Happy Friday to all my Flicksided readers. As we have begun to do each week, we share all the movies to watch this weekend, whether in theaters or on your favorite streaming platform. We know there are plenty of options, so we narrow down that list to create a one-stop shop to find the newest movies to watch. We are inching closer to the holiday weekend, and there are plenty of options to choose from.
You have a couple of options of movies that were released earlier in the year and are finally hitting streaming. First, on Hulu, we have Cuckoo, a horror movie about a teenage girl who moves with her family to a retreat in the German Alps, where she realizes what the mad scientist in control of the retreat is up to. On MAX is the debut of Clint Eastwood's Juror #2. I saw the film at the 2024 AFI Film Festival and enjoyed the thriller quite a bit.
In Theaters
Mufasa
Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins is making his biggest project come to life with the origin story of Mufasa from The Lion King. The film follows an orphan cub who meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the royal bloodline heir. The meeting sets up a journey for a group of misfits searching for their destinies. Aaron Pierre voices Mufasa, with Donald Glover, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, and John Kani voicing other roles.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Our favorite trio of Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite to take on Shadow, a new enemy with powers unlike anything they have battled before. Keanu Reeves joins the franchise as the villain Shadow, which sees the returning Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, and Idris Elba. I am super excited about this one.
Homestead
A former green beret, along with other survivors, takes refuge inside a compound when an attack on America leaves the world in an uproar. The Angel Studios film was directed by Ben Smallbone and starred Neal McDonough, Dawn Olivieri, and Baily Chase.
Streaming
The Six Triple Eight - Netflix
From writer/director Tyler Perry comes an inspirational tale of the Eight hundred fifty-five who joined the war to address a three-year mail backlog. Battling discrimination and war-torn conditions, over seventeen million pieces of mail get delivered to soldiers ahead of schedule. This genuinely incredible story is brought to life by a powerful ensemble led by Kerry Washington.