VOD News brings you the best releases of the week on Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+… And, beware, because the week is well-nourished with content for all tastes and on all platforms… Starting with Blondebut not only.
We open the season with Netflix, which yes, brings a lot, but removing the vaunted premiere of Blonde shortly after its passage through cinemas, it does not give much, although as always it will depend on your tastes and your pain threshold for mediocrity. But there is the new adaptation of full metal alchemista couple of rough documentaries that the platform likes to produce so much…
The featured content VOD News of this week, however, belongs to Blondea new biopic of a mythical figure in 20th century pop culture such as Marilyn Monroe, played for the occasion by the increasingly popular Ana de Armas. Hence the headline of the section for today: it’s just a play on words as simple and obvious as, perhaps, wrong.
The point is that I haven’t had the opportunity to see the film yet, and while almost all the critics are praising the Cuban actress’s interpretation of the sex symbols, what the trailer suggests is cheap victimhood, of the type “I am a toy that they have used”. And I say that a character like this gives for much more than submission to the current stupid roller.
But just as you can’t judge a book by its cover, you can’t, or shouldn’t, judge a movie by its trailer, and indeed something similar seems to be happening with Blonde to what happened a few months ago with Elvisother biopic (you have it on HBO Max) about a classic character of the time who began his journey with limping steps and who has ended up in a very good place.
On the other hand, we also highlight this Wall Street Slashing: The GameStop Saga, a documentary that may interest lovers of technology and events as crazy as the one suffered by GameStop as a result of an unprecedented movement. Beware of what the internet masses can mess up when their wires get crossed.
More exclusive content:
- cry babies magic tears (T2). “Little babies with big personalities explore a magical world where their tears of love and happiness give them special powers.”
- ghost puppies (T1). “A boy moves into a haunted house with his family. There he meets three adorable ghost puppies and tries to help them turn back into real dogs.
- Doll’s House. “A troubled rock singer sets out to reconnect with a daughter he’s never had a relationship with.”
- entergalactic. “Jabari, an ambitious artist, attempts to juggle success and love by moving into his dream apartment in Manhattan and falling in love with his neighbor.”
- Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy. “The long and winding adventure of the Elric brothers comes to an end with this epic installment, in which they face an otherworldly danger that threatens the entire country.”
- Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons (T6). “Two investigative journalists voluntarily enter the world’s most dangerous prisons, where intimidation and violence are rampant.”
- Fathomless. “When journalist Kim Wall disappears after boarding inventor Peter Madsen’s submarine, the man’s incoherent account of what happened hides an appalling truth.”
- Playing with fire: Brazil (T2). “In this reality show, young Brazilians with sculptural bodies must give up sex during their stay in paradise if they want to win a succulent prize.”
- The Empress (T1). “When rebellious Elizabeth falls in love with Emperor Francis and unexpectedly becomes engaged to him, she is drawn into the tension-filled, intriguing world of the Viennese court.”
- Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy. “Nick Kroll talks about his beginnings as a comedian, his first heartbreak, his strange experience with hypnosis, and the viperous celebrity voice inside him.”
- Plan A, Plan B. “A matchmaker moves into an office shared with a cynical divorce attorney. Their troubled relationship gets complicated when they start to like each other.
- Rainbow “A strange teenager searching for her mother embarks on a bizarre journey with her eccentric companions while trying not to fall into the clutches of an evil woman.”
- a journey to infinity. “Eminences of mathematics, particle physics, and cosmology explore the concept of infinity and its complex implications for the universe.”
- The floor is lava! (T3). “Teams traverse lava-filled rooms by jumping from chair to chair, hanging from curtains or chandeliers. It is not a joke.”
Enter catalog:
- The Good Doctor (T5)
- Wonderful and loved by all
We continue with Disney +, which releases more and more exclusive content and this week the following two deserve mention…
The Old Man is a new Star+ original series and new from one of the creators of the magnificent Black Sails. But forget about the time, because this is a thriller of action based on the present, in the figure of the typical renegade super agent of the CIA who should not touch his balls… And, yes, they touch them. The best, a priori, that it is not a series of brats, but quite the opposite: that super agent is the great Jeff Bridges (the big lebowski, the fisher king) and has very bad slime.
