Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh Bring the Tears as Amy Schumer Brings the Laughs

Love is in the air for the first week of February and if you are looking for a good movie to watch to help put you in the mood for something romantic, you won’t have to look very far. There’s also a nice selection of rather un-romantic movies arriving this week, which means you have a lot to choose from.

New on VOD:

‘All We Imagine as Light’

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Payal Kapdia’s feature debut, All We Imagine as Light, was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2024 and is now available to stream at home.

Set in Mumbai, the film follows Nurse Prabha, whose day is interrupted by an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Prabha’s roommate Anu has issues of her own while she and her boyfriend navigate the city to find a nice place where they can be intimate.

The film stars Kani Kurusti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, and Hridhu Haroon.

Rent on Prime Video

‘September 5’

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Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, September 5 captures the tragic events of the hostage crisis in the Olympic Village during the 1972 Summer Olympics.

The docudrama takes a more unconventional approach to telling the true story, instead of showing the carnage, they instead tell the story entirely in the studio of ABC Sports. The news crew forever changed the way news covers events live.

Academy Award nominee Tim Fehlbaum directs the movie which stars Peter Sarsgaard (Presumed Innocent), John Magaro (Past Lives), Ben Chaplin (Cinderella), and Leonie Benesch (The Teachers’ Lounge).

Rent on Prime Video

‘Wish You Were Here’

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Actress Julia Stiles (10 Things I Hate About You) makes her directorial debut with the tear-jerker Wish You Were Here.

The movie tells the story of Charlotte, a young woman who is stuck in a rut and unable to find that certain spark that she needs. One fateful night Charlotte meets Adam, who just might be the man of her dreams. That is until he ghosts her. It is then that Adam reveals the truth, he’s terminally ill, with not much left to live.

The film stars Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), and Kelsey Grammer (Frasier).

Rent on Prime Video

‘Wolf Man’

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After the surprise success of The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell reinvents another classic Universal Monster for Blumhouse in Wolf Man.

This contemporary reimagining of the monster follows Blake Lovell, a struggling writer with a precocious young daughter named Ginger, and a successful wife named Charlotte. Upon learning of his father’s passing, Blake and his family leave their home in San Francisco and travel up north to rural Oregon. When the Lovells encounter a wolf-like beast, they barricade themselves inside Blake’s childhood home. But unfortunately for them, Blake has already been infected.

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (Ozark), Matilda Firth (Disenchanted), and Sam Jaeger (The Handmaid’s Tale).

Rent on Prime Video

New on Netflix:

‘Kinda Pregnant’

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Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) returns to the R-rated comedy for the first time in eight years with Kinda Pregnant.

Schumer plays Lainy, a single woman who has become jealous of her best friend’s pregnancy. In order to receive compliments and to feel more accepted, she makes the questionable decision to begin wearing a fake belly around town. While this initially works in her favor, things get a bit too complicated when she meets Josh, who is just the kind of guy she’s been looking all her life for.

Tyler Spindel (The Out-Laws) directs the comedy which also stars Jillian Bell (Brittany Runs a Marathon), Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth), Damon Wayans Jr. (New Girl), Brianne Howey (Ginny & Georgia), Alex Moffat (Bad Monkey), Joel David Moore (Avatar), Lizze Broadway (Gen V), Urzila Carlson, and Francis Benhamou.

Watch on Netflix

New on Max:

‘We Live in Time’

Available on: Friday, February 7

Academy Award nominees Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) and Florence Pugh (Little Women) are destined to make you cry in the romantic drama We Live in Time.

The film focuses on Almut, a talented chef, and Tobias, a recent divorcee, who meet by chance, and quickly fall in love with each other. As the two begin to start a life together and start a family, they receive some tragic news, as they try to make do with the time they have left with one another.

John Crowley (Brooklyn) directs the film.

Watch on Max

New on Hulu:

‘Kill’

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Hailed as the “most violent and goriest film India has ever produced,” Kill is a blood-filled thrill ride that is one of the best action movies you’ll see all year.

The movie begins when military commando Amrit learns that the love of his life, Tulika, is being forced into an arranged marriage. Alongside his best friend, Viresh, Amrit boards a train heading to New Delhi to stop the engagement. The trip takes a major detour when the train becomes hijacked by a bloodthirsty group of criminals and their loose cannon of a leader, Fani. Amrit takes matters into his own hands and wages a hyper-violent one-man war on the criminal group to save Tulika and everyone else on board.

Nikhil Nagesh Bhat directed the action-thriller which stars Lakshya, Tanya Maniktala, Abhishek Chauhan, Raghave Juyal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Pratap Verma, Harsh Chhaya, Adrija Sinha, and Meenal Kapoor.

Watch on Hulu

New on Peacock:

‘Piece by Piece’

Available on: Friday, February 7

Rock docs are nothing new, but Piece by Piece, the new film by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor) and Grammy Award winner Pharrell Williams, dares to be different.

Told entirely through Lego animation, Piece by Piece has Williams reflecting on his youth, his rise to fame in the music industry, his partnerships with some of the biggest artists working today, and how he manages all of his successes.

Williams and Neville are joined by a Legofied cast that also includes Grammy Award winner Gwen Stefani, Grammy Award winner Kendrick Lamar, Grammy Award winner Timbaland, Grammy Award winner Justin Timberlake, Grammy Award nominee Busta Rhymes, Grammy Award winner Jay-Z, Grammy Award nominee Snoop Dogg, Grammy Award nominee Pusha T, Grammy Award winner Missy Elliott, Grammy Award winner Teddy Riley, and Nigo.

Watch on Peacock