Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s sensational sports drama starring Zendaya, comes to VOD this week, along with Madame Web on Netflix, He Went That Way on Hulu, and more.
Greetings, Polygon readers! Each week, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s erotic sports drama starring Zendaya (Dune: Part Two), arrives on VOD follow its theatrical premiere last month. If watching a feuding throuple fight and flirt with one another to one of the best scores ever composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross doesn’t sound like your idea of a good time, not to worry: There’s plenty of other new releases to watch this weekend. We’ve got the serial killer crime drama He Went That Way on Hulu, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire on VOD, and Madame Web on Netflix, if you’re into that!
Here’s everything new that’s available to watch this weekend!New on NetflixMadame Web
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Superhero action
Run time: 1h 54m
Director: S.J. Clarkson
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced
Sony’s latest entry in its Spidey-less Spidey Universe stars Dakota Johnson as Cassie Webb, a paramedic living in Manhattan who gains the ability to see visions of the future after a near-death experience. When a mysterious superpowered stranger (who was with Cassie’s mom when she was in the Amazon researching spiders right before she died) begins hunting a trio of young girls, Cassie takes it upon herself to protect them.
From our review:Thelma the Unicorn
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Musical comedy
Run time: 1h 33m
Directors: Jared Hess, Lynn Wang
Cast: Brittany Howard, Will Forte, Jemaine Clement
This animated musical comedy follows Thelma (Brittany Howard), a small-time pony that experiences an unexpected makeover into a pink and purple unicorn. Determined to chase her dream of musical stardom, Thelma convinces the entire world that she’s a unicorn, but a jealous narwhal named Nikki (Ally Dixon) becomes bent on stealing back the spotlight.
