The Equalizer 3, Return to Seoul, and every new movie to watch at home
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- January 06, 2024
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Happy new year, 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, The Equalizer 3 , the latest action thriller from Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua, arrives on Netflix alongside Society of the Snow , the survival thriller based on the infamous 1972 Andes flight disaster.
Return to Seoul , the critically acclaimed drama from director Davy Chou, and One Fine Morning , the romantic drama starring Léa Seydoux and Pascal Greggory, are now available to stream on Prime Video. There’s several other exciting new releases to choose from to rent as well, including the gorgeous drama All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt and Mayhem , the awesome new action thriller from Gangs of London director Xavier Gens.
Here’s everything new to watch this weekend! Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Genre: Action Run time: 1h 49m Director: Antoine Fuqua Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, David Denman Denzel Washington reprises his role as the surgically precise vigilante Robert McCall in the third installment of the Equalizer series.
After moving to Italy, McCall learns that his new friends from a southern Italian town are being terrorized by members of a Mafia organization. Bad news for the Mafia: They’re about to get equalized. Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Genre: Survival thriller Run time: 2h 24m Director: J.A.
Bayona Cast: Matías Recalt, Agustín Pardella, Felipe González Otaño Based on a true story, this survival thriller follows the passengers of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 who, after being stranded in the Andes mountains with no way to contact the outside world, must work together to fend off starvation and freezing to death.
The trailer certainly looks gripping, with the survivors struggling to secure their rescue and keep up morale under the direst of circumstances. Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Genre: Comedy drama Run time: 1h 40m Director: Dan Levy Cast: Dan Levy, Ruth Negga, Himesh Patel Writer director Dan Levy stars in this romantic comedy drama as an artist who, following the loss of his writer husband, takes his two best friends on a trip to Paris for the holidays.
Upon arriving, the three find themselves faced with their own individual revelations and challenges as they grow closer together. Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video Genre: Drama Run time: 1h 59m Director: Davy Chou Cast: Ji Min Park, Oh Kwang rok, Guka Han Freddie (Ji Min Park), an impulsive 25 year old adoptee, travels to South Korea — the place where she was born before being adopted and raised in France — with a group of her friends.
Embarking on an impromptu trip of self discovery, she finds herself straddling the line between the familiar and foreign, the true and the false, in a search to understand what she meant to her mother and why she was put up for adoption. Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video Genre: Romantic drama Run time: 1h 52m Director: Mia Hansen Løve Cast: Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud Léa Seydoux ( Crimes of the Future , Death Stranding ) stars in this new romantic drama from Bergman Island director Mia Hansen Løve as Sandra, a young widowed mother struggling to secure a decent nursing home for her ailing father (Pascal Greggory) while raising her 8 year old daughter.
Upon reconnecting with Clément (Melvil Poupaud), an old friend from her past, the two find themselves unmistakably drawn to one another — in spite of Clément’s marriage to another woman. Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video Genre: Sci fi drama Run time: 1h 50m Director: Garth Davis Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in this sci fi psychological thriller about Henrietta and Junior, a married couple whose love is put to the test when Junior is called to work on a large space station orbiting Earth.
In his stead, Henrietta will be left in the company of a robotic replica of her husband. Remember that one episode from the sixth season of Black Mirror that starred Aaron Paul and Josh Hartnett? This sounds kind of like that. Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu Genre: Drama Run time: 1h 37m Director: Raven Jackson Cast: Kaylee Nicole Johnson, Chris Chalk, Jayah Henry Jumping back and forth in time, writer director Raven Jackson’s latest drama follows the story of a pair of Black sisters growing up in the South.
Described as a “a poetic memoir [...] that bobs and weaves through mundane and life defining moments alike” by critic Monica Castillo , the trailer is light on words but heavy on mood and feeling. Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu Genre: Psychological thriller Run time: 1h 38m Director: William Oldroyd Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham Based on Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2015 novel, this psychological thriller stars Thomasin McKenzie ( Last Night in Soho ) as a young secretary who becomes infatuated with Rebecca (Anne Hathaway), the charismatic new psychologist at the juvenile detention facility where she works.
As their friendship grows, Eileen finds herself exploring new aspects of her personality — to equally sinister and deadly effect. Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu Genre: Crime action Run time: 1h 39m Director: Xavier Gens Cast: Nassim Lyes, Loryn Nounay, Olivier Gourmet An early contender for one of this year’s best action films, Mayhem follows Samir (Nassim Lyes), an ex con and martial artist, who flees from France to Thailand to escape his former gang.
Struggling to build a new life, Samir finds himself once again dragged into a world of deceit and violence when a powerful real estate tycoon kidnaps a member of his family. From our review : Mayhem ’s action is brutal and kinetic, with inventive kills, strong location work, and realistic choreography that makes the most of Lyes’ kickboxing pedigree.
It’s a true star making performance for him, as he juggles the role’s demanding physical requirements with a deep well of sorrow that permeates the entire affair, even as he dispatches foe after foe..