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Streaming ain’t easy. Sure, if you’re a cinephile, practically every movie you could ever want to watch is at your fingertips. But therein lies the problem: knowing what’s out there, and where to find it, can become overwhelming. Here, we’re doing the hard work for you, by cutting through the clutter and getting straight to the best new movies available to watch right now. Here are the must-watch movies hitting streaming services this weekend.
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1. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Hulu)
A movie spun off from a Canadian cult comedy show that aired a decade ago would seem meant for the most niche of audiences. But you don’t need to have seen the show – which is also coming to Hulu this week – to get a kick out of this inaugural big-screen jaunt for Matt Johnson and Jay McCarroll’s gigless musical duo. Best described as Flight of the Conchords meets Nathan Fielder, scripted bits blend with hidden-camera stunts so seamlessly it’s nearly impossible to tell what’s what. It plays like an absurdist magic trick, while also being an oddly sweet ode to unconditional friendship. Read Time Out’s review.
Watch Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie now on Hulu
2. Blue Heron (Criterion Channel)
Obsession and Backrooms won big at the box office, but few debuts in the last few years have won over critics to the degree of Sophy Romvari’s gently devastating exploration of memory and regret. Drawn partially from Romvari’s own life, and seen through the eyes of a young avatar, the movie peers in on a Hungarian immigrant family in Canada struggling to manage their eldest son’s undiagnosed – and increasingly dangerous – personality disorder. It cuts impossibly close to the bone. Read Time Out’s review.
Watch Blue Heron now on Criterion Channel
3. Masters of the Universe (Prime)
A He-Man movie? In 2025? Well, the 1980s Masters of the Universe movie is mythically terrible, so perhaps it deserves a do-over. Travis Knight, co-founder of Laika animation studio, helmed this funner-than-it-should-be meta-reboot, with Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You) as intergalactic warrior hero Prince Adam. Sadly, Mr Box Office Poison himself, Jared Leto, plays his bony arch nemesis, Skeletor, which might explain why it flopped – but try to not hold him against it. Read Time Out’s review.
Watch Masters of the Universe now on Prime
4. Pressure (Peacock)
Dads of the world, assume your viewing stances! Just when you thought there was no unexplored angle to take on World War II, Australian director Anthony Maras digs up the story of James Stagg, the Scottish meteorologist tasked with providing Dwight Eisenhower with exhaustive, hyper-accurate weather updates in preparation for D-Day. (Talk about pressure, right?) Brendan Fraser plays Eisenhower, which seems like a miscalculation, but Andrew Scott, as Stagg, goes above and beyond the call of duty. A surprisingly effective war flick, all things considered. Read Time Out’s review.
5. The Dink (Apple TV)
Over on Netflix this month, Will Ferrell is The Hawk, a washed-up golfer mounting an unlikely comeback. On Apple TV, Jake Johnson is The Dink, a washed-up tennis pro mounting an unlikely comeback… in pickleball – which, for the uninitiated, is basically tennis for people who don’t want to run so much. (So seniors, basically.) Given the game’s exploding popularity, it was bound to become the focus of a sports comedy sooner than later. And generic as the plot sounds, Johnson’s many years playing lovable schlub Nick Miller on New Girl (among other roles) is a strong enough resume by itself to give the movie a shot.
Watch The Dink now on Apple TV
6. Mortal Kombat II (HBO Max)
Actually, it’s the fourth Mortal Kombat movie, thank you very much, though it’s understandable why the franchise would rather not acknowledge the original two live-action adaptations of the ultra-popular, ultra-gory ’90s fighting game. The first reboot, from 2021, was only a marginal improvement, but at least it understood why anyone would want to see a Mortal Kombat movie: to watch interdimensional martial-arts masters eviscerate each other. In this one, the focus is on Johnny Cage, a smirking Hollywood action star played by Karl Urban. Read Time Out’s review.
Watch Mortal Kombat II now on HBO Max
7. 72 Hours (Netflix)
Kevin Hart does The Hangover, basically, as an unc-in-denial trying to prove he can hang with the young’uns when he joins a group of zoomers on a debauched bachelor party weekend. Sounds mid at best, but it’s another reminder of the raunchy, loud-and-dumb comedies that used to proliferate in cinemas before becoming exclusively forgettable streaming fodder.