The best new movies to watch at home this weekend, including Bullet Train, new Christmas movies on Netflix, Bros, and plenty more.
Happy December, Polygon readers.
This week sees a slate of new movies arriving on streaming platforms and VOD. There’s the Brad Pitt action movie set on a train, Bullet Train, from director David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2), coming to Netflix this Saturday. There’s comedian Billy Eichner’s gay rom-com Bros, making its streaming debut on Peacock.
There’s plenty more, too — Norwegian monster movie Troll, the excellent little horror movie A Wounded Fawn on Shudder, and the usual group of new Christmas movies that come every week this time of year.
So huddle up, get under a warm blanket, and get ready to watch some movies this weekend.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Dec. 3
Genre: Action/comedy
Run time: 2h 7m
Director: David Leitch
Cast: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
David Leitch is one half of the superstar directing duo that brought us the massively influential John Wick, and his latest action movie boasts a superstar cast led by Brad Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, and Bad Bunny. A good cast means a good blooper reel.
From our review:
Fights in Bullet Train are brief and full of character, with blows in the place of (or alongside) quips and Jackie Chan-esque prop work. Inspired staging, like a seated scuffle between Ladybug and Lemon in the train’s quiet car (a centerpiece of the film’s trailers), is some of the best of what Bullet Train has to offer, with John Wick-style choreographic precision employed in the service of comedy. The worst of the film is when it abandons that precision for bombast, like in its wildly destructive finale, which is kind of expected, but still disappointing.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Musical/comedy
Run time: 1h 36m
Director: Stephen Donnelly
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Luke Evans, Olivia Colman
A “time-traveling, musical” adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, this animated adventure stars Luke Evans as Ebenezer Scrooge, Jonathan Pryce as Jacob Marley, and Olivia Colman as the Ghost of Christmas Past.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Fantasy/action
Run time: 1h 41m
Director: Roar Uthaug
Cast: Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim Falck, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
Roar Uthaug, the director of the 2018 Tomb Raider reboot starring Alicia Vikander, returns with a new action-adventure film that could basically be summed up as Norwegian version of Kong: Skull Island and a spiritual companion to André Øvredal’s 2010 film Trollhunter. When a massive explosion in the Norwegian mountains awakens a centuries-old giant from its slumber, a paleontologist and their team must work together to pacify the beast and avert a global catastrophe.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Documentary
Run time: 1h 30m
Director: Chris Smith
Cast: Robert Downey Sr., Robert Downey Jr.
Filmed during the final year of his life, this irreverent documentary explores the life and work of Robert Downey Sr., the acclaimed anarchic director known for the 1969 satire Putney Swope, and his relationship with his son.
