Moana 2, Pushpa 2 on Netflix and every movie that is new for streaming

Every week at Polygon, we end the most notable new releases for streaming and VOD that highlight the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.

This week, Moana 2The sequel to the mega-hit-animated musical starring role Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Auliʻi Cravalho, washing ashore on VOD. There are plenty of other exciting new releases for rent and buy this week too, including a new customization of The count of Monte CristoAt That of twenty 2: Panterathe steaming erotic drama Babygirland the Oscar-nominated prison drama Sing Sing Starring Colman Domingo. Plus, David Byrnes Real stories Is streaming for free on YouTube!

Here’s everything new that is available to see this weekend!

Where to see: Available for stream on Netflix

Genre: Drama
Driving time: 1h 44m
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Role crew: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite in this drama based on a 2014 graphic novel, in itself based on a six-page comic story of the same place seen at different times. The film follows the same concept that was told in a non -linear way that centers on the same piece of land from the time of the dinosaurs to modern times. Oh, also Benjamin Franklin’s son owns it at one point! Nice.

Where to see: Available for stream on Netflix

Genre: Action drama
Driving time: 3h 21m
Director: Sukumar
Role crew: Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil

Pushpa: The rise Was one of my favorite movies in 2021 and I’ve been waiting with Bated Breath on the sequel ever since. My expectation has only risen since people have been able to watch the movie – I’ve heard the last fight scene maybe be the most spectacular of anyone released in 2024 – but more than anything else I’m just glad to see Allu Arjun’s special brand of swagger like this character again.

Where to see: Available for stream at Max

Genre: Comedy
Driving time: 1h 50m
Director: Hallie Meyers-Shyer
Role crew: Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Laura Benanti

Michael Keaton plays in this family comedy like Andy, an art gallery owner whose wife leaves him and checks into a 90-day rehabilitation program. With no one else to lean on, Andy takes to ask Grace (Mila Kunis), his daughter from his previous marriage, to help him as he looks after her 9-year-old double half-siblings.

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Where to see: Available for stream on prime video

Genre: Comedy
Driving time: 1h 49m
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Role crew: Will Ferrell, Reese Washerspoon, Geraldine Viswanathan

The instructor behind Forgets Sarah Marshall and Neighbors is back with a new crazy comedy. Two weddings are booked in the same place on the same day, much for discomfort with the one of the one bride’s father (Will Ferrell) and the other’s sister (Reese Witherspoon). They both went out to make sure the day is still the best day ever for their respective brides – even if it means to get the second wedding.

Where to see: Available for stream on YouTube

Genre: Musical comedy
Driving time: 1h 29m
Director: David Byrne
Role crew: John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Swoosie Kurtz

You probably know David Byrne for his role as lead singer in the band Talking Heads. You may know Byrne for his solo music career, documentaries, photography, books and philanthropy. You should know David Byrne for the only movie he directed, Real storiesThere combines his many talents – musician, storyteller, visual artist and gatherer of cool people – into an exciting strange autopsy of americana.

Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Genre: Musical adventure
Driving time: 1h 40m
Directors: David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller
Role crew: Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualālai Chung

The Moana The sequel was originally to be a Moana Disney Plus show. But now it is a full -fledged theatrical adventure where Moana again leaves on a sailing. This time she is with a rague -tag -crew, including a Maui Fanboy, a quirky inventor and a farmer who does not know how to swim. Dwayne Johnson also returns as Maui, and Moana and her friends are looking for a distant, legendary island in an attempt to get in touch with other people who may live on the islands of the sea.

Moana 2 Can also grow on me – honestly, my feelings could only go up from where they started. It’s less than a day since I saw the long-awaited sequel (Disney screened the movie for the press only 17 hours ago), but unlike the overwhelming light-me-hear-it-again Rush to experience Moana For the first time, I do not have the lingering stomach that I have missed something. In the end, Moana 2 is a vehicle for a bang, a feel-good throwback and a few songs we will never talk about again, which does not feel like enough for a brand new Moana.

The count of Monte Cristo

Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Genre: Historical action adventure
Driving time: 2h 58m
Directors: Alexandre de la Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Role crew: Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier

The directors of the two-part 2023 adaptation of The three muskets is back, this time with an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ acclaimed revenge story. The count of Monte Cristo Centers of Edmond Dantès (Pierre Niney), a trade sailor who, after being false accused and imprisoned without trial, mounts a bold escape and goes out in a decade long search to accurate revenge on the men who stole his life from him. These movies are some of the biggest blockbuster productions coming out of France and are worth your time.

Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Genre: Erotic thriller
Driving time: 1h 54m
Director: Halina Reijn
Role crew: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas

IN BabygirlRomy, a stressed and sexually dissatisfied CEO (Nicole Kidman) starts a dominant sub-missive affair with his trainee Samuel (Harris Dickinson). As the affair intensifies, Samuel begins to interplay more in Romy’s life and threatens to disturb both her career and her home life. The erotic thriller generated a lot of hum when it came out with comparisons with Fifty Shades of Gray and Secretary and praise for Kidman’s vulnerable performance.

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Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Genre: Action crime
Driving time: 2h 24m
Director: Christian Gudgast
Role crew: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evin Ahmad

“Dirtbag Heat“Is back on the menu. Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Repeating their roles as a scumbag -sheriff “Big Nick” O’Brien and career criminal Donnie Wilson, this time collaborating with drawing a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange in Nice, France. Polygon spoke with director Christian Gudast about the production of the film, including pulling out the world’s first electric car chase and his future plans.

Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Genre: Drama
Driving time: 1h 47m
Director: Greg Kwedar
Role crew: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San José

Colman Domingo (Zola) Stars in this prison drama like John “Divine G” Whitfield, a man recently jailed at Sing Sing Correctional Facility for a crime he did not commit. To act in a theater group designed to bring imprisoned men into contact with their own feelings, John finds comfort and purpose to connect his colleagues through the transformative power of art. Sing Sing has received three Oscar nominations, including a best actor nomination for Domingo’s main performance.

Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Genre: Biographical sport
Driving time: 1h 49m
Director: Rachel Morrison
Role crew: Ryan Destiny, Brian Tire Henry, Oluniké Adeliyi

Written by Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins, this biographical sports drama stars Ryan Destiny (Cultivated-ish) Like Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, a hopeful boxer training to become the first woman in the US history to won an Olympic gold medal in the sport. Together with her coach, Jason (Brian Tire Henry), Claressa has to overcome the institutional obstacles in the sport if she is to have any chance of reaching her dream.

Where to see: Available for rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Genre: Drama
Driving time: 1h 37m
Directors: Yōko kuno, nobuhiro yamashita
Role crew: Munetaka Aoki, Mirai Moriyama, Noa Gotō

If Totoro was a massage therapist with a game problem, you would get Anzu. The 37-year-old Ghost Cat was once a regular domestic cat who just continued to grow older and somehow transformed into an anthropomorphic cat. Anzu is in responsibility for 11-year-old Karin, a Surly Preteen who does not Will you spend the summer with his grandfather and his strange adult human cat. The two clashes, but eventually go on an adventure in the underworld to break out Karin’s mother. Ghost Cat Anzu Springed with wonderful animation, especially when it comes to the character expression and design.

Ghost Cat Anzu Works best when the mixture of worldly and the mythical is balanced. For example, Anzu, who invites a number of forest spirits to his temple to a party, is a fun setup that gives Karin a chance to relate her feelings to the ragtag group. But the possible journey to the country of death ends up pulling and confusing the film’s message.