The Substance, Joker: Folie à Deux, Netflix's Time Cut and all the new movies streaming this week

Every week on Polygon, we round up the hottest new releases on streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.

This week, The substancethe new body horror thriller from director Coralie Fargeat (Revenge), starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, is available to stream on Mubi US (and for rental) following its successful theatrical run. That's not all, however, as there are tons of new titles to watch on streaming and VOD this week. time cutthe new science fiction film starring Madison Bailey (Outer benches), comes to Netflix; Despicable Me 4 comes to Peacock; and Joker: Folie à Deuxthe highly anticipated sequel to Todd Phillips' 2019 film Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix, hits VOD this weekend, along with several other new titles.

Here's everything new that's available to check out this weekend!

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Photo: Allen Fraser/Netflix

Gender: Sci-fi killer
Execution time: 1h 30m
Director: Hannah MacPherson
Cast: Madison Bailey, Antonia Gentry, Griffin Gluck

This Netflix sci-fi movie includes some time shenanigans. A high school senior (Madison Bailey) finds a time machine and travels to the year 2003 in an attempt to save her older sister, whom she never met, from a serial killer. There's slasher horror, big questions about the ripple effect of time travel, and plenty of early throwbacks too (like Heelys!). Plus, that trailer isn't doing those of us who are a little terrified of being devoured by an escalator any favors.

Harold and the purple crayon

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Sony Pictures Release

Gender: adventure comedy
Execution time: 1h 30m
Director: Carlos Saldana
Cast: Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Benjamin Bottani

Based on the classic illustrated children's book of the same name, Harold and the purple crayon It follows an adult Harold, who decides to leave the pages of his book and enter the real world. It turns out that his magical purple crayon has the same powers in the real world. Cue the chaos and also a nefarious librarian trying to use the crayon for his own selfish purposes.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Max

Image: A24

Gender: Drama
Execution time: 1h 53m
Director: Annie Baker
Cast: Zoe Ziegler, Julianne Nicholson, June Walker Grossman

Janet Planet is a quaint, quiet film that follows the peculiar relationship between a lonely 11-year-old girl named Lacy and her free-spirited mother, Janet, over the course of a melancholic summer. Through Lacy's eyes, we learn more about Janet and the close but almost codependent connection between mother and daughter. It is a film that captures a specific feeling of meditative solitude during the sultry days of summer.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus

Gender: Documentary
Execution time: 1h 45m
Director: Laurent Bouzereau

This documentary follows the life and career of John Williams, the legendary composer responsible for writing the music for such iconic films as Raiders of the lost ark, Schindler's List, Jawsand star wars.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Paramount Plus

Image: Shout! Studies

Gender: Western
Execution time: 2h 9m
Director: Viggo Mortensen
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen, Solly McLeod

Kevin Costner isn't the only one releasing a new Western this year, as Viggo Mortensen tries his hand at the genre. The dead don't hurt follows the story of Holger Olsen (Mortensen) and his lover Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps), who try to build a life together after the former returns home from fighting in the Civil War. Irrevocably changed by his experience, Holger must confront the ways in which he and Vivienne have grown up in a ruthless world where violence and wealth are the law of the land.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock

Image: Universal Pictures/Everett Collection

Gender: Comedy
Execution time: 1h 34m
Directors: Chris Renaud
Cast: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin

Reformed supervillain turned secret agent Gru is back with an all-new adventure! Despicable Me 4 sees Gru relocate his family when his old rival Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell) reappears seeking revenge. As Gru's family tries to adjust to their new home, Gru's teenage neighbor tries to follow in his evil footsteps, while Gru's Minions decide to become superheroes. That's a batchI know!

Despicable Me 4 is full of good ideas, and many of them appeal specifically to what people like about these movies: the antics of the Minions, the villainy of Gru versus his normal family life, and the over-the-top theatrics of Big Bad Guy, among them . But all of these fragments are mixed together and not cohesive enough to make sense as a story. The movie is discordant, like a group of musicians playing unknown instruments (or a group of, dare I say, Minions being given instruments) and trying to make a coherent song. But in the midst of that chaos, sometimes the music starts to sound good: A cool jazz saxophone solo briefly rises above the cacophony. You just have to grit your teeth and ignore the metallic sound of the drums and out-of-tune oboes around you.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Mubi US.

Gender: body horror
Execution time: 2h 20m
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Cast: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid

Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) yes. Once a celebrated Hollywood movie star turned host of an aerobics television show, Elisabeth is ousted from her long-time job by her producer, Harvey (Dennis Quaid), who is eager to fill the position with someone. younger and more attractive. Desperate to regain her sense of worth, she takes the opportunity to use a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself named Sue (Margaret Qualley). When the symbiotic relationship between the couple begins to strain, the two genetic twins become locked in a struggle for supremacy.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder

Gender: Supernatural horror
Execution time: 1h 35m
Director: Joshua John Miller
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Worthington

I know what you're thinking, and no: this is not The Pope's Exorcist. this the other Supernatural horror thriller starring Russell Crowe dressed in priest's vestments. Crowe stars The exorcism as a troubled actor who is cast as a priest in a supernatural horror film after his predecessor is found dead due to mysterious circumstances. Only after accepting the job does he realize that he has signed up for more than he bargained for.

Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder

Gender: Documentary
Director: Thomas Hutson
Cast: Brad Dourif, Chris Sarandon, Jennifer Tilly

Few horror franchises are as iconic and enduring as the Child's Play series. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the films, as well as interviews with the cast and crew along with critics and historians, Thommy Hutson's documentary is touted as the definitive account of the Child's Play film franchise.