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Look Back, My Old Ass, Netflixs Meet Me Next Christmas, and every movie new to streaming this week
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This week, Look Back, the critically acclaimed anime film based on Tatsuki Fujimotos manga of the same name, is finally available to stream on Prime Video. Thats not all, though; the time-travel comedy My Old Ass starring Aubrey Plaza also arrives on Prime Video this weekend alongside Poolman on Hulu, Black Cab on Shudder, and the Christmas rom-com Meet Me Next Christmas on Netflix. There are also several new releases available to rent or purchase on VOD, including A Different Man starring Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson.Heres everything new thats available to watch this weekend!New on NetflixMeet Me Next ChristmasWhere to watch: Available to stream on NetflixGenre: Holiday rom-comRun time: 1h 45mDirector: Rusty CundieffCast: Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, Mitch GrassiThis holiday rom-com follows a woman who serendipitously met a handsome stranger in an airport one Christmas. After feeling the sparks, they decided to meet next year at a Pentatonix concert. Flash forward a year, and she cant get a ticket to the sold-out concert! So she hires a personalized concierge service to help her get a ticket. But of course the concierge is handsome and charming Who will she choose? Will she get to see Pentatonix live?New on HuluPoolmanWhere to watch: Available to stream on HuluGenre: Mystery comedyRun time: 1h 40mDirector: Chris PineCast: Chris Pine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Danny DeVitoChris Pines directorial debut stars himself as Darren, a unflinchingly optimistic pool cleaner in Los Angeles whos also determined to make his community a better place la Erin Brockovich (though the local city council is increasingly annoyed by him). After being contacted by a beautiful and mysterious woman, Darren embarks on a quest to unearth corruption in the city.New on Prime VideoLook BackWhere to watch: Available to stream on Prime VideoGenre: Coming-of-age dramaRun time: 58mDirector: Kiyotaka OshiyamaCast: Yuumi Kawai, Mizuki YoshidaBased on the one-shot manga by Chainsaw Man author Tatsuki Fujimoto, Kiyotaka Oshiyamas coming-of-age anime drama centers on the life and friendship of Fujino (Yuumi Kawai) and Kyomoto (Mizuki Yoshida), two grade school classmates who bond over their shared love and passion for drawing manga. We added it to our list of the best animated features of the year, so you should definitely check it out.My Old AssWhere to watch: Available to stream on Prime VideoGenre: ComedyRun time: 1h 29mDirector: Megan ParkCast: Aubrey Plaza, Maisy Stella, Percy Hynes WhiteIn this time-wimey comedy, a teenage girl named Elliot (Maisy Stella) does alotof shrooms and somehow ends up in contact with her 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza). Her older self has lots of words of wisdom but one big warning: Dont fall in love with the cute boy working on her familys cranberry farm that summer. Stella and Plaza share a very easy and fun chemistry that makes their interactions a delight to watch. And the movie is especially poignant in the lessons that both versions of Elliot take from each other.From our review:Beyond the time-travel setup,My Old Asss most immediate hook is the leads and their easy rapport. This movie could have just been a collection of hijinks and jokes about touching your older selfs butt. But Park uses the timey-wimey elements to craft a story about those unheralded last moments, the ones we dont realize will be watersheds on the way to growing up. Younger Elliott is eager to leave everything behind and move on to her next great adventure, but older Elliott is able to offer some perspective. At the same time, older Elliott gets to savor her bygone youth and tap into the days of being a fearless teenager who could conquer the world.My Old Assis about growing up the joy, the pain, and those little moments that resonate with us far longer than we think they will and Park smartly pulls it off by drawing on Elliotts perspectives of both the past and the present.New on ShudderBlack CabWhere to watch: Available to stream on ShudderGenre: HorrorRun time: 1h 27mDirector: Bruce GoodisonCast: Nick Frost, Synnove Karlsen, Luke NorrisThis new horror movie, c0-written by Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), stars Synnove Karlsen (Last Night in Soho) and Luke Norris (The Duchess) as a couple who hail a black cab after a night out with their friends. Things take a sinister turn when their driver (Frost) abducts them and drives them out to a deserted (and supposedly haunted) stretch of road. What horrors await them when they reach their final destination, and will they leave a good tip?New to rentA Different ManWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and VuduGenre: Psychological thrillerRun time: 1h 52mDirector: Aaron SchimbergCast: Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson, Renate ReinsveSebastian Stan (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) stars in A Different Man as Edward, an aspiring actor wracked with insecurity over his neurofibromatosis. After undergoing a radical medical procedure to transform his appearance, Edwards life appears to be looking up that is, until a man with neurofibromatosis named Oswald (Adam Pearson) comes into the picture. Will Edward be able to find peace with Oswald and his own past?In the SummersWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and VuduGenre: DramaRun time: 1h 35mDirector: Alessandra LacorazzaCast: Ren Prez, Sasha Calle, Lio MehielThis drama follows a pair of siblings who live with their loving but emotionally unstable father during their yearly summer visits to his home in New Mexico. Told over the span of multiple years, In the Summers is a affecting portrait of a strained parent-child relationship.The OutrunWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and VuduGenre: DramaRun time: 1h 58mDirector: Nora FingscheidtCast: Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Nabil ElouahabiSaoirse Ronan stars as a young woman, fresh out of rehab for alcoholism, who returns home to the distant Orkney Islands in Scotland as she figures out what to do with her life and struggles to connect with others. Eventually, she takes a job with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and finds comfort in biology and birdwatching.The Outrunwas originally a memoir of the same name by one of the movies screenwriters, Amy Liptrot, and premiered at this years Sundance Film Festival.
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