It’s the week of Valentine’s Day and the streamers have you covered on some great new flicks in the spirit of the season. From the return of Bridget Jones to a star-powered supernatural action-romance, there’s plenty to watch from the comfort of your living room. Whether it be with your Valentine or even by yourself. Check out all the new movies hitting streaming this week.
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‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Review: Gimmicky Fanfiction for the Middle-Aged and the Middle Class
The franchise’s fourth installment feels worlds apart from the comedy gold that kicked it off.
Two-time Academy Award winnerRenée Zellwegeris reprising one of her most iconic roles inBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth installment in the beloved romantic comedy franchise.
The new film finds Bridget now as a widowed single mother, as it’s revealed that Mark Darcy was killed four years prior. With the guidance of her friends and her former lover Daniel, Bridget enters the world of online dating. Everything changes when Bridget falls for both the young heartthrob Roxster and her son’s science teacher, Mr. Wallaker.
Michael Morris(To Leslie) directs the film, which also sees the return of Academy Award winnerColin Firthas Mark Darcy,Hugh Grantas Daniel Cleaver, Academy Award winnerEmma Thompsonas Doctor Rowlings, Academy Award winnerJim Broadbentas Colin Jones,Gemma Jonesas Pamela Jones,Sarah Solemanias Miranda,Sally Phillipsas Shazza,Shirley Hendersonas Jude, andJames Callisas Tom. Joining the franchise are Academy Award winnerChiwetel Ejiofor(12 Years a Slave),Leo Woodall(One Day),Isla Fisher(Wedding Crashers),Nico Parker(How to Train Your Dragon), andLeila Farzad(I Hate Suzie).
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
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‘The Gorge’
Available on:Friday, February 14
Miles Teller(Top Gun: Maverick) andAnya Taylor-Joy(The Queen’s Gambit) form an unexpected romance in the supernatural action-thrillerThe Gorge.
American sniper Levi and Russian sniper Drasa are both assigned the same task, to guard both sides of a deep and impenetrable gorge. While their guard towers are on opposite sides of the gorge, they begin to connect with each other, slowly beginning to fall in love. Unbeknownst to either of them, the gorge they’re guarding seemingly leads to Hell.
Scott Derrickson(Doctor Strange) directs the film, which also stars Academy Award nomineeSigourney Weaver(Alien),Sope Dirisu(Slow Horses), andWilliam Houston(Wednesday).
Watch on Apple TV+
New on Hulu:
‘Longlegs’
‘Longlegs’ Review: It’s Maika Monroe vs. Nicolas Cage in a Horror Journey of Pure Evil
Osgood Perkins' uncomfortable horror mystery takes a bit to find its…legs, yet it eventually gets under your skin and refuses to leave.
Maika Monroe(It Follows) and Academy Award winnerNicolas Cage(Pig) leadone of the biggest horror hits of 2024inLonglegs.
The tense horror thriller follows young FBI agent Lee Harker, who comes from a traumatic past. After getting a premonition that leads to the death of a fellow agent, Lee is tasked with helping track down a Satan-worshipping serial killer who is behind the murders of multiple families in Oregon, despite never being present at the scene of the crime. The further along Lee gets into the investigation, the more disturbing it gets, leading to a shocking finale.
Osgood Perkins(The Monkey) wrote and directedLonglegs, which also starsBlair Underwood(L.A. Law),Alicia Witt(Twin Peaks),Michelle Choi-Lee(Joy Ride),Dakota Daubly(Shōgun), andKiernan Shipka(Twisters).
‘Omni Loop’
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Lovers of ‘The Bear’ will want to keep their eye out for this one so they can see more of Edebiri at the top of her game.
Emmy winnersAyo Edebiri(The Bear) andMary-Louise Parker(Weeds) star in the time-traveling dramaOmni Loop.
The movie focuses on quantum physicist Zoya Lowe, who not only gets trapped in a time loop but also learns that a black hole is growing in her chest, causing her to only have one week left to live. Zoya has been stuck in this weeklong time loop for so long that she’s forgotten how long it’s even been. Zoya finds hope when she meets a brilliant student named Paula, who may hold the key to saving her life.
Bernardo Britto(Jacqueline Argentine) directed the film, which also starsCarlos Jacott(Grosse Pointe Blank),Harris Yulin(Ozark),Hannah Pearl Utt(Before You Know It), andChris Witaske(The Bear).