The other outstanding premiere of Disney + for this week is neither more nor less than the sequel, almost three decades later, of the return of the witches, a film that has accumulated more love for what is old than for what it tells, but a horror comedy for almost the whole family, ideal to get ahead of Halloween. By the way, there they are again Sarah Jessica Parker (sex in new york), Bette Midler (the perfect women) or Kathy Najimy (Sister Act (A caring nun)), among other.
More exclusive content:
- America: extraordinary landscapes (T1). “America and its wildlife like you’ve never seen them before — heroic animals, new animal behaviors, and breathtaking landscape views.”
- the loudmouth (T1). “A lawyer with a 10% win rate ends up embroiled in a murder case and becomes, overnight, the notorious and brilliant con man Big Mouse.”
- Limbo: Until I decide (T1). “As heiress to her family’s business empire, Sofia lives an affluent life free from responsibilities and commitments.”
- We are the best: A new era (T2). “Today in Minnesota, the Ducks have gone from a disparate team of rookies to a super-competitive youth hockey organization.”
Enter catalog:
- Diary of an Uber driver (T1)
- Curly and bear (T1)
HBO Max is also premiered or, rather, re-released, from the cinema to the platform…
If a little more than a couple of months ago Warner Bros. premiered in theaters with less luck than desired DC League of Super Pets, the film has already arrived at HBO Max. What is a movie with that name about? Imagine it… or watch the trailer. Considering what it is, its critical reception has been positive.
More exclusive content:
- hostages (T1). “Deals with the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981.”
Enter catalog:
- Boy A
- Find me in Paris (T1)
- My God, but what have we done… now?
- The pact (T1-T2)
- next door
- The Smurfs: The Lost Village
- pustine (T1)
- quarry (T1)
- a gifted life (T1-T2)
- Valea Mutua (T1)
We are ending the weekly review with what Amazon Prime Video brings this week, but make no mistake: they are enthralled with their Lord of the Rings It is not an obstacle for them to continue shooting. Aside from the content we are highlighting, an original series and a movie are being released, another exclusive such as the box office phenomenon of Father there is only one 3they add several complete series to the catalog…
Of course, to highlight something that will be nice to any technology enthusiast, Sonic 2: The Movie I had all the ballots. It’s a bit of a mess like the first one, but at the same time it has its point if you know what you’re going to see and the hedgehog they’ve got is endearing. It was released in theaters in April and has been picked up exclusively by Amazon for Prime Video.
Exclusive content:
- The exorcism of my best friend. “In this comedy-horror thriller set in 1988, teenage friends Abby and Gretchen face off against a supernatural demon that possesses Gretchen’s body.”
- Jungle(T1). “In a near futuristic London, two young men try to improve as people, but are forced to face the consequences of their actions.”
- Father there is only one 3. «Christmas is approaching and the family of “Father there is only one” faces new and fun adventures.»
- Transparent (T5). “The musical finale of ‘Transparent,’ a two-hour movie musical, takes this beloved Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series to new heights.”
Enter catalog:
- 11.22.63 (miniseries)
- Broken Girls (Complete series)
- Chuck (Complete series)
- Fargo (T4)
- sea of plastic (T2)
- Rizzoli & Isles (Complete series)
- Shameless (Complete series)
- The Good Doctor (T5)
- a strange enemy (T2)
Finally, Apple TV + premieres the new seasons of two of its children’s series and…
A movie: I take care of the beer, an anti-war comedy that collects a story based on real events of the most surreal. Zac Efron starsHigh School Musical), surrounded by, among other well-known faces, Russell Crowe (Gladiator) or Bill Murray (The Ghostbusters). Directed by Peter Farrelly (Something happens with Mary, Green Book, Two dumbs so dumbs).
More exclusive content
- Roll with Otis! (T2). “Otis the tractor lives with his friends on the Long Hill farm and, although he is small, he has a big heart.”
- Wolfboy and the Factory of Everything (T2). “William Wolfe, who everyone calls Wolfboy, is an extraordinary boy who discovers that with his imagination and his creativity he can change the world.”
