The 6 Best New Releases That Are Now Streaming
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Finished watching all the good movies on streaming? No you didn’t, because more new films are being added to your streaming services every week—including recent theatrical releases. There was a time when you used to have to wait months and months to catch a flick on cable, but these days, many big screen films arrive on streaming less than a month from opening weekend—even if the simultaneous releases that became a feature of movie-watching during the pandemic are no longer a thing .
Read on for six fresh-from-the big screen movies you can stream now.
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This tuneful update of the fetch 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls , based on the Broadway musical version that debuted in 2018, has a (mostly) new cast—grown-up actors Tim Meadows and Tina Fey (who also wrote the script) return—but the same snarky spirit. This stage-to-screen adaptation was originally intended to go straight to streaming, but the studio made the smart choice to open it in theaters, where it became a surprise hit.
Where to stream: Paramount+
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Where to stream: Apple TV+
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Zelda Williams (daughter of the late Robin ) makes her directorial debut with this horror comedy written and produced by Diablo Cody ( Juno ). Set in 1989 and filmed with a candy colored aesthetic that would be right at home on a vintage Trapper Keeper, Lisa Frankenstein stars Kathryn Newton as a misunderstood high schooler who falls for an undead creature played by Cole Sprouse .
Where to stream: Peacock
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Marvel’s Secret Invasion star Kingsley Ben-Adir plays the legendary Jamaican reggae singer in this biopic charting his all-too-brief career, from his rise to iconic celebrity status in the ’70s to his death from a rare form of skin cancer in 1981, at just 36 years old. Bob Marley: One Love ‘s writer and director Reinaldo Marcus Green also wrote King Richard , the 2021 sports drama that earned Will Smith an Oscar.
Where to stream: Paramount+
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Focus Features
For the first movie Ethan Coen has made without his brother Joel , the writer/director found another filmmaking partner close to home: He co-wrote this queer crime caper with his wife, Tricia Cooke . The plot of Drive-Away Dolls follows two young women who get roped into criminal dealings when they are given the wrong rental car—the one filled with illicit cargo.
Where to stream: Peacock
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Where to stream: Peacock (April 19)
