Monster Hunter, Nomadland and 5 great movies to watch right now at home

Theater releases are light, but it’s still a busy week in the world of entertainment. Detective Chinatown 3, the long-awaited third installment in director Chen Sicheng’s ongoing comedy-comedy series, grossed more than $ 424 million at the Chinese box office, and more than $ 100 million more than Christopher Nolan Tenet worldwide and almost triple Wonder Woman 1984 global box office. Meanwhile in Hollywood this week is the debut for both Disney’s upcoming live action 101 Dalmatians spin-off Cruella and Warner Bros. long awaited reload of Mortal Kombat!

What are new movies to watch now, the public has a lot to choose from this week, by Paul WS Anderson Monster Hunter to Chloé Zhao’s considerable praise Nomadland, to Choi Jae-hoon’s brilliant period action film The Swordsman. Here are the new versions you can watch on VOD this weekend to help you choose what to watch.

Monster Hunter

Where to look: Buy on digital, $ 19.99 Amazon, Apple and Vudu

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Paul WS Anderson returns for another great adaptation of the scientific video games with Monster Hunter. Milla Jovovich stars as Lieutenant Natalie Artemis, a U.S. military guard who is transported with her United Nations team to an alternate world populated by giant monstrous monsters. From our review:

The whole film is light in the story and character section; Jovovich’s entire Ranger group has names like ‘Ax’, ‘Marshall’, ‘Dash’ and ‘Linc’. Anderson seems to be aware – the herds felt just as nice as the action. Monster Hunter’s service-laden pieces, accompanied by reverence for the games, were the perfect, thoughtless ointment for 2020. It’s hard to say if this is understandable to someone who does not like the series, but the bombastic action is rare during the hour-and-a-half run time. It’s a happy member of this new class of video game movies written with a clear love for its history, but may not be able to stand up without deep appreciation for the source material.

Nomadland

Where to look: Stream on Hulu

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The neo-Western drama of Chloé Zhao starring Frances McDormand as a wanderer trying to make a living in the harsh landscape of today’s American West leads the series of potential contenders for best Oscar for this year . It is also an absolute must-see. From our review:

The journey that Zhao made is amazing and explores literal peaks and valleys as well as emotional. Although Fern’s story is made up, the world she’s traveling through is all the more striking through the rest of the cast and the small, seemingly insignificant moments that Zhao chooses to pursue. At one such moment, the character of Strathairn kneels to get the best possible shot he can of Fern standing in front of a giant dinosaur statue. There’s something joyful about the scene: the light fades and he uses a small scrolling phone, but it’s clear how much he cares. The feeling of attentiveness and empathy runs throughout the film and easily distinguishes it as one of the best in 2020.

The Swordsman

Where to look: Rent on digital, $ 4.99 Amazon on Apple; $ 3.99 on Vudu

Blind swordsman Tae-yul (Jang Hyuk) holds a blade to the throat of a masked opponent.

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Jang Hyuk plays Tae-yul, a master swordsman blinded and disgraced in a coup attempt returning from self-exile to save his daughter’s life in Choi Jae-hoon’s Korean action drama. The trailer of the film looks beautiful and smooth with frenetic film art thanks to Won-ho Son (#Live on Netflix) and a cast with I saw the devilChoi Jin-ho and Joe Taslim from The raid and The night is coming for us fame.

Test pattern

Where to watch it: Streaming via virtual cinemas

Brittany S. Hall and Will Brill in a test pattern scene

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Director Shatara Michelle Ford’s debut Test pattern follows the story of Renesha (Brittany S. Hall) and Evan (Will Brill), a couple between the races whose relationship is irrevocably changed following a devastating sexual assault. Ford’s film, which is as one part psychological horror, one part realistic drama, offers a dazzling depiction of the myriad systemic injustices, social conditioning and patriarchal obstacles faced by women through the thorny topics of sex and consent in American society.

Supernova

Where to look: Rent on digital, $ 6.99 on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci in Harry Macqueen's Supernova

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Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci portray as a couple of 20-year-old lovers in Harry Macqueen’s romance Supernova. When Tusker (Tucci) is diagnosed with dementia, he and Sam (Firth) take the road to travel across England to meet and remind friends and family. Macqueen’s film looks like a humorous and influential tale of sustained love after the obstructive loss and a moving display of Firth and Tucci’s disarming on screen.

His path

Where to look: Rent on digital, $ 3.99 on Amazon; $ 5.99 on Apple and Vudu

Nick Robinson as Ross W. Ulbricht in 'Silk Road'.

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Inspired by the true life story of the convicted founder of the darknet drug market Silk Road, Tiller Russell’s pits Jurassic World Nick Robinson as Ross Ulbricht in the early days of the criminal enterprise under the pseudonym ‘the Dread Pirate Roberts’. As Silk Road grows in exponential scope and notoriety, his path inevitably clashes with Rick Bowden (Jason Clarke), a volatile DEA agent who tends to take him down.

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