10 new movies to watch at home on the weekend

The digital release schedule is busy this weekend, full of good news. In addition to two hits that have recently been in theaters, available in virtual rental shops, there are many exclusive premieres on streaming platforms. And also many famous stars, such as Taís Araújo, Sandra Bullock, Chris Hemsworth, Dakota Johnson, Andy Garcia and others.

Among the top 10 highlights, 9 can be seen as early as this Thursday (16/6). Only “Pleasure” must be “booked”, as it only arrives on MUBI on Fridays.

Check out this week’s headlines, trailers, and more details below.

| PROVISIONAL MEASURE | VOD *

Lázaro Ramos’ debut as a director produced the most talked about film in Brazil in 2022. A harbinger of what changed the country, it was originally conceived in 2017 and adapted a play from 2011, but Bolsonarists clearly see the government of their myth represented in the film the nightmare depicted on the screen. It’s really hellish, to use a word from the actress Taís Araújo, one of the stars of the cast along with the English Alfred Enoch (“How to escape murder”) and Seu Jorge (“Marighella”).

The dystopian plot takes place in the not too distant future, in which a new law of the right-wing federal government orders the deportation of all Brazilians with “accentuated melanin” to the African continent. Under the guise of being a historic reparation, the initiative also aims to put an end to racism in Brazil once and for all, leaving the country alone with whites.

Acclaimed by world critics, the film has been compared to “Get Out!” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” in the United States, reaching a 92% approval rating on the US website Rotten Tomatoes. Screened and awarded at international festivals since 2020, it took two years to arrive in Brazil due to difficulties involving Ancine, the National Film Agency – a similar problem to the one that also delayed Wagner Moura’s “Marighella”, another politicized film starring black.

| CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH | APPLE TV +

The independent drama that won an audience award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival tells how a young graduate ends up working as a children’s party entertainer, where he meets and becomes involved with a young single mother, played by Dakota Johnson ( “Fifty Shades of Gray”).

Written, directed and starring Cooper Raiff (“Shithouse”), the film is named after an American meme, illustrated by a hideous statue of the dinosaur Barney, which is used to refer to someone who has done something stupid thinking they have rocked it.

It is worth mentioning that last year’s Sundance winner, “Beat of the Heart,” was also acquired by Apple … and won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2022.

| PALM SPRINGS | STAR +

The concept of “time cycle” became a pop phenomenon with the comedy “Spell of Time” (1993). And after going through science fiction, horror and even series, he finally returns to the original genre in this hilarious film, in which Cristin Milioti (“How I Met Your Mother”) and Andy Samberg (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) always wake up the same day. Trapped in an endless reboot, the two decide to live as if there is no tomorrow. And literally there isn’t.

Andy Siara’s screenplay (“Lodge 45”) was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and honored at the Spirit Awards. The film directed by the short film Max Barbakow still earned a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast also includes JK Simmons (“Counterpart”), Peter Gallagher (“Secret Affairs”), Camila Mendes (“Riverdale”) and Tyler Hoechlin (“Superman and Lois”).

| LOST CITY | CLARO TV +, VOD *

The comedy starring Sandra Bullock (“Unforgivable”) and Channing Tatum (“Magic Mike”) follows an adventure novelist who is forced to embark on a literary tour with the cover model of her new book. Annoyed by the company of the handsome man with no content, she finds herself in an even more undesirable situation when she is kidnapped. But even that gets worse, when the unaware model decides to try to save her, causing the two to end up lost in the jungle.

Amid this confusion, there is still a lost treasure plot, a villain played by Daniel Radcliffe (the “Harry Potter”) and a cameo by Brad Pitt (“Once upon a time … in Hollywood”). . The screenplay is by the duo Dana Fox (“Megarromantic”) and Oren Uziel (“Mortal Kombat”) and directed by brothers Adam and Aaron Nee (“The Last Romantic”).

| SPIDER HEAD | NETFLIX

Director Joseph Kosinski, who is currently flying high at the worldwide box office with “Top Gun: Maverick”, signs this thriller with Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”).

The plot is based on a science fiction tale by George Saunders and takes place in the near future when inmates can volunteer as patients for medical experiments to shorten their sentences. The tests they undergo are for drugs that alter emotions. But soon the situation gets out of control, as emotions turn from love to anger, with bloody results.

