VOD News brings you the best releases of the week on Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+… And more, although the truth is that the week has been a bit weak, with exceptions among which batmanwhich premiered in theaters a month and a half ago, but has already landed on the corresponding video-on-demand platform, which is none other than…
As is: HBO Max regains the position of honor in the section thanks to batmanbut it is not the only thing that the service brings this week for its subscribers: also watch out for the second season of The Flight Attendant if you liked the first one and don’t miss movies like daggers in the back either Tenet if you haven’t seen them yet.
batman is the new adaptation of the popular DC superhero and everything said so far is as it is: the character returns to his origins with a less explosive tone than Christopher Nolan’s Batman and less grandiloquent than der Zack Snyder, but more detective, like send the canon of Detective Comics; and it does so just a month and a half after its successful theatrical release, so it can be said that Warner Bros. has rushed the paperwork.
Directed by Matt Reeves (Monstrous, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, war for the planet of the apes) and starring Robert Pattinson (Twilight, Tenet, The lighthouse), batman It is not leaving anyone indifferent and believe it or not, it has already positioned itself as the best valued Bat Man movie, only behind The dark knight. Be that as it may, keep in mind what has been said:batman it gives a twist to the typical adventure of the character, which was missing, and it is possible that not everyone will like it.
More exclusive content:
- Bill Maher: #Adulting. “Shooted at the Fillmore Theater, the latest Bill Maher special sees the acclaimed comedian and host take the stage for a hilarious and scathing hour of his own commentary on current affairs.”
- infinity train (T1). “Tulip, a headstrong 13-year-old girl, finds a mysterious train where each car contains her own universe.”
- The Flight Attendant (T2). “Story about how a life can change in just one night. Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes up in her hotel room hung over with a body next to her, but she doesn’t remember what happened.
Enter catalog:
- somewhere in Africa
- Maya the Bee: The Honey Games
- Motherland (T1-T3)
- daggers in the back
- What did we do wrong?
- Sir Alex Ferguson: No Surrender
- Tenet
- An autumn without Berlin
We continue with Disney +, which continues to pull moon knightbut it adds to its catalog some things that may interest you as well as premieres…
polar bear It’s not a new Pixar movie about a bear in trouble, nor is it related to the Marvel or Star Wars universes. Nothing of that: polar bear is a new Disneynature documentary about… a polar bear, exactly. And the truth is that it is very beautiful, although also a little sad.
More exclusive content:
- Polar bear: how it was made. “Join the filmmakers of Disneynature’s ‘Polar Osea’ as they face challenges some 500km from the North Pole.”
- The Dropout: The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes (T1). “Money. Love. Tragedy. Cheated. From executive producer Elizabeth Meriwether, “The Dropout” is the story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, an incredible story of ambition and fame gone horribly wrong.”
Enter catalog:
- Alex Honnold: On the Amazon
- Cadernos da Filipa
- captivating the audience
- When Billie found Lisa (Short)
- The devil’s lawyer
- The jaguar: the phantom feline
- The return of the longibanda panther
- the king of kangaroos
- the last man on earth (T1-T4)
- gigantosaurus (T1)
- Hacking the System (T1)
- Alien invasion (T1)
- Le Mans ’66
- my big little farm
- O da Joana
- Duck adventures (T2)
- Perfect Harmony
- A madman on the loose in Hollywood
What’s new on Amazon Prime Video, you wonder? A bit of this and that, both exclusively and newcomers to the catalogue. Look, for example, Arifureta if you like anime.
Of the content, not only exclusive, but original that Prime Video brings us this week, we highlight Iosi, the repentant spy, a miniseries in Spanish, which is not Spanish, and that the rest of the platform’s own releases are Spanish. This one, however, is Argentine and in principle it doesn’t smell as moldy as the rest: a spy story based on real events and set in Argentina in the 80s… Namely.
More exclusive content:
- Better days (T1). Better Days is the story of a group of fathers and mothers who have just lost their partners and who, with the help of Dr. Laforet and her peculiar grief therapy, will try to overcome the pain and move forward in their lives.
- In the court of the little prince (Miniseries). “The starts of each episode will always be from Omar’s invitation to the character in question.”
