What To Stream this Week: Cults, Evil Monkeys, and Cate Blanchett Are Waiting for You
We are officially entering the month of April, and that means a whole slew of movies will be making their way to the big and small screen. So if you’re looking for a good movie to watch, while anxiously awaiting your trip to see Sinners at your local theater, you can check out the list below to see which movies will be available on streaming in the first week of April.
New on VOD:
‘Black Bag’
Available on: Tuesday, April 1
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After the success of Kimi and Presence, Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh and acclaimed screenwriter David Koepp reunite for the tense and star-studded spy thriller Black Bag.
The film follows George Woodhouse and Kathryn St. Jean, a married pair of intelligence officers for MI6. George is tasked with investigating a potential mole in their midst, and one of the potential suspects is Kathryn. George is put to the test of whether he’ll remain loyal to the woman he loves or to his country.
Black Bag stars Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (Carol), Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), Marisa Abela (Industry), Tom Burke (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Academy Award nominee Naomie Harris (Skyfall), Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton), and Pierce Brosnan (Goldeneye).
‘The Monkey’
Available on: Friday, April 4
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Osgood Perkins follows up his 2023 horror hit Longlegs with the horror comedy The Monkey, produced by James Wan (The Conjuring) and based on the short story by legendary horror author Stephen King.
Twin brothers Hall and Bill Shelburn have spent most of their lives being haunted by a toy monkey, which has seemingly killed everyone they love, including their parents. Years pass, and the two have become estranged from one another. Hal is now a divorced dad, who upon reconnecting with his also estranged son, discovers that the toy monkey has returned, and he believes that Bill may be behind its re-emergence.
The Monkey stars Theo James (The White Lotus), Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Dear Edward), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends), Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek), Adam Scott (Severance), and Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings).
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February 19, 2025
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98 Minutes
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Osgood Perkins
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John Rickard, Natalia Safran, Ali Jazayeri, Chris Ferguson, Fred Berger, Giuliana Bertuzzi, James Wan, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, John Friedberg, Jason Cloth, David Gendron, Michael Clear, Jesse Savath, Peter Luo, Dave Caplan
‘Opus’
Available on: Tuesday, April 1
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Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) takes on her first leading role in a horror film in Opus, the latest spooky flick from A24.
Young, rising musical journalist Ariel Ecton is shocked when she and her boss receive an invitation to travel to an exclusive listening party for the new album of the mysterious 90s pop star Alfred Moretti, who has come out of hiding. Upon her arrival at the compound, Ariel begins to notice the bizarre cult-like behavior of Moretti and his followers, before putting the pieces together and learning the horrible truth.
Opus marks the directorial debut of Mark Anthony Green and also stars Academy Award nominee John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire), Academy Award nominee Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus), Amber Midthunder (Prey), Stephanie Suganami, Young Mazino (Beef), and Tatanka Means (Killers of the Flower Moon).
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March 14, 2025
- Runtime
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103 minutes
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Mark Anthony Green
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Mark Anthony Green
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Nile Rodgers, Charles D. King, Joshua Bachove, The-Dream, Brad Weston, Poppy Hanks
‘The Unbreakable Boy’
Available on: Friday, April 4
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Based on an inspirational true story, The Unbreakable Boy is the latest faith-based drama from the producers of White Bird, I Still Believe, and Jesus Revolution.
The film follows Austin LeRette, a young boy on the autism spectrum suffering from brittle bone disease. His father Scott, is concerned for Austin as he begins his first day of school. However, Austin proves his doubters wrong, by bringing joy to those around him.
Jon Gunn (Ordinary Angels) directs the movie which stars Zachary Levi (Shazam!), Jacob Laval (8-Bit Christmas), Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus), Drew Powell (Gotham), and Patricia Heaton (The Middle).
The Unbreakable Boy
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February 21, 2025
- Runtime
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100 Minutes
- Director
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Jon Gunn
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Jon Gunn
New on Max:
‘Y2K’
Available on: Friday, April 4
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Rachel Zegler and Jaeden Martell star in a world where Y2K happened — it’s way worse than we expected.
If you were of a certain age in the year 1999, you most certainly know about the Y2K conspiracy, which told of technology shutting down when the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2000. The new horror-comedy Y2K proposes the question; what if that conspiracy came true?
The directorial debut of Kyle Mooney (Saturday Night Live) follows a band of mismatched teens whose New Year’s Eve party is disrupted by a violent and unexpectedly gruesome technological uprising.
Y2K stars Jaeden Martell (It), Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), The Kid Laroi, Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Daniel Zolghadri (Eighth Grade), Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things), Mason Gooding (Scream), Miles Robbins (Blockers), Kyle Mooney, Limp Bizkit‘s Fred Durst, and Alicia Silverstone (Clueless).