The film is written by duo Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (“Deadpool”) and stars Miles Teller (“Top Gun: Maverick”), Jurnee Smollett (“Birds of Prey”), Tess Haubrich (“Treadstone”) and Charles Parnell (another from “Top Gun: Maverick”).

| THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER | MUBI

The second film by Swiss twins Ramon and Silvan Zürcher, nearly a decade after their award-winning debut “The Weird Kitty” (2013), uses the refreshing and traumatizing experience of change to explore the symbolism of the situation. Without too many explanations, the characters appear among transported boxes, renovations and real estate projects, to gradually discount the tension between a young woman who celebrates her new home and another who lives a contrasting experience, helping with the move without indulging, left the old apartment with your emotions.

He sold two trophies in the Encounters section of the Berlin Film Festival, dedicated to films with an independent perspective: Best Director and Critics’ Award.

| PLEASURE | MUBI

One of the most provocative productions of the year – in more ways than one – the award-winning debut by Swedish director Ninja Thyberg offers a realistic look at the backstage of the adult film industry. The camera follows a 19-year-old girl (Sofia Kappel) who leaves her small town in Sweden to venture to Los Angeles with the goal of becoming Jessica, the next big pornstar in the world. But the road to this consecration turns out to be more bumpy than you imagine.

With explicit but artistic scenes – in the style of Gaspar Noé -, and with real exponents of the California porn industry (Zelda Morrison is the main protagonist), the film brings a different point of view of pornography, exposing the negotiations of the adult. scenes and power relations between artists and entrepreneurs, looking for success in this business.

The work also competed for the European Film Academy’s Discovery of the Year award. He lost to “Beautiful Vengeance”, but won eight other international trophies, including the Jury Prize at the Deauville Film Festival in France.

| THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE | HBO MAX

Andy Garcia (from “The 11 Men and a Secret”) recites in the Latin (Cuban-American) version of the well-known premise, in which a proud father prepares the wedding of his daughter (Adria Arjona, from “Morbius”) to her fiancé ( Diego Boneta). , from “Terminator: Dark Fate”), while keeping a secret about his own marriage (with singer Gloria Estefan), which is about to divorce.

Based on an Edward Streeter novel, this story has been shot since 1960, when Spencer Tracy was the father of the bride, and even became a series in 1961, but is best remembered for the 1991 adaptation, starring Steve Martin, who won the sequel for four years later. The new version was written by Matt Lopez (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”) and directed by Gary Alazraki (“Club de Cuervos”).

| CRUSH: COLORFUL LOVE | STAR +

After hilarious romantic comedies with closed teens, “Crush” opens the LGBTQIA + rainbow with a modern story about a real high school student in search of first love. In the storyline, young Page decides to go against all of her artistic inclinations to join the school’s athletics team, only to get closer to the girl she has always been in love with. But there she approaches the sister of her crush and realizes that her heart is starting to beat faster.

An interesting detail of this lesbian triangle is that it is made up of Disney stars. Page is played by Rowan Blanchard (star of the Disney Channel series “Girl Meets the World”) and her crushes are Isabella Ferreira (currently in the gay romantic comedy “Love, Victor”) and Auli’i Cravalho (nothing but ” Moana “).

“Crush” is director Sammi Cohen’s first feature film (from the “CollegeHumor Originals” series) and her cast also includes Megan Mullally (from the pioneering gay sitcom “Will & Grace”) as the mother of the protagonist and Tyler Alvarez (“I Never … “) as his best friend.

| HOT SUMMER NIGHTS | Viva Play, VOD *

Timothée Chalamet (“Dune”) plays a teenage drug dealer in this dark comedy set in the 1980s. In the storyline, he discovers the underworld of drugs when a stranger walks into the club where he works and asks to hide a handful of marijuana, seconds before he introduces the police. Bullied at school, the young man imagines that this access to drugs could make him cool and offers the drug dealer a partnership to explore the potential high school market. He also connects with the girl of his dreams. But being a drug dealer has its ups and downs, as he discovers amidst the punches and blows of creepy partners.

Written and directed by newcomer Elijah Bynum, the film also stars Alex Roe (“Sirens”) as older partner Maika Monroe (“Current of Evil”) as the romantic interest, and William Fichtner (“12 Heroes “). “), Thomas Jane (” The Expanse “series), Emory Cohen (” Brooklyn “), Maia Mitchell (” The Fosters “) and Jack Kesy (” The Strain “).

Source: Terra

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