There are many new movies being released both in theaters and on streaming platforms each week which can be hard to keep up with. If you’re not heading to the theater this weekend but are looking to watch new content, here are 5 new movies to stream at home.
American Symphony (Netflix)
Cast: Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad
Synopsis: “In this deeply intimate documentary, musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.”
Candy Cane Lane (Prime Video)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, Robin Thede, Chris Redd, Genneya Walton, Madison Thomas
Synopsis: “A man makes a deal with a mischievous elf who casts a magic spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life.”
Family Switch (Netflix)
Cast: Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers, Brady Noon, Matthias Schweighöfer, Vanessa Carrasco, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Rita Moreno, Cyrus Arnold, Fortune Feimster, Paul Scheer, Xosha Roquemore, Helen Hong, Bashir Salahuddin
Synopsis: “A family descends into chaos days before Christmas when a rare cosmic event causes the parents to swap bodies with their teenage kids.”
It’s a Wonderful Knife (AMC+, Shudder)
Cast: Jane Widdop, Justin Long, Joel McHale, Jessica McLeod, Aiden Howard, Katharine Isabelle, Erin Boyes, Cassandra Naud
Synopsis: “A year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie Carruthers’ life is less than wonderful — but when she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe and discovers that without her, things could be much, much worse. Now the killer is back, and she must team up with the town misfit to identify the killer and get back to her own reality.”
May December (Netflix)
Cast: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Cory Michael Smith, D. W. Moffett, Piper Curda, Elizabeth Yu
Synopsis: “Decades after their scandalous relationship made headlines, a couple starts to unravel when a famous actor arrives to research them for her new film.”
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