Watch on Hulu
‘Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)’
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)' Review: Questlove Explores Sly and the Family Stone in Brilliant, Straightforward Fashion
Questlove’s second documentary is a bit formulaic, but the love for Sly and the Family Stone’s music elevates this story.
Grammy-winning musicianQuestlovefollows up his Academy Award-winning documentarySummer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)with the biographical documentarySly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).
The new documentary feature taps into the generation-defining legacy of the iconic funk band known asSly and the Family Stone. The film features interviews withAndre 3000,D’Angelo,Chaka Khan,Q-Tip,Nile Rogers,Jimmy JamandTerry Lewis,George Clinton,Ruth Copeland, andClive Davis.
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
New on Netflix:
‘La Dolce Villa’
Netflix has another new romantic-comedy arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day withLa Dolce Villa.
Businessman Eric flies out to Italy to stop his extroverted and ambitious daughter Olivia from using all of her life savings to restore a crumbling villa she purchased for only €1. His short trip takes an unexpected turn (and an extension) upon meeting Francesca.
Mark Waters(Mean Girls) directs the film, which starsScott Foley(Scandal),Maia Reficco(Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin),Violante Placido(The American), andGiuseppe Futia.
La Dolce Villa
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‘Flow’ Review: A Cat’s-Eye View of The End of The World
In this masterful animated film, a cat, a capybara, a lemur, and a Labrador Retriever get in a boat and try to survive a flooded world.
2024 was an incredible year foranimated filmsfromThe Wild RobottoInside Out 2andWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. However, arguably the most acclaimed movie of the bunch is a little movie from Latvia about a little black cat trying to find his way home.
Flowis a dialogue-free animated adventure following a black cat, whose home is ruined by a flood. In order to find safety and a new home, the feline hops aboard a boat populated by other animals including a capybara, a lemur, and a yellow lab.
The movie is directed byGints Zilbalodisand has earned two Academy Award nominations, Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature (Latvia).
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‘Better Man’
‘Better Man’ Review: Robbie Williams Is a CGI Monkey In Wild Take on the Music Biopic
From ‘The Greatest Showman’ director Michael Gracey, ‘Better Man’ takes a bananas look at the celebrity biopic.
You’ve seen plenty of musical biopics before. But you’d be lying to yourself if you said you saw a musical biopic likeBetter Man.
The unconventional and fantastical musical odyssey follows the rise of British pop sensationRobbie Williams, from his days in the boy band Take That to overcoming drug addiction and kickstarting his own successful solo career. Instead of just having any old actor play the lead role, the film takes the bold approach of having Williams portrayed as aCGI monkey.
Michael Gracey(The Greatest Showman) directs the movie which stars Williams himself,Jonno Davies(Hunters),Steve Pemberton(The League of Gentlemen),Damon Herriman(Once Upon a Time in Hollywood),Raechelle Banno(Home and Away),Alison Steadman(Gavin & Stacey),Frazer Hadfield(Frayed),Tom Budge(The Artful Dodger), andAnthony Hayes(Animal Kingdom). The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.
Better Man
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‘Hard Truths’
‘Hard Truths’ Review: Mike Leigh’s Newest Movie Features One of the Year’s Best Performances
Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunite for this hilarious and heartbreaking look at hate versus acceptance.
Legendary filmmaker and Academy Award nomineeMike Leighand Academy Award NomineeMarianne Jean-Baptistereunite nearly three decades afterSecrets & Lieswith the acclaimed dramaHard Truths.
Jean-Baptiste stars as Pansy, a working-class black woman struggling with a bitter and angry outlook on life. As her physical and emotional issues greatly affect everyone around her, she continues to struggle in the modern world.
Hard Truthsalso starsMichele Austin(Secrets & Lies),David Webber(Captain Phillips),Tuwaine Barrett(The Book of Clarence),Ani Nelson(One Day),Sophia Brown(The Witcher: Blood Origin), andJonathan Livingstone(The Witches).
Hard Truths
‘Flight Risk’
Available on: Friday, February 14
‘Flight Risk’ Review: Mark Wahlberg Can’t Get Mel Gibson’s Action Thriller Off the Ground
Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace are also on this bumpy ride.
Academy Award winnerMel Gibson(Hacksaw Ridge) returns with his first directorial vehicle in nearly nine years with the contained thrillerFlight Risk.
U.S. Marshal Madolyn Harris is tasked with escorting the dirty accountant Winston from Anchorage, Alaska, to New York City in order to testify against the vicious Moretti crime family. Of course, the plane ride to New York City doesn’t go to plan when their pilot Daryl Booth, reveals himself to be a hitman for the Morettis, and he’ll stop at nothing to take out Winston before he can snitch.
