- 17 new movies, 11 new series, and a brand new game were added to Netflix this past week. (Netflix Alert: Hot New Releases & This Week Top 10 Movie in UK (October 11)
The best new movies and series on Netflix this week
- Scream (2022)
- Rating: R
- Language: English
- Category: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
- Satring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
- Writer: James Vanderbilt, Guy Busick, Kevin Williamson
- Timing: 114 mins / 1 hr 54 mins
Netflix has gone all out this year in securing some pretty big licensed Halloween titles from Hollywood distributors. Scream is one of two big reboots released on Netflix so far that features familiar faces from the original 90s classic and new stars, including Netflix Wednesday’s star, Jenna Ortega.
Released to critical acclaim, the sequel to the original is set 25 years after a series of brutal murders in the quiet town of Woodsboro. It was thought to have been scrapped, but everything changes when a new killer emerges with a Ghostface mask, targeting a new group of teens to revive secrets from the town’s deadly past.
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
- Rating: PG
- Language: English
- Category: Animation, Action, Adventure
- Director: Travis Knight
- Staring: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey
- Writers: Marc Haimes, Chris Butler, Shannon Tindle
- Timing: 101 mins / 1 hr 41 mins
Yes, we’re once again focussing primarily on movies for our What to Watch section this week, and given that Kubo and the Two Strings is one of the best animated films of the last decade, we had to feature it here despite it being a returning film for the streamer. Written by Shannon Tindle, who earlier this year created Netflix’s brilliant Ultraman: Rising, the film is a stop-motion epic.
The word masterpiece is often used loosely, but we’re not taking it lightly.The story revolves around a talented storyteller from a fishing village who accidentally summons a vengeful spirit and embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his fallen samurai father, his mystical weapons, and his own magical powers.
- Lonely Planet (2024)
- Rating: R
- Language: English
- Category: Drama, Romance
- Director: Susanna Grant
- Satring: Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth, Diana Silvers
- Writer: Susanna Grant
- Timing: 94 mins / 1 hr 34 mins
Although Netflix’s film slate for October focusses primarily on Halloween season adventures, Lonely Planet certainly breaks that trend, with Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth leading the cast of the romance drama.
Here’s what our own critic, Andrew Morgan, said about the film in a three-star review this morning:
Lonely Planet is a well-paced, slow-burn romance that relies on the strengths of its Oscar-nominated writer. The always-shining Dern has a useful volley in her sarcastic intellectual bag in the form of Liam Hemsworth. As the story progresses, their chemistry improves, and the focus on the film’s more aimless or less appealing aspects diminishes.
List of new movies released on Netflix this week
- Mathu Vadalara 2 (2024) – TV-MA – Telugu
- Pixels (2015), PG-13, English
- Scream (2022) – R – English
- See for Me (2021) – TV-MA – English
- Temurun (2024) TV-MA Indonesian
- That Kind of Love (2024)—TV-14—Tagalog
- The Menendez Brothers (2024)—TV-MA—English
- Uprising (2024) Netflix Original (TV-MA) Korean
- Original, TV-14, Spanish
- Girl Haunts Boy (2024)—PG—English
- Her Blue Sky (2019) – TV-PG – Japanese
- In Her Place (2024) Netflix Original (PG-13) Spanish
- Khel Khel Mein (2024) – TV-14 – Hindi
- Ali Wong: Single Lady (2024) Netflix Original TV-MA English
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) – R – English
- Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case (2024) Netflix
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), PG, English
- Lonely Planet (2024) Netflix Original R-English
11 new TV series were added this week.
- Outer Banks (Season 4—Part 1) Netflix Original, TV-MA, English
- Ranma 1/2 (Season 1—New episodes weekly)—TV-MA—Japanese
- The Beginner 5 (Season 1) Netflix Original, TV-MA, English
- The Life and Films of Er?n Kunrei (Season 2) Netflix Original, TV-MA, Turkish
- The Secret of the River (limited series) – TV-MA – Spanish
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Season 1) Netflix Original, TV-14, English
- Deceitful Love (limited series) Netflix Original, TV-MA, Italian
- Dinner Time Live with David Chang (Season 2—Live) Netflix Original, TV-MA, English
- Halloween Playlist (Season 1) Netflix Original—English
- Love Is Blind, Habibi (Season 1) Netflix Original, TV-MA, Arabic
- Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Season 1—New episodes weekly)—TV-MA—Japanese
1 new game added this week
- RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch (iOS and Android)
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