![]() How does The French Dispatch compare to his previous work? From our review, Anderson’s proclivity for fastidiously detailed sets, bright colors, irreverent deadpan humor, and quirky characters has won him both acclaim and criticism throughout his career. ![]() Wes Anderson’s latest comedy anthology The French Dispatch is a self-proclaimed “love letter to journalists,” following the misadventures of a group of hapless columnists working for the eccentric editor of an American newspaper in the fictional French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé (Boredom-upon-Apathy). Where to watch: Available to stream on HBO Max Image: Searchlight Pictures But in the the film’s latter half, and especially its final act, Free Guy starts dabbling with a whole mess of ideas, including, but not limited to, performative online personas, collective action as a catalyst for systemic change, gun violence in America, a rebuke of toxic online behavior, and regrettably, a deus ex machina resolution powered entirely by highly recognizable licensed IP. The first half of Free Guy is solid, with several great gags and subtle background nods to popular game franchises like Halo or Megaman, which won’t necessarily stand out, except to the most eagle-eyed viewers. Donning a pair of special glasses that allows him to see the game for what it is, Guy attempts to help Millie and discover more about himself in the process. Seemingly unaware of the nature of the world he lives in, Guy is perfectly content with his life until he crosses paths with a mysterious player named Millie (Jodie Comer) on a personal mission inside the game. Ryan Reynolds stars in Shawn Levy’s sci-fi action comedy Free Guy as Guy, an NPC working as a bank teller in a massive open-world video game filled with chaos and mayhem. Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus and HBO Max Photo: Alan Markfield / Twentieth Century Fox To help you get a handle on what’s new and available, here are the new movies you can watch on streaming and VOD this weekend. That’s not all: there’s also a ton of new releases available to rent on VOD this week, including the surreal dark comedy Big Gold Brick featuring Oscar Isaac, the Kurt Warner sports biopic American Underdog, the sci-fi romantic comedy Strawberry Mansion, and much (much) more. ![]() ![]() Wes Anderson’s comedic anthology The French Dispatch also comes to streaming on HBO Max this week, along with the new suspense thriller No Exit on Hulu and the occult horror film Hellbender on Shudder. This week Free Guy, the sci-fi action romcom starring Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer, lands on Disney Plus and HBO Max following its theatrical debut last year. ![]()
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