{"id":1064665,"date":"2026-01-21T05:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=492727"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:20:51","slug":"red-one-heretic-netflixs-maria-and-every-movie-new-to-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/red-one-heretic-netflixs-maria-and-every-movie-new-to-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Red One, Heretic, Netflix\u2019s Maria, and every movie new to streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.<\/p>\n

This week, Maria<\/em>, Pablo Larra\u00edn\u2019s biopic on the life and career of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, comes to streaming on Netflix. If virtuoso sopranos aren\u2019t to your liking, not to worry: There are plenty more exciting new releases to watch this week on streaming and VOD. The holiday action comedy Red One<\/em> starring Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson and J.K. Simmons drops onto Prime Video this week, while the religious horror thriller Heretic<\/em> starring Hugh Grant comes to VOD. That\u2019s not all \u2014 Atlantics<\/em> director Mati Diop has a new documentary on Mubi, and the Catholic thriller Conclave<\/em> is available to stream on Peacock!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything new that\u2019s available to watch this weekend!<\/p>\n

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New on Netflix<\/h2>\n

Maria<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Netflix<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Biopic
Run time:<\/strong> 2h 4m
Director:<\/strong> Pablo Larra\u00edn
Cast:<\/strong> Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher<\/p>\n

Director Pablo Larra\u00edn continues his trilogy of biopics about important 20th-century women with opera singer Maria Callas. Starring Angelina Jolie, Maria<\/em> follows the titular opera singer as she hallucinates a young filmmaker and tells him her life story. Callas was the subject of a number of scandals, including an affair with Aristotle Onassis \u2014 Jackie Kennedy Onassis\u2019 husband. Which is fitting, since Larra\u00edn directed a biopic about Jackie Kennedy back in 2016.<\/p>\n

It Ends with Us<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Netflix<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Romantic drama
Run time:<\/strong> 2h 10m
Director:<\/strong> Justin Baldoni
Cast:<\/strong> Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate<\/p>\n

Raise your hand if your social media algorithms think that just because you like to read, you\u00a0must<\/em>\u00a0love Colleen Hoover\u2019s books.\u00a0It Ends with Us<\/em>\u00a0is based on Hoover\u2019s bestselling 2016 novel, which follows a florist in an abusive relationship who reconnects with her first love. Despite what the TikTok edits would have you think, it\u2019s actually about breaking the cycle of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n

Carry-On<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Netflix<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Crime thriller
Run time:<\/strong> 1h 59m
Director:<\/strong> Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast:<\/strong> Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, Sofia Carson<\/p>\n

This one\u2019s for all you \u201cDie Hard<\/em>\u00a0is a Christmas movie\u201d people out there! In this new Netflix thriller, a TSA agent cheerily shows up for a Christmas Eve shift \u2014 only to get threatened by a mysterious stranger into smuggling a dangerous package onto a flight. If he doesn\u2019t follow orders, says the stranger through an earpiece, his girlfriend will be killed. But as the agent continues to defy the stranger, the consequences heighten. Nothing says holiday cheer like high-octane thrillers, apparently!<\/p>\n

New on Hulu<\/h2>\n

Sugarcane<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Hulu<\/p>\n

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Genre: <\/strong>Documentary
Run time:<\/strong> 1h 47m
Directors:<\/strong> Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Cast:<\/strong> Julian Brave NoiseCat, Ed Archie NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau<\/p>\n

This documentary follows an investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system, which came under fire in 2021 following the discovery of several unmarked graves on the grounds of a school run by the Catholic Church. Sugarcane<\/em> documents the national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities, and the efforts by said communities to reconcile with the horrors inflicted upon them.<\/p>\n

New on Max<\/h2>\n

Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Max<\/p>\n

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Genre<\/strong>:<\/strong> Psychological thriller
Run time:<\/strong><\/strong> 2h 18m
Director:<\/strong><\/strong> Todd Phillips
Cast:<\/strong><\/strong> Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson<\/p>\n

Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is back \u2014 and this time, he\u2019s got a girlfriend! Todd Phillips\u2019 sequel to 2019\u2019s Joker<\/em> picks up two years after the previous film, with Arthur still in custody at Arkham State Hospital awaiting trial for murder. Upon meeting Harleen \u201cLee\u201d Quinzel (Lady Gaga), Arthur finds himself torn between his attraction to her (and her subsequent attraction to the Joker) and his uncertainty as to whether he wants to be the Joker anymore. Question is, does Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/em> land the punchline, or is this curtains for Arthur\u2019s story?<\/p>\n

From our review<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The truth, whether or not Phillips would want to admit it, is that his rapt framing of Phoenix\u2019s performance, his dedicated homage to \u201970s grit and \u201960s musical fantasy, the smugness of a script that omits the punchline from a knock-knock joke and submits that as smart character commentary \u2014 these things are not so distant from the rule-of-cool, Easter-egg-hiding, smug-quip-dropping world of comic book cinema as he would like to imagine. Joker and Folie \u00e0 Deux are no less indulgent than any other films resting on the legacy of generations of work-for-hire comics artists whose output currently falls under the ownership of the Warner Bros. Discovery conglomerate. Phillips just wants you to think it is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

