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If you’re looking for new movies or TV shows, this month there are several highly anticipated titles hitting streaming services to fill the March Break binge.
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Netflix is serving a healthy does of romance and action as Lindsay Lohan will star in a rom-com Irish Wish, while Millie Bobby Brown will slay dragons in Damsel.
Prime Video brings a new Jake Gyllenhaal film Road House to the platform, as well as this year’s Oscar-nominated films Anatomy of a Fall and American Fiction.
Taylor Swift fans can shake it off as the concert film, Taylor Swift The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version), will stream on Disney+.
With endless bingable content to stream, we’ve compiled a list of the top films and series that should be on your radar this month on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+ and Paramount+.
Netflix
If you still haven’t signed up for Netflix, simply visit netflix.com/signup and choose the plan that’s right for you. You can downgrade or upgrade at any time. You create an account by entering your email address, creating a password, entering a payment method and you’re set to stream.
Show:Spaceman Air date: Mar. 1 Synopsis: Six months into a solitary research mission to the edge of the solar system, an astronaut, Jakub (Adam Sandler), realizes that the marriage he left behind might not be waiting for him when he returns to Earth. Desperate to fix things with his wife, Lenka (Carey Mulligan), he is helped by a mysterious creature from the beginning of time he finds hiding in the bowels of his ship. Hanuš (voiced by Paul Dano) works with Jakub to make sense of what went wrong before it is too late. Based on: The novel Spaceman of Bohemiaby Jaroslav Kalfar
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Synopsis: When aristocratic Eddie (Theo James) inherits the family estate, he discovers that it’s home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren’t going anywhere.
Synopsis: A young woman’s (Millie Bobby Brown) marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she’s offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.
Air date: Mar. 15 Synopsis: Maddie’s (Lindsay Lohan) dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when she makes a wish on an ancient stone in Ireland — and wakes up as his bride-to-be.
Air date: Mar. 22 Synopsis: This film tells the story of the first Black congresswoman and political icon, Shirley Chisholm (Regina King), and her 1972 trailblazing run for president of the U.S.
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Synopsis: When three childhood best friends (Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler) pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, the friends still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behaviour. When their partners get suspicious and demand to meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio hires washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator “Rock Hard” Rod (John Cena) to bring him to life.
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Synopsis: Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who is fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write his own outlandish Black book — that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Synopsis: The crime thriller tells the tale of a woman (Sandra Hüller) suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness. The question is — who’s telling the real truth?
Synopsis: Ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) is barely scraping by on the reputation that still precedes him when he is spotted by Frankie (Jessica Williams), owner of a roadhouse in the Florida Keys. She hires him to be her new bouncer in hopes of stopping a violent gang from destroying her beloved bar. But the stakes get higher with the arrival of ruthless gun-for-hire, Knox (Conor McGregor).
Disney+
If you don’t have a Disney+ subscription yet, go to DisneyPlus.com and sign up. Enter your email address and a password, choose your subscription type and enter your payment information and then click on ‘Start Watching.’
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Film: Poor Things Air date: Mar. 7 Synopsis: From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes this incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Based on: The novel Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
Synopsis: The concert film in its entirety for the first time includes the song “cardigan” and four additional acoustic songs. The history-making, cinematic experience from 14-time GRAMMY-winning artist, “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” directed by Sam Wrench, grossed more than $260 million worldwide at the global box office, making it the top-selling concert film of all time.
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Synopsis: The film details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix. It follows Bonaparte’s relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine (played by Vanessa Kirby), showcasing his visionary military and political tactics against some of the most dynamic practical battle sequences ever filmed.
Synopsis: This is a true underdog story that follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavors to break into Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, “Palm Royale” asks the same question that still baffles us today: “How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?” Set during the powder keg year of 1969, “Palm Royale” is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong.
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Synopsis: After the murder of her estranged son, journalist Marissa Bennings forms an unusual alliance with his pregnant girlfriend to track down those responsible for his death. Together, they confront a realm of narcotics and dishonesty within the city of Albany, unearthing a deeper, more sinister revelation. Starring Hilary Swank, Olivia Cooke, Jack Reynor and Hopper Penn.
Synopsis: A family man (Nicholas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. However, when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, he’s forced to navigate the consequences of his newfound stardom.
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