What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend
Including the New Zealand indie Baby Done, the festival hit The Climb and the Fantasia retro splatter comedy Psycho Goreman By Norman Wilner and Glenn Sumi
Jan 22, 2021
Courtesy of Pacific Northwest Pictures
Left to right: Emily Barclay, Rose Matafeo and Matthew Lewis consider their future in Baby Done.
NOW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of January 22. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
Baby Done
(Curtis Vowell)
This New Zealand comedy – which counts Taika Waititi as an executive producer, and features actors like Eagle Vs. Shark’s Loren Taylor and Hunt For The Wilderpeople’s Rachel House among its supporting cast – follows young arborists Zoe (Rose Matafeo) and Tim (Matthew Lewis) as they process the news of a pregnancy very differently: he embraces the impending responsibility, while she freaks out and tries to arrange a bucket list of challenging or dangerous
Review: Psycho Goreman mashes up E.T. and The Toxic Avenger
Review: Psycho Goreman mashes up E.T. and The Toxic Avenger
Say what you will about Steven Kostanski s movie, people will remember it for the rest of their lives By Norman Wilner
Nita-Josee Hanna and Matthew Ninaber prepare for battle in Psycho Goreman. Don t ask.
PSYCHO GOREMAN (Steve Kostanski). 94 minutes. Now available for rental and purchase on Apple TV, Google Play and other on-demand services. Rating:
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People like to say there are no new stories, and it’s probably true. I think that’s why I like mashups: by definition they’re not telling original stories, but they make the familiar ones unpredictable. And the best of them – your Galaxy Quests, your Shauns Of The Dead – can bring hidebound genres back to vivid life, refreshing their power and landing their emotional beats all over again.
Here s what s playing â Jan. 22-28 â at movie theaters and on virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics.
ACASA, MY HOME
For two decades, the Enache family â nine kids and their parents â lived in a shack in the wilderness of Bucharest Delta: an abandoned water reservoir, one of the biggest urban natural reservations in the world, with lakes and hundreds of species of animals and rare plants. When the authorities decide to claim back this rare urban ecosystem, the Enache family is evicted and told to resettle in the city â a reality they know nothing about. Kids that used to spend their days in nature have to learn about city life, go to school instead of swimming in the lake, and swap their fishing rods for mobile phones. Their identity has been questioned and transformed