New on Disney Plus<\/h2>\n

Elton John: Never Too Late<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Disney Plus<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Documentary
Run time:<\/strong> 1h 42m
Directors:<\/strong> R.J. Cutler, David Furnish<\/p>\n

Disney\u2019s newest musician documentary is all about Elton John. The musician looks back on his career, going back to his really early days to the preparations for his final concert. He gets candid about his mental health, closeted sexuality, and drug abuse. The movie debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year.<\/p>\n

New on Prime Video<\/h2>\n

Red One<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Prime Video<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Holiday comedy
Run time:<\/strong> 2h 3m
Director:<\/strong> Jake Kasdan
Cast:<\/strong> Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu<\/p>\n

Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson\u2019s Christmas action movie looks a little bit like Rise of the Guardians<\/em>\u00a0meets\u00a0Taken<\/em>. In\u00a0Red One<\/em>, a secret organization protects the balance between the real world and mythological figures like Santa Claus and the Headless Horseman. But when Santa gets kidnapped right before Christmas, one of Santa\u2019s security details enlists a tracker to help him find Father Christmas himself.<\/p>\n

New on Peacock<\/h2>\n

Conclave<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Peacock<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> <\/strong>Mystery thriller
Run time:<\/strong> <\/strong>2h
Director:<\/strong> <\/strong>Edward Berger
Cast:<\/strong> <\/strong>Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow<\/p>\n

Ralph Fiennes stars in\u00a0All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em>\u00a0director Edward Berger\u2019s latest thriller as Thomas Lawrence, a cardinal tasked with convening a secluded conclave in order to decide on the appointment of a new pope. As interfactional disputes between the cardinals amassed give rise to conspiracies and questions, Thomas must weigh the future of the church against the weight of his own conscience.<\/p>\n

New on Mubi<\/h2>\n

Dahomey<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Mubi US<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Documentary
Run time:<\/strong> 1h 8m
Director:<\/strong> Mati Diop
Cast:<\/strong> Gildas Adannou, Morias Agbessi, Maryline Agbossi<\/p>\n

Atlantics<\/em> director Mati Diop returns with a new documentary about colonialism, culture, and history as a living subject. Dahomey chronicles the return of 26 plundered treasures to the Republic of Benin \u2014 formerly the African kingdom of Dahomey. Diop\u2019s film asks whether or not the return of these items, which number among thousands of other artifacts taken from Africa, is sufficient restitution for despoilment of the continent and its people.<\/p>\n

New on Criterion Channel<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s Not Me<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to stream on Criterion Channel<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Biographical short
Run time:<\/strong> 41m
Director:<\/strong> Leos Carax
Cast:<\/strong> Leos Carax, Denis Lavant, Nastya Golubeva Carax<\/p>\n

Director Leos Carax\u2019s (Holy Motors<\/em>, Annette<\/em>) biographical short is a free-form retrospective of his career, looking back over the past 40 years of his life and films to meditate on the nature of time, art, and mortality. Originally intended for an exhibition at the Pompidou Museum that never happened, It\u2019s Not M<\/em>e is Carax\u2019s answer to the question, \u201cWhere are you at, Leos Carax?\u201d<\/p>\n

New to rent<\/h2>\n

Venom: The Last Dance<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Superhero action
Run time:<\/strong> 1h 50m
Director:<\/strong> Kelly Marcel
Cast:<\/strong> Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple<\/p>\n

Tom Hardy returns for one last outing as the long-tongued parasitic vigilante. Following the events of Venom: Let There Be Carnage<\/em>, Eddie Brock (Hardy) and the Venom symbiote are still on the run. Hunted by both the military and a mysterious extraterrestrial threat known as the Xenophage, Eddie and Venom must work together once more to survive and clear their name.<\/p>\n

From our review<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The original Venom<\/em> found success in the mess of Hardy\u2019s gutsy performance straining against stakes as mundane as Eddie interacting with his ex and her aggressively normal new boyfriend, after they watched him feverishly climb into a restaurant\u2019s lobster tank. Last Dance<\/em>, however, removes every human consideration from the equation of Eddie\u2019s life \u2014 every social tie, every personal goal, every stake smaller than \u201caliens and the government are trying to kill us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Heretic<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Horror thriller
Run time:<\/strong> 1h 51m
Directors:<\/strong> Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Cast:<\/strong> Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East<\/p>\n

Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this one: Two Mormon missionaries walk into a man\u2019s house right before a snowstorm. After realizing they\u2019ve been trapped, the missionaries are forced to participate in a twisted game for survival or be executed. No, you\u2019ve never heard that one before? Well then, you gotta watch this movie\u2014 it\u2019s wild!<\/p>\n

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever<\/h3>\n

Where to watch:<\/strong> Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu<\/p>\n

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