Weekend Watch Party: 5 Best New Movies to Stream on Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV and More (November 14-15)
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Another weekend is here, and with it tons of new options for what to watch on the best streaming services. I’m here every weekend to shout out which new streaming movies are worth adding to your queue. This week, Jessica Chaplain hits our watchlist with two blockbuster films: Netflix’s latest neo-noir mystery “Heartland” and the unsettling, campy “Other Mommy” on paid video-on-demand platforms.
For an easy crowd-pleaser on family movie night, look no further than “The End of Oak Street” on HBO Max, one of several stellar performances from Anne Hathaway this year. On Apple TV Plus, you’ll experience an irreverent and inspiring drama about speaking truth to power in “Being Heumann.” Or if you’d rather keep the spirit of spooky season alive a little longer (who could blame you), Netflix just got the psychological horror film “Smile” that will really mess with your head.
So without further ado, let’s dive into the best new movies to watch this weekend.
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“The End of Oak Street” (HBO Max)
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If you liked: “Super 8”, “Jumanji”, “The Mist”
From David Robert Mitchell, the writer-director behind the cult horror film and one of my favorite films “It Follows,” comes a splash with this chaotic dinosaur adventure that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Set in a quiet suburb of 1982, “The End of Oak Street” follows the Platt family, led by Denise (Anne Hathaway) and Greg (Ewan McGregor).
They are propelled by the narrative into a “Jurassic Park”-style nightmare when their entire neighborhood is transformed into a prehistoric world. Now stranded and surrounded by large predators, the family and their neighbors must put aside their differences and work together if they hope to survive. For a fun 99-minute nostalgia hit this weekend, you could do a lot worse than this Spielbergian fever dream.
Watch “The End of Oak Street” on HBO Max NOW
“Heartland” (Netflix)
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If you liked: “Chinatown”, any of Taylor Sheridan’s shows
Jessica Chastain continues her streak as one of Hollywood’s highest-grossing actresses in Netflix’s “Heartland,” playing a former country star turned detective searching for her niece. A neo-noir mystery from writer-director Shana Feste (“Country Strong,” “The Greatest”), “Heartland” sees lonely singer Misty Jones (Chastain) return to Nashville to explore its darkest corners while confronting her own troubled past.
Misty, always prickly, strings together one girl’s failure after another, all spit and vinegar as the slow trickle of clues leads her to an old ex (Ross Lynch) and a lousy manager in Roy Combs (Garrett Hedlund). With an Oscar winner in the lead role, it’s a huge draw, and its promising 82% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and its No. 1 spot in Netflix’s Top 10, “Heartland” has all the makings for this weekend’s biggest hit.
Watch “Heartland” on Netflix NOW
‘Other Mom’ (PVOD)
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If you liked: “Coraline”, “Host”, “The Babadook”
If A Jessica Chastain’s movie wasn’t enough for you, but I have news for you. Her unsettling supernatural horror film “The Other Mommy” is available to rent or purchase this weekend. If it were me, I’d wait until it was on Peacock (probably around February), but this one was a lot of fun when I saw it in the theater. Director Rob Savage (“Host”) leans into his horror roots with plenty of scares, grotesque transformations and scenes that will haunt your nightmares.
Chastain also looks like she’s having fun doing double duty as the loving, perfect mom and as the demonic doppelganger. Seven-year-old Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark) has an imaginary friend who is anything but harmless. A sinister shapeshifter known as Other Mom emerges from her closet, taking on the appearance of Bela’s mother (Chastain) and begging to be admitted into her heart. As the creature’s threats become more and more terrifying, Bela’s parents (Jay Duplass and Chastain) do everything they can to keep their daughter safe.
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“Being Heumann” (Apple TV)
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If you liked: “Then Barbara Met Alan”, “Music Within”, “Coda”
“Being Heumann” is one of those films that restores your faith in humanity for a while longer. “CODA” director Siân Heder brings to the screen this remarkable true story of a group of people who, when there was no place for them at the table, forged their own. In 1977, disability rights activist Judy Heumann (Ruth Madeley) leads a coalition of frustrated protesters in a 28-day occupation of a San Francisco federal building.
Their request? Let the government finally enforce his civil rights under Section 504. Mark Ruffalo plays the bureaucrat who gets in his way, with Dylan O’Brien as the reporter on the ground as the story is made. It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by Madeley’s spirited performance here; Heumann doesn’t win any popularity contests, but she emerges with the kind of infectious spirit needed to bring about meaningful change.
Watch “Being Heumann” on Apple TV NOW
“Smile” (Netflix)
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If you liked: “Oculus”, “The Ritual”, “Black Phone” (also all on Netflix)
Spooky season may be over, but Netflix is currently serving up a particularly stellar crop of horror films, including one of my favorites that was added this month: “Smile.” It’s a completely unnerving adventure that exploits horror movie tropes to screw you over and scare you.
Sosie Bacon plays Rose, a therapist in a New Jersey psychiatric ward who, in the film’s opening moments, witnesses a new patient commit suicide with a strange smile on her face. This triggers a curse that relentlessly stalks her, one smiling stranger at a time. With all of her friends and family writing her off as having a mental breakdown in progress, she will have to get out of this nightmare on her own.
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