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Aftera massive first half of the weekthat saw the streaming premieres of movies such asA Quiet Place: Day OneandChallengers, the list of streaming releases for Thursday and Friday is even more stacked. With new (or at least partially new) titles from household names, you are destined to find something to be excited about within this week’s streaming lineup. Check out our list below to see everything arriving on streaming for the remainder of the week.
New on Netflix
‘Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color’
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Review: The Iconic Monster Smashes His Way to Netflix
You’ve never seen the legendary kaiju quite like this. Long live the king.
Back in June, Netflix surprised Godzilla fans when theyshadow-dropped the streaming premiere of the Academy Award-winning filmGodzilla Minus One. They had also announced that the black and white version of the movie, cleverly titledGodzilla Minus One/Minus Color, would also be available to stream later in the summer. Well, now the wait is over, as this special edition of the beloved movie, will be hitting Netflix at the top of August.
Directed byTakashi Yamazaki,Godzilla Minus Oneis set in 1945 as World War II nears its end. Kamikaze pilot Kōichi Shikishima has returned home from the war, already haunted by his encounter with Godzilla at an airbase, only to learn that his family has been killed in the bombing of Tokyo. Kōichi befriends, Noriko, a woman who has also lost her family, and with her raises an orphaned baby. However, the threat of Godzilla looms large, and it’s only a matter of time before he strikes again.
Godzilla Minus OnestarsRyunosuke Kamiki,Minami Hamabe,Yuki Yamada,Munetaka Aoki,Hidetaka Yoshioka,Sakura Ando, andKuranosuke Sasaki.
Godzilla Minus One
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
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‘Rebel Moon: Director’s Cuts’
Available on: Friday, August 2
Zack Snyderis no stranger to releasing director’s cuts. FromZack Snyder’s Justice LeaguetoBatman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice: Ultimate Edition, Snyder’s devoted fanbase knows his knack for improving his films after their initial release. Snyder’s passion project,Rebel Moon,didn’t fare too well with critics, but the filmmaker’s proclaimed “true vision” will finally be unveiled to the world inthe R-rated extended cuts of both movies.
The two-part movie event, which has been retitledRebel Moon - Chapter One: Chalice of BloodandRebel Moon - Chapter Two: Curse of Forgivenessis now set to hit Netflix this week. Rebel Moon is set in a galaxy that is ruled by the fascist Motherworld, who sends their military, the Imperium to threaten a farming colony on the moon of Veldt. Kora, a former Imperium soldier, takes matters into her own hands and goes on a quest throughout the galaxy to recruit warriors to overthrow the cruel and ruthless rulers.
Rebel MoonstarsSofia Boutella(Kingsman: The Secret Service), Academy Award nomineeDjimon Hounsou(Blood Diamond),Ed Skrein(Deadpool),Michiel Huisman(The Haunting of Hill House),Doona Bae(The Host),Ray Fisher(Zack Snyder’s Justice League),Charlie Hunnam(Sons of Anarchy),Staz Nair(Game of Thrones),Fra Fee(Hawkeye),Cleopatra Coleman(Infinity Pool),Jena Malone(The Hunger Games: Catching Fire),Corey Stoll(Ant-Man),Cary Elwes(The Princess Bride), and two-time Academy Award winnerAnthony Hopkins(The Silence of the Lambs).
Rebel Moon - Chapter One: Chalice of Blood
‘Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie’
Are you ready kids? I can’t hear you!
Who lives in a treedome under the sea? Sandy Cheeks!
SpongeBob’s squirrel friend Sandy Cheeks is getting her very own movie withSaving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie. When an evil CEO steals the entirety of Bikini Bottom and all of its inhabitants, Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob venture to Sandy’s home in Texas, where they reunite with her family. Now it’s up to this unlikely team of heroes to save their friends from being sold as pets.
Liza Johnson(Elvis & Nixon) directs this absorbent spin-off movie which stars much of the voice-cast from the popular Nickelodeon series, includingCarolyn Lawrenceas Sandy Cheeks,Tom Kennyas SpongeBob SquarePants,Clancy Brownas Mr. Krabs,Bill Fagerbakkeas Patrick Star,Rodger Bumpassas Squidward Tentacles, andMr. Lawrenceas Plankton. Also on the cast list for the movie isJohnny Knoxville(Jackass),Craig Robinson(The Office),Grey DeLisle(The Simpsons), Ilia Isorelýs Paulino(Family Switch),Matty Cardarople(Stranger Things), andWanda Sykes(The Upshaws).
‘Tarot’ Review: A Surprisingly Scary But Ultimately Forgettable PG-13 Horror
It’s still worth going to see this movie just for a certain clown scene alone.
Your daily horoscopes turn deadly in the new teen horror flickTarot.Spenser CohenandAnna Halberg(Expend4bles) make their feature directorial debut in the movie, which follows a group of college kids who discover a mysterious deck of Tarot cards that they probably shouldn’t be using. This being a horror movie, the friends recklessly use the cards only for each of them to begin dying one by one in horrific ways.
TarotstarsHarriet Slater(Pennyworth),Jacob Batalon(Spider-Man: No Way Home),Avantika(Mean Girls),Adain Bradley(Wrong Turn),Humberly González(Ginny & Georgia),Wolfgang Novogratz(Sierra Burgess Is a Loser),Larsen Thompson(The Midnight Club), andOlwen Fouéré(The Northman).
When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death.
New on VOD
‘MaXXXine’
‘MaXXXine’ Review: Mia Goth Is a Star in Ti West’s Stylish A24 Horror Finale
The follow-up to ‘X’ and ‘Pearl’ hits theaters July 5.
Ti WestandMia Gothreunite once more afterXandPearl, to complete their hit horror trilogy inMaXXXine.
Set in 1985, Maxine Minx is now an adult film star who has landed a role in the horror movie The Puritan II, which she hopes will take her career out of pornography and into the mainstream. Maxine is still haunted by the events that occurred in Texas six years prior that saw the death of her friends, and the news of the Night Stalker roaming the streets of Los Angeles only worsens her fears. When those close to her begin getting killed off, Maxine begins to get stalked by a slimy private detective, who believes that she may have some sort of connection to the string of murders.
MaXXXinealso starsElizabeth Debicki(The Crown),Moses Sumney(The Idol),Michelle Monaghan(Kiss Kiss Bang Bang),Bobby Cannavale(Boardwalk Empire), pop superstarHalsey,Lily Collins(Emily in Paris),Giancarlo Esposito(Better Call Saul), andKevin Bacon(Footloose).
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally secures her big break. As she navigates her path to stardom, a mysterious killer begins targeting Hollywood starlets, leaving a trail of blood that threatens to expose her sinister past.
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New on Hulu
‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Review: Caesar Looms Large in Wes Ball’s New Beginning
‘Kingdom’ exists in a strange middle ground that is reverential to the past, while attempting to create its own future in the series.
Wes Ball(The Maze Runner) directs a new chapter in the historic science-fiction franchise known asPlanet of the Apes.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apesis set several generations afterWar for the Planet of the Apesand follows a young chimp named Noa, who, after encountering a young human woman, has to leave his tribe to go on a quest that will forever determine the future for apes and humans. His journey brings him a colony led by the vicious Proximus Caesar, who has misinterpreted the teachings of the ape revolutionary for his own gain.
The movie starsOwen Teague(IT),Freya Allan(The Witcher),Kevin Durand(Abigail),Peter Macon(The Orville), and Academy Award nomineeWilliam H. Macy(Shameless).
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he’s been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
