Netflix’s The Killer on Netflix, Dumb Money, and more movies to watch

Happy Friday, Polygon readers!

Each week, we spherical up probably the most notable releases new to streaming and VOD, highlighting the largest and greatest new movies for you to watch at house.

This week, The Killer, David Fincher’s newest psychological thriller, lastly arrives on Netflix following its temporary theatrical run. Charlie Day’s satirical comedy Fool’s Paradise comes to Hulu, whereas a brand new documentary on actor-director-comedian Albert Brooks premieres on Max. There’s a ton of different new releases to select from on VOD, together with the biographical comedy-drama Dumb Money starring Paul Dano, A24’s Dicks: The Musical, and more.

Here’s all the things new to watch this weekend!

New on Netflix

The Killer

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Netflix

Genre: Action thriller
Run time: 1h 58m
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell

Based on the 1998 French graphic novel, David Fincher’s newest stars Michael Fassbender as knowledgeable murderer who turns into the middle of a world manhunt after his newest project goes improper.

From our overview:

In principle, The Killer may very well be seen as a movie concerning the ruthlessness of the gig economic system, disguised as a criminal offense thriller. It sends the Killer by a Russian nesting doll of missions till there’s little delineation between his private life and his career. But Fincher and Walker have little to say about something they current on display screen, or the fleeting thematic subtext they introduce. The movie is hermetic in its development, however slight in its inventive aims. Beyond Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ nerve-wracking rating, there actually isn’t that a lot to it.

Squaring the Circle

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Genre: Art documentary
Run time: 1h 41m
Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Jimmy Page

Dutch photographer and director Anton Corbijn (The American, A Most Wanted Man) makes his second straight doc concerning the music business right here after 2019’s Depeche Mode live performance film Spirits within the Forest. This time, he turns his eye on the album artwork design studio Hipgnosis, with the assistance of some rock ’n’ roll luminaries.

New on Hulu

Fool’s Paradise

Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu

Image: Lionsgate

Genre: Satirical comedy
Run time: 1h 38m
Director: Charlie Day
Cast: Charlie Day, Ken Jeong, Kate Beckinsale

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Charlie Day makes his function directorial debut on this satirical comedy a few mute amnesiac (Day) who’s kidnapped by a determined publicist (Ken Jeong) to impersonate his consumer — a way actor who refuses to depart his trailer to movie a biopic about Billy the Kid. It will get even weirder than that, belief me.

New on Max

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

Where to watch: Available to stream on Max

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 1h 28m
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Albert Brooks, Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks

Framed as a dinner dialog between actor-director Albert Brooks and director Rob Reiner, this documentary charts Brooks’ profession from his early work on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and his mainstream appearing debut in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver to his meteoric rise to fame starring in such movies as Private Benjamin and Broadcast News. Guests embody Larry David, Conan O’Brien, Sarah Silverman, and Jonah Hill.

New on Shudder

Birth/Rebirth

Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder

Image: IFC Films/Shudder

Genre: Horror
Run time: 1h 38m
Director: Laura Moss
Cast: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, Breeda Wool

This horror-thriller follows a morgue technician who performs a miracle by efficiently bringing the physique of a useless lady again to life. Unfortunately, this miracle comes at a value, forcing the technician to seek out pregnant ladies so as to harvest their organic materials to hold the lady alive.

New to lease

Dumb Money

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

Photo: Claire Folger/Sony Pictures

Genre: Biographical comedy-drama
Run time: 1h 45m
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio

Remember the GameStop quick squeeze of 2021? No? That’s OK — admittedly, it was a really hectic and wild time, what with the entire… all the things going on. In case you’re on the lookout for a refresher, this biographical comedy-drama a few middle-class monetary analyst who struck large throughout squeeze is perhaps simply what you’re on the lookout for.

From our overview:

Where The Big Short was patronizing however nonetheless massively entertaining and legitimately informative, Dumb Money’s creators appear bored with explaining what the hell occurred with the GameStop state of affairs, or how the hell it occurred. The script assumes that the viewers is both already acquainted with the story, or doesn’t a lot care concerning the monetary specifics and simply needs to see the information reenacted by individuals they know. Most of the jargon goes unexplained, and the sequence of occasions that facilitated the saga is simply shrugged off in favor of a simplistic “isn’t this crazy?!” tone.

Dicks: The Musical

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

Image: A24

Genre: Musical comedy
Run time: 1h 26m
Director: Larry Charles
Cast: Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson, Nathan Lane

This musical comedy follows two longtime enterprise rivals who inadvertently uncover they’re an identical twin brothers separated at start. Concocting a scheme to get their divorced dad and mom again collectively, they change locations so as to orchestrate a reunion. Think The Parent Trap, however with more musical numbers, dick jokes, and Megan Thee Stallion.

From our overview:

Dicks takes photographs at totally different sorts of contemporary movies early on, beginning with different A24 movies. A24’s brand is accompanied by grandiose music, and its signature elevated horror threatens to develop into a tongue-in-cheek thematic inspiration when Trevor and Craig wonder if their predicament meets the {qualifications} for abuse and trauma. The movie’s New York-set, American Psycho-esque company saga is clearly filmed in Los Angeles, with the seams of a number of units and phases exhibiting within the margins, whereas the inventory footage it makes use of of NYC is all distinctly anachronistic.

Rebel

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

Genre: Drama
Run time: 2h 15m
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Cast: Aboubakr Bensaihi, Lubna Azabal, Tara Abboud

Rebel follows the story of Kamal (Aboubakr Bensaihi), a Moroccan-born Belgian rapper who chooses to journey to Syria to assist victims of a battle. After being kidnapped by the Islamic State, Kamal is pressured to work as a cameraman filming the group’s skirmishes towards the army. While attempting to discover a means to escape, Kamal should discover a means to save his impressionable youthful brother, Nassim, who’s being groomed as an Islamic State recruit.

Foe

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

Image: Amazon Studios

Genre: Sci-fi drama
Run time: 1h 50m
Director: Garth Davis
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star on this sci-fi psychological thriller about Henrietta and Junior, a married couple whose love is put to the take a look at when Junior known as to work on a big area station orbiting Earth. In his stead, Henrietta might be left within the firm of a robotic reproduction of her husband. Remember that one episode from the sixth season of Black Mirror that starred Aaron Paul and Josh Hartnett? This sounds sort of like that.