- The pack (T2). “After the case of the disappearance of Blanca Ibarra, the gender crimes squad will be involved in a new investigation.”
Enter catalog:
- Arifureta (T1)
- Clown
- Of rust and bone
- dheepan
- Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
- For Love & Country
- incompatible
- Unfaithful
- My Blueberry Nights
- Philomena
- Rare Exports
- Red State
- Only God forgives
- The Program
Netflix is still determined to sink based on -among other things- saturating its clientele with junk content, although there are also exceptions, such as the second seasons of Russian doll either Pacific Rim: No Man’s Landin both cases with promising starts that we hope will maintain the level.
Exclusive content:
- Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (T1). «He shared a table and tablecloth with the elite. She fed on the most vulnerable. Beneath a smiling mask lurked the hideous evil of a sadistic serial killer.”
- On Target: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch. «The coolest wore it. This documentary explores the A&F pop phenomenon in the late ’90s and early ’00s, and how exclusion was key to its success.
- heart stopper (T1). “Teenagers Charlie and Nick discover their friendship could be so much more than that as they grapple with school and love in this series about coming of age.”
- Kentaro is pregnant (T1). “An advertising executive who thinks he has everything very clear is forced to deal with social injustices that he had never thought about after becoming pregnant.”
- Kitty Zasca (T1). “As they fight monsters and defeat their rivals, Kitty and Orc need your help to navigate Battle Island and be the champions in this interactive adventure.”
- Russian doll (T2). “Nadia dies and relives her 36th birthday over and over again. She is trapped in a time loop and condemned to face her own mortality.”
- not a word (T1). “When a young man disappears shortly after the death of his friend, life in a wealthy neighborhood of Warsaw begins to show the cracks in him, revealing secrets and lies.”
- Oprah + Viola Davis: A Netflix Special Event. “Oprah Winfrey talks with Viola Davis about her memoir ‘Finding Me’ at this special event.”
- Pacific Rim: No Man’s Land (T2). “When the kaiju devastate Australia, two brothers searching for their parents aboard a Jaeger find new creatures, sinister figures and casual allies.”
- Hunch (T1). “He wants revenge on the organ traffickers who killed his wife. She was the one who received her heart. When they fall in love, neither knows what unites them.
- Inflection point. “A slacker who goes to great lengths to avoid conflict strikes up an unlikely friendship with a dangerous thug who suddenly enters his life.”
- Sunset: The Golden Mile (T4). “The elite agents of the Oppenheim Group sell luxury to well-to-do buyers in Los Angeles. Relationships set the agenda and often add more drama.”
- Everything is Gila. «Several Spanish comedians get up on stage, pick up the phone and recreate some of the most legendary monologues of the admired Miguel Gila to pay tribute to him.»
- Yakamoz S-245. “When a catastrophe strikes the Earth, a marine biologist aboard an underwater research mission struggles to survive as a conspiracy comes to light.”
Enter catalog:
- gannet
- Almost There
- Athos
- avenging the throne
- cry babies magic tears (T1)
- song for you
- Free Cuba
- From Hel Van ’63
- Doris
- Evolution
- Fashion Chicks
- firstkiss
- Global Family
- golden-age
- Huisvrouwen bestaan niet
- Jargo
- Krieg der Lügen
- The Curse of the Robert Doll
- loving ibiza
- Men on a Bridge
- modern slavery
- Peter Lindbergh – The Eye
- Poltergeist Activity
- Simon
- Sound of Heimat
- Spirit of the Ball
- The Curse of Halloween Jack
- The Manson Family Massacre
- The Utah Cabin Murders
- Faso Tour
- Private life
- Volk Zonder Eigen Land
- Weltmarktführer
- womanhood
And finally, as usual, Apple TV +, which this time brings a couple of documentary series that don’t look too bad.
Exclusive content:
- The Long Game: Beyond Basketball (T1).”Makur Maker was a young NBA candidate with a five-star rating, but an unexpected twist landed him at Howard University.”
- They call me Magic Johnson (T1). “Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson is an iconic figure who came from very humble beginnings and ended up on the Dream Team and succeeding as an entrepreneur.”
