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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‘All We Imagine as Light’ Review: A Dour but Soulful Story of Connection and Belonging
This slow-burn movie emphasizes humans' basic need to connect with each other.
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 starsKani Kurusti,Divya Prabha,Chhaya Kadam, andHridhu Haroon.
All We Imagine as Light
Rent on Prime Video
‘September 5’
‘September 5’ Review: Terror From a Newsroom Distance
Even with the jarring timing, this newsroom thriller does hit as deep as it should.
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay,September 5captures 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 nomineeTim Fehlbaumdirects the movie which starsPeter Sarsgaard(Presumed Innocent),John Magaro(Past Lives),Ben Chaplin(Cinderella), andLeonie Benesch(The Teachers’ Lounge).
September 5
‘Wish You Were Here’
‘Wish You Were Here’ Review: Julia Stiles’ Promising Directorial Debut Stops Short Where It Counts
‘Wish You Were Here’ boasts a solid cast and memorable moments, but certain key moments need far greater development for the narrative to fully work.
ActressJulia Stiles(10 Things I Hate About You) makes her directorial debut with the tear-jerkerWish 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 starsIsabelle Fuhrman(Orphan),Mena Massoud(Aladdin),Jennifer Grey(Dirty Dancing), andKelsey Grammer(Frasier).
Wish You Were Here
‘Wolf Man’
‘Wolf Man’ Review: Leigh Whannell’s Howl at the Moon Is Barely a Whisper
No bark and no bite.
After the surprise success ofThe Invisible Man,Leigh Whannellreinvents another classic Universal Monster for Blumhouse inWolf 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 ManstarsChristopher Abbott(Poor Things),Julia Garner(Ozark),Matilda Firth(Disenchanted), andSam Jaeger(The Handmaid’s Tale).
New on Netflix:
‘Kinda Pregnant’
‘Kinda Pregnant’ Review: Amy Schumer’s Netflix Rom-Com Births Heart and (Sometimes) Humor
The ‘Trainwreck’ comedian brings nuance to pregnancy in a film that she fakes her own.
Amy Schumer(Trainwreck) returns to the R-rated comedy for the first time in eight years withKinda 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 starsJillian 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, andFrancis Benhamou.
Kinda Pregnant
Watch on Netflix
New on Max:
‘We Live in Time’
Available on:Friday, February 7
‘We Live in Time’ Review: You’ll Fall in Love With Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in This Romance | TIFF 2024
John Crowley’s lovely romance shows the highs and lows of love in this ambitious story.
Academy Award nomineesAndrew Garfield(Hacksaw Ridge) andFlorence Pugh(Little Women) are destined to make you cry in the romantic dramaWe 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’ Review: Watch Your Back John Wick
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s aggressively violent action flick is destined to become a cult classic.
Hailed as the “most violent and goriest film India has ever produced,“Killis 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 Bhatdirected the action-thriller which starsLakshya,Tanya Maniktala,Abhishek Chauhan,Raghave Juyal,Ashish Vidyarthi,Pratap Verma,Harsh Chhaya,Adrija Sinha, andMeenal Kapoor.
Watch on Hulu
New on Peacock:
‘Piece by Piece’
‘Piece By Piece’ Review: Pharrell Williams Gets the LEGO Treatment in Musical Biopic. Yes, Really
This film explores the life and career of the music icon in miniature form.
Rock docs are nothing new, butPiece by Piece, the new film by Academy Award winnerMorgan Neville(Won’t You Be My Neighbor) and Grammy Award winnerPharrell Williams, dares to be different.
Told entirely through Lego animation,Piece by Piecehas 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 winnerGwen Stefani, Grammy Award winnerKendrick Lamar, Grammy Award winnerTimbaland, Grammy Award winnerJustin Timberlake, Grammy Award nomineeBusta Rhymes, Grammy Award winnerJay-Z, Grammy Award nomineeSnoop Dogg, Grammy Award nomineePusha T, Grammy Award winnerMissy Elliott, Grammy Award winnerTeddy Riley, andNigo.
