Everyone has been watching this week. A lot of people are streaming Kenneth Branagh's Agatha Christie projects and the first Sonic movie for two.
Each week, the most popular streamed movies come down to a few things, including buzz, smart marketing and PR campaigns, star power, and a slow burn, word-of-mouth phenomenon that leads people to finally watch it out of spite. To get a sense of what everyone is watching, we used data from streaming aggregation Reelgood, which gathers those coveted viewership numbers from hundreds of streaming services in the U.S. and UK.
A lot of people are watching something. Here they are, the 10 most streamed films of the week, where to watch them and what critics thought.
Bon voyage. Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Kenneth Branagh directed and starred in this adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel of the same name. The story is centred on a death on the Nile. This one has a big cast and lots of twists.
When Death on the Nile is not making amusingly bad choices, it is swimming in bloated sequences or repeating the same point enough to make you sick. I found that this whodunnit isn't hard to figure out. I had it solved before the end of act one, which left me little to do the rest of the movie.
Death on the Nile is now available to watch.
It is not something we would advise against selling at a garage sale, it is the new spy movie with Chris Pine and ThandiweNewton. Pine plays Henry, a man who is investigating his ex-lover for possibly being a double agent. They worked as CIA intelligence officers back in the day and were unable to stop a terrorist attack, and the real truth will be revealed in the most classic of forms: flashbacks.
All the Old Knives can be watched on Amazon Prime Video.
Remember the whole teeth re-edit? Credit: Paramount Pictures
Chances are you will find it if you are watching Sonic the Hedgehog for any other reason than Jim Carrey. Carrey's run as Doctor Robotnik keeps this movie from using up all its lives, and with the sequel hitting theatres now with added actor, it will be even funnier.
If you're a Sonic fan, you'll probably walk away disappointed if you want some deep cut references or something that appeals to your developed tastes and critical thinking. If you are looking for a fun movie full of heart and great characters, you will probably walk away disappointed, because this movie feels empty even if it is pretty.
You can watch Sonic the Hedgehog on Paramount+.
Emilia Jones in "CODA." Credit: Apple TV+
It was the film that took home Best Picture at the Oscars, and it was also the first film to feature a cast of people with deafness. CODA is a film written and directed by Si Heder, who is also the Best Supporting actor winner.
The plot is adapted from the French film La Famille B9lier, which stands for Child of Deaf Adults. Ruby helps her father and brother on their fishing boat in the setting of rural France that CODA trades for Gloucester, Massachusetts. Shannon Connellan is the UK Editor of the film.
Thanks to excellent performances and Heder's sharp writing and direction, CODA rises above any possibility of triteness to become a moving, heartwarming, and deeply satisfying film.
CODA is available on Apple TV+.
Walker Scobell and Ryan Reynolds in "The Adam Project." Credit: Netflix
Ryan Reynolds is on top of his game in Shawn Levy's The Adam Project, a time-travelling family adventure about a man who is forced to journey back in time, joining forces with his dad and his younger self in a chaotic attempt to avert future catastrophe. The real star of the show is 12-year-old Walker Scobell, who plays young Adam with a perfectly dry sarcasm that makes him an easy sparring partner for his older self.
What we thought: Plot holes and worldbuilding are not important in this neat 100 movie that is worth a watch.
The Adam Project is available on the internet.
Big cast. And that's it. Credit: Laura Radford / Netflix
A huge cast from director Judd Apatow, including Karen Gillan, Maria Bakalova, and Peter Serafinowics. In the world. The Bubble is a movie about an action franchise trying to shoot a sequel in a fancy hotel. Yes! S.C.
The Bubble is not a good time or even mildly enjoyable. It is a long and boring movie that is at once threadbare and too much.
The Bubble is available on the internet.
Not a healthy relationship by any means. Credit: Hulu
There are many things to entice you into Deep Water, including Ben Affleck teaming up with Ana De Armas, Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne at the helm, and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and Stranger Than Fiction'sZach Helm on the script. The film is based on a novel byPatricia Highsmith and follows a man who wants his wife to have affairs than go through divorce. But then her lovers end up ending their lives.
Deep Water should be a nerve-shredding, pulse-racing shock to the system that rattles you, head to toe. It can't pay off the promise of its people.
Deep Water is now available to watch on the internet.
Buds. Credit: Neon
Nicholas Cage. A pig is missing. It was perfect.
Pig is now available to watch on the internet.
Diabolical. Credit: N Dove / 20th Century Fox / Kobal / Shutterstock
With so many watching Death on the Nile, it is unsurprising that people are going to see the other Kenneth Branaugh-directed Agatha Christie film, with the director starring as the legendary detective Hercule Poirot. Christie's famous book sees a truly famous cast take on the whodunit for the ages, set on a train weaving through Europe.
Murder on the Orient Express can be watched on Hulu.
Reunited. Credit: MTV Films
It has been 20 years since the Jackass crew began throwing themselves into anything, but they are back.
We thought it was a comfort to know that some things stay the same as things change. dick pain is still hilarious. This is clear in Jackass Forever, a sequel that reunites the stuntmen, pranksters, and fools who became icons of jackassery 20 years ago.
Jackassforever is now streaming on Paramount+.
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