioning an answer to that question, Frances O’Connor’s 2022 drama follows a portrayal of the iconic novelist as she struggles with the loss of her mother and the gender constraints of an era that limit her freedom to write and create.
a good person
Where to see: Available for $19.99 from Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Genre: theatre
Duration: 2h 8m
Director: Zach Braff
Pour: Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Celeste O’Connor
Actor and director Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State) reunites with Morgan Freeman for his first feature-length directorial effort since Going in Style (2017). A Good Person follows Allison (Florence Pugh), a blossoming young woman whose bright future turns to grief and heartbreak after a tragic car accident. When her life and the lives of her loved ones fall apart in the wake of this tragedy, Allison finds an unlikely friend in Daniel (Morgan Freeman) – her would-be father-in-law. Can these two learn to forgive each other and themselves in order to move forward to a future beyond tragedy?