Flight Riskstars Academy Award nomineeMark Wahlberg(The Departed),Michelle Dockery(Downton Abbey), andTopher Grace(That ‘70s Show).
Flight Risk
‘Inheritance’
‘Inheritance’ Review: Phoebe Dynevor Is a Sardonic Spy Kid in Not-So-Thrilling, iPhone-Shot Thriller
The ‘Bridgerton’ star steals government intel, but unfortunately, not the show in this underwhelming spy mystery.
Bridgerton’sPhoebe Dynevorgets her action-star moment in the spy-thrillerInheritance, which wasfilmed entirely using an iPhone 13.
Dynevor stars as Maya, a young woman whose life at the moment feels aimless, especially after recently losing her mother. Her estranged father, Sam, re-enters the picture, and she soon learns that he was once a spy. Maya is inadvertently thrust into the center of an international conspiracy where she will have to race across the globe to outrun some dangerous forces who want her dead.
Neil Burger(Divergent) directs the movie, which also starsRhys Ifans(The Amazing Spider-Man),Ciara Baxendale(Trying), andMajd Eid.
Inheritance
‘Nickel Boys’
‘Nickel Boys’ Review: RaMell Ross’s Brilliantly Crafted Adaptation Is One of 2024’s Best Movies
This stunning adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel feels like it’s breaking new ground with its impressive first-person perspective.
Nominated for two Academy Award nominations, Best Picture, and Best Adapted Screenplay, is Academy Award nomineeRaMell Ross’ devastating dramaNickel Boys.
Adapted from theColson Whiteheadnovel of the same name, the film tells its story from a first-person perspective, as Elwod Curtis, a young Black teen, is sent to Nickel Academy after being falsely accused of a crime. Elwood soon meets Turner, and the boys begin to form a strong bond, amidst all the cruelty surrounding them at the so-called “school.”
Nickel BoysstarsEthan Herisse(When They See Us),Brandon Wilson(The Way Back),Hamish Linklater(Midnight Mass),Fred Hechinger(Gladiator II),Daveed Diggs(Hamilton),Jimmie Fails(The Last Black Man in San Francisco), and Academy Award nomineeAunjanue Ellis-Taylor(King Richard).
Nickel Boys
‘One of Them Days’
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Lawrence Lamont’s directorial debut feels like an era of comedy we rarely see in theaters anymore.
Keke Palmer(Nope) and Grammy-winning R&B starSZAbring back the raunchy buddy-comedy in the R-ratedOne of Them Days.
Best friends Dreux and Alyssa are struggling to make ends meet while living inLos Angeles. Dreux works a dead-end job as a waitress while Alyssa’s art career doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Worst of all, they don’t have the money to pay the rent for their run-down apartment after they learn Alyssa’s boyfriend KeShawn has spent all their savings to invest in a T-shirt company. Now Dreux and Alyssa are forced to go through some desperate measures to make money before time runs out and they’re evicted from their home.
Lawrence Lamont(Rap Sh!t) makes his directorial debut with the comedy, which also starsMaude Apatow(Euphoria),Lil Rel Howery(Get Out),Janelle James(Abbott Elementary),Keyla Monterroso Mejia(You’re Cordially Invited),Aziza Scott(Home Before Dark),Patrick Cage(Mayor of Kingstown),Amin Joseph(Snowfall),Dewayne Perkins(The Blackening),Vanessa Bell Calloway(Coming to America),Gabrielle Dennis(A Black Lady Sketch Show),Joshua Nealand, andKatt Williams(Atlanta).
One of Them Days
‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: Mohammad Rasoulof’s Radical Triumph of Cinema
A fearless work of art, it’s a film that everyone and anyone should experience.
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature as the German entry, is the acclaimed and controversial political dramaThe Seed of the Sacred Fig.
When Iman becomes an investigating judge in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, his wife and daughter are initially thrilled. However, not too long into the job, Iman becomes disillusioned by the government as political protests heighten, and the gun he was given for his job has vanished. Iman’s paranoia intensifies as he begins to suspect that his wife and daughter are somehow involved.
The Seed of the Sacred Figis directed byMohammad Rasolulof(There Is No Evil) and starsSoheila Golestani,Missagh Zareh,Mahsa Rostami,Setareh Maleki,Niousha Akhshi, andAmineh Arani.
