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The Seattle International Film Festival just wrapped up, and I'm coming off 10 straight days of early screenings (including I Love Boosters and The Invite). My eyes are wrecked and my stomach hurts from all the popcorn, but I don’t regret it! Every year, SIFF reminds me why I love movies.
Now that the festival has wrapped, I'm trading the theater for the couch, and the timing is perfect: this week's streaming slate is stacked. Keep reading for everything worth queuing up at home this week.
For my full recap of the festival, reviews of the films I saw early, and my exclusive interviews with Hollywood icons like Olivia Wilde, check out my new newsletter, Worth the Watch. It’s free through May 25 as part of Pix Plus. Join the free preview here!
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Yours,
John
Film & Television Content Manager @ Pix
Current 📺: DTF St. Louis | 🎥: Sundays
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Up Next: Biggest Mid-Week Premieres
This hump day, reward yourself for making it halfway through the week with a binge-worthy sci-fi adventure or a gripping political thriller starring a familiar face.
The Boroughs
Streaming May 21 on Netflix
A grieving newcomer at a seemingly perfect retirement community has a monstrous encounter and decides to do something about it. Geena Davis, Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Bill Pullman lead a senior citizen squad of heroes fighting back against an otherworldly threat. Think Stranger Things meets From, with retirees instead of teenagers.
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Now streaming on Prime Video
What was supposed to be a clean covert mission unravels into a much bigger conspiracy, dragging Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) back into the field against a rogue black-ops unit that anticipates his every move. A continuation of the Jack Ryan series, this film is an easy pick for any action fiend.
The full list:
World-Changing Decisions: Monumental Moments in Film
Together with Focus Features
History's most pivotal moments often come down to a single decision. These films chronicle the hours when history could have gone the other way.
Pressure
The Allied invasion of Normandy almost didn't happen. Pressure tells the untold true story of the tense 72 hours before D-Day, when General Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) and his chief meteorologist (Andrew Scott) face an impossible choice: launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history, or risk losing the war. Only in theaters May 29.
The full list: World-Changing Decisions: Monumental Moments in Film
Guess the Show: Poorly Explained Plots
Children on bicycles somehow become the town’s emergency response team.
The Reviews Are In
See what critics have to say about the newest shows and movies.
“the new No Country for Old Men”
—The Guardian
“takes all the best parts of Yellowstone & makes them better”
—ScreenRant
“a feast for the senses”
—RogerEbert.com
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Trailer of the Day
Finding Emily
A lovesick musician gets the wrong number for his dream girl and teams up with a psych student to track her down, sparking a campus-wide frenzy. Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn star in this ‘90s-esque rom-com from the producers of Bridget Jones's Diary and Love Actually. Only in theaters August 28.
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Coming Soon
🧟 Very Young Frankenstein is in the works.
🐻 The final season of The Bear is premiering soon!
🥂 A new series from the producers of Crazy Rich Asians is coming to Hulu.