I Love Boosters.
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The weather may be better across most of the country, but that’s not going to stop people from seeing movies. While the massive success of Backrooms and Obsession has film fans excited about a generation that seems willing to go back to the theater, maybe you want to watch something at home instead. Perhaps one of these seven recently-in-theaters flicks — including a blockbuster sequel, a clever piece of folk horror, a controversial biopic, and the latest from a British film legend.
Damian McCarthy, 107 minutes
Adam Scott does the best film work of his career in this hit follow-up to Damian McCarthy’s breakout folk-horror flick, Oddity. The Parks and Rec star plays Ohm Bauman, a generally awful author battling his demons long before they become manifest in a rural Ireland hotel. When a bartender goes missing, Ohm descends into both his own history and that of this Overlook Hotel–esque setting in a film that verifies the suspicion that McCarthy is one of the best genre directors currently working. ➽ Available on VOD.
Guy Ritchie, 97 minutes
Want to feel old? Guy Ritchie’s breakout debut, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, is approaching its 30th anniversary. The writer-director has been crafting stories of tough-talking guys ever since (with the occasional paycheck diversion into something like the live-action Aladdin). He’s been working at an insane clip lately, with this marking his sixth film of the 2020s. (Another, Wife & Dog, is scheduled for later this year.) This time, Ritchie reunites with Henry Cavill, who plays a fixer alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza González. Critics and audiences were pretty mixed on this May release, but Ritchie fans probably won’t want to miss it. ➽ Available on VOD.
Simon McQuoid, 116 minutes
A follow-up to the 2021 reboot of the series based on the hit video games, this is technically the fourth Mortal Kombat movie, but who’s counting? The big name on the poster this time is new to the series in the form of The Boys star Karl Urban as an aging Johnny Cage. Of course, most of the familiar fighters are here, including Raiden, Kano, Sonya Blade, Kitana, Jax, Baraka, and many more. This one kinda flopped Stateside but was pretty big around the world. Critics were actually mostly kind as well. Believe it or not, it’s “Fresh.” ➽ Available on VOD.
Antoine Fuqua, 127 minutes
The new case study in the never-ending debate about critics versus fans is this Michael Jackson biopic. Critics were ruthless in calling the music-heavy film bad, bad, bad, but fans showed up in droves, making it one of the highest-grossing biopics of all time (approaching a billion worldwide). While undeniably sanitizing the drama around MJ was a fatal flaw for critics, fans just wanted to show up and dance. It’s such a hit that there has been talk of a sequel going into quick production. Whatever you think of it, the response to Michael has been one of the most interesting film stories of 2026. You need to see it to join the conversation. ➽ Available on VOD.
Anthony Maras, 100 minutes
Father’s Day may be in the rearview, but you should probably get together with Dad to watch this one anyway. It’s the most dad-movie logline of 2026: a World War II movie about weather. Based on the 2014 play of the same name, Pressure is about an under-told aspect of the Normandy landings — the men who helped plan and time them so conditions would be just right for success. Oscar winner Brendan Fraser plays Dwight D. Eisenhower, opposite Andrew Scott as James Stagg, a Scottish meteorologist who convinced Ike to move the date of the invasion to avoid a storm. ➽ Available on VOD.
Boots Riley, 112 minutes
The brilliant director of Sorry to Bother You returned this year with his first film since: a clever commentary on culture, fashion, and capitalism. Keke Palmer stars in a story of “boosters,” or shoplifters from high-end clothing stores, but that barely captures the ingenious mania of this movie, one that also features great turns from Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Demi Moore, and many more. This kinda got buried with a bad release date by Neon just as audiences were seeing other indie flicks instead like Obsession and Backrooms. It deserves a better fate on PVOD. ➽ Available on VOD.
John Carney, 98 minutes
The director of Once and Sing Street earnestly believes in the power of music. He thinks a great tune can change your life, as seen in this latest crowd-pleasing comedy starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. Rudd plays a wedding singer who ends up crossing paths with Jonas’s fading pop star at an event, the two spending a night writing music together. When the latter turns one of Rudd’s songs into a massive hit, things get complicated. Sweet and funny, this is another movie that got lost in theaters. You’ll love it at home. ➽ Available on VOD.
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