Netflix’s Extraction 2, Beau Is Afraid, and every new movie to watch

Summer movie season is gearing up in earnest, with The Flash popping out this weekend and films like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One all proper across the nook.

While you wait, there are many new releases to get pleasure from this weekend from the consolation of your individual sofa. Leading the best way is Extraction 2, the sequel to one in every of Netflix’s most profitable authentic hits, bringing again Chris Hemsworth for the explosive motion franchise. There’s additionally Ari Aster’s new movie Beau Is Afraid, a Stan Lee documentary on Disney Plus, a new Gerard Butler-Ric Roman Waugh motion collaboration, and the critically acclaimed Polite Society, an action-comedy about sisters and martial arts.

Let’s get into it.

New on Netflix

Extraction 2

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Photo: Jasin Boland/Netflix

Genre: Action thriller
Run time: 2h 2m
Director: Sam Hargrave
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Tinatin Dalakishvili

One of Netflix’s biggest-ever originals will get its long-awaited sequel, as star Chris Hemsworth and stuntman turned director Sam Hargrave return for Tyler Rake’s newest journey. This new one guarantees a flaming fistfight, an prolonged one-take sequence, and far more.

New on Disney Plus

Stan Lee

Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus

Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic by way of Getty Images

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 1h 26m
Director: David Gelb
Cast: Stan Lee

The lifetime of the comics legend will get the documentary therapy from Jiro Dreams of Sushi director David Gelb, premiering on Disney Plus after debuting on the Tribeca Film Festival.

New on Hulu

Chevalier

Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu

Photo: Larry Horricks/twentieth Century Studios

Genre: Biopic
Run time: 1h 48m
Director: Stephen Williams
Cast: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton

Chevalier tells the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the groundbreaking Black fencer and musician in 18th-century France who grew to become a distinguished member of excessive society.

New on Peacock

Polite Society

Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock

Photo: Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features

Genre: Action comedy
Run time: 1h 44m
Director: Nida Manzoor
Cast: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Renu Brindle

When a teenage woman on her path to being a stuntwoman learns that her sister is betrothed to a person, she suspects the person and his mom are up to no good. So she does the one factor you may in such a state of affairs: strive to sabotage the connection and beat the shit out of the man within the course of.

Polite Society appears like an uproarious enjoyable time, and it’s one of many films I’ve most been trying ahead to this 12 months — it’s on our listing of the perfect films of the 12 months thus far for good motive. After you see it, make certain to learn this interview with the director about Polite Society’s diverse influences.

New on VOD

Beau Is Afraid

Where to watch: Available to lease for $19.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Photo: Takashi Seida/A24

Genre: Dramedy
Run time: 2h 59m
Director: Ari Aster
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan

A24 horror maestro Ari Aster returns with a unique form of horror undertaking on this story a couple of man confronting his fears after the demise of his mom.

Kandahar

Where to watch: Available to lease for $19.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Image: Open Road

Genre: Action
Run time: 1h 59m
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal

Gerard Butler reunites with stuntman turned director Ric Roman Waugh (Greenland) for this multidimensional warfare story a couple of CIA operative attempting to make his approach to Kandahar, Afghanistan, after his cowl is blown, with the assistance of a translator (Navid Negahban, who’s improbable on this movie).