The Northman, Netflix’s Interceptor and More New Movies to Watch at Home

Happy Friday, Polygon readers! There’s a ton of new movies coming this week on VOD or on streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney Plus, but we’re still here to go through the options available to watch at home.

This week includes The Northman’s streaming debuts on Peacock, a modern gay Proud and prejudice Hulu adaptation, a new action movie on Netflix, Disney Plus’ Famous girl sequels and more to check out. Let’s dive in.

Northerner

See where: Available to stream on Peacock

Photo: Focus feature

Robert Eggers’ Organ Revenge Historical Drama Northerner tells the story of Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård), the son of a deposed king (Ethan Hawke) who flees his home after his father is betrayed and murdered by his uncle Fjölnir (Claes). Bang). With the aim of avenging her father’s death, Amleth journeys to Iceland disguised as a slave and with the help of a witch named Olga (Anya Taylor-Joy), carry out her revenge plot.

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The violence that ensues (and before) Amleth’s arrival in Iceland is bloody and graphic, and Eggers filmed Viking assaulting humble villages in dramaticly choreographed follow-up footage that glides through blood, mud, and filth. the gurgling death of dozens of women wearing sackcloths. The same dialogue mixes savagery with pomp: A character is entangled with a deadly curse that promises to smite his killer until “the flames of vengeance seep into your flesh.” . Another optimistically told a friend, “we’re going to be raging together on the battlefield of the undead.” Put all of this into the majestic Icelandic landscape and background the sounds of booming drums and deep chants roll like a thunderstorm, and the effect is appropriately awe-inspiring.

Fire Island

See where: Available to stream on Hulu

Photo: Jeong Park / Searchlight Pictures

Joel Kim Booster stars in this modern gay adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, directed by Andrew Ahn and written by Booster. It follows a group of friends traveling to the Fire Island resort site for a life-changing summer. With Booster, SNL’s Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho, the film promises to be a comedy and gay movie.

Interceptor

See where: Available to stream on Netflix

Photo: Brook Rushton / Netflix

American-Australian action movies Interceptor Elsa Pataky plays JJ Collins, a resilient and combative army captain who is put in charge of a nuclear missile base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after being fired from the Pentagon. When terrorists stage a coordinated attack on the base, Collins is forced to use his years of tactical training to thwart a plot by a former intelligence officer and prevent nuclear annihilation.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

See where: Available to stream on HBO Max

Photo: Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bros Pictures

The plot of the Harry Potter film series will continue with the third installment in the Fantastic Beasts franchise. It is currently available to watch on HBO Max.

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Newt’s difficult, complicated task to secure and deliver his precious goods lacked the delightful curiosity that first lent him Magical Creatures a much-needed bump in seduction. An innovatively choreographed set pits Newt and his brother Theseus (Callum Turner) against a species of crustacean leviathan in a panopticon-style prison tower, where the boys engage in a fight silly cornering, reminding viewers that the occasional funny play won’t hurt anyone. Also, Newt’s plot twist is as bland as its aesthetic: Series director David Yates conveys that this part of the story is set in the past by categorizing everything as gray or dry brown. It’s hard to imagine a kid in real life being dazzled by this movie and it’s sad to realize that the main audience here are probably IP loyalists too old for childish things, but still don’t want to leave this universe.

Hollywood Stars

See where: Available to stream on Disney Plus

Image: Disney

Directed by Julia Hart (Color fast) returns for the continuation of Disney Plus movies in 2020 Famous girl. Like the first adaptation, this adaptation differs significantly from the source material: Hollywood Stars is a sequel to the film and is not an adaptation of the sequel to the original novel, Love, Stargirl. When her mother, Ana (Judy Greer), is hired to act in a movie, Stargirl (Grace VanderWaal) improves her life and makes new friends in Los Angeles.

Fire music

See where: Available to stream on the Criterion Channel

Photo: Guy Le Querrec / Magnum Photos, via Submarine Deluxe

Tom Surgal’s 2018 Documentary Fire music charts the development and legacy of free jazz, one of America’s most experimental and innovative art forms. Showcasing the likes of John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra, Fire music is a kaleidoscope excursion into the world of 1960s jazz, drawing a straight line from the pioneer of the time to the experimental of the present.

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

See where: Available to stream on the Criterion Channel

Image: Greenwich Entertainment

This legendary singer documentary, which premiered in 2020, has a limited theatrical run in 2021 and is now making its debut in 2022. An influential musician has inspired Inspiring Nick Cave (who featured in the documentary), Joanna Newsom and many others, Dalton has never reached the level of fame and popularity that many artists have followed in her footsteps. This documentary promises an in-depth look at old fans and an introduction to new fans.

Camera journey

See where: Available to rent for $5.99 on Amazon and Vudu

Image: Momentum Pictures

This new Blumhouse-produced horror film was shot entirely with iPhones and console cameras. The film follows a musician (played by real-life musician Annie Hardy) who leaves the United States for the United Kingdom to avoid pandemic lockdowns. When she picks up an unexpected passenger on the road, things take a turn for the worse.

Inhuman

See where: Available to rent for $5.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Image: Blumhouse Television

The latest version of the “high school zombie comedy” comes from Marcus Dunstan, co-writer of seasons four through seven of the Saw series. In InhumanA group of high school students survive a bus crash only to find zombies where they crashed.

White elephant

See where: Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

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Live Video Master Jesse V. Johnson (Hell Hath No Fury, Retribution) returns to this crime thriller. Michael Rooker plays a former Marine who is now working for the mob and ordered to kill a police officer (Olga Kurylenko) who witnessed an assassination attempt by gang boss Arnold Solomon (Bruce Willis). Johnson, a former stuntman who worked with Willis earlier in their careers, spoke to LA Times about the movie and why he doesn’t feel comfortable making more movies with Willis after this experience.