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Netflix’s Nimona, M3GAN, and every new movie to watch at home this week

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Happy Friday, Reporter Door readers!

Each week, we round up the most notable releases new to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week he have some highly anticipated releases on Netflix, as well as some fantasy action and dystopian satire movies on VOD.

Nimona, the long-awaited adaptation of ND Stevenson’s celebrated graphic novel starring Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal), is available to stream on Netflix, as well as a new psychological horror thriller starring Sarah Snook (Succession). The sci-fi horror comedy M3GAN is finally available to stream on Max, while the new Children of the Corn remake is now streaming on Peacock. On the VOD side of things, we’ve got the live-action adaptation of Masami Kurumada’s classic mythological action manga Saint Seiya starring Mackenyu (Rurouni Kenshin, One Piece) and Sean Bean, as well as a wild grindhouse-style spoof of the classic Swiss children’s story Heidi.

Let’s get into it!

New on Netflix

Nimona

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Netflix

Genre: Fantasy adventure comedy
Run time: 1h 41m
Directors: Troy Quane, Nick Bruno
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed

Inspired by ND Stevenson’s beloved 2015 graphic novel, this animated adventure comedy stars Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) as Nimona, a teenager shapeshifter who teams up with the knight (Riz Ahmed) tasked with assassinating her to clear his name of a crime and save her own life.

Run Rabbit Run

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Netflix

Genre: Psychological thriller
Run time: 1h 40m
Director: Daina Reid
Cast: Sarah Snook, Lily LaTorre, Damon Herriman

Sarah (Sarah Snook), a fertility doctor, grows troubled by the strange behavior of her daughter (Lily LaTorre), whose mannerisms and personality begin to resemble that of her long-lost sister, Alice. As she attempts to understand the root of her daughter’s condition, Sarah is forced to confront her own beliefs about life after death as she processes the repressed trauma of her past.

New on Max

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Where to watch: Available to stream on Max

Image: Max

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 1h 44m
Director: Stephen Kijak
Cast: Rock Hudson, Illeana Douglas, Carole Cook

This documentary delves into the career of Rock Hudson, one of the most iconic and celebrated leading men of Hollywood’s golden age, as well as his private life as a closeted gay man and his tragic passing in 1985 from AIDS complications.

Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music

Image: HBO

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 1h 46m
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

In 2016, queer theater luminary Taylor Mac put on a one-time only, 24-hour show that went through the history of American popular music in extravagant fashion. Seven years later, we have a documentary about that day, following the exhilarating (and exhausting) process of performing for 24 consecutive hours, with all the costume changes, musical numbers, and audience interaction that show entailed.

New on Prime

M3GAN

Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime

Image: Universal Pictures

Genre: Sci-fi horror comedy
Run time: 1h 42m
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Cast: Allison Williams, Jenna Davis, Violet McGraw

The latest horror film from Housebound director Gerard Johnstone and Malignant screenwriter Akela Cooper follows Gemma (Allison Williams), a roboticist for a Seattle toy company who creates an artificially intelligent doll to look after her orphaned niece, Cady (Violet McGraw). But when the doll begins to commit a series of violent murders ostensibly in service of its prime directive, Gemma will have to fight to protect her niece and the world from what she has created.

From our review:

The graveyard of awful horror comedies is among the saddest and most boring in all of film. It’s filled with hundreds of bad-taste parodies, laughless messes, silly garbage, and probably a few unfortunate movies that weren’t deliberately designed to be laughed at. The worst movies in the subgenre feel like tightrope acts that try too hard to balance what the creators seem to think are two opposite extremes, hoping the audience laughs one moment and screams the next. But following in the footsteps of classics like the original Chucky movie Child’s Play, director Gerard Johnstone and the team behind the new horror comedy M3GAN realize that laughing and screaming aren’t actually that different — and most importantly, that either one can be the key to a great time.

New on Peacock

Book Club: The Next Chapter

Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock

Image: Focus Features

Genre: Comedy
Run time: 1h 47m
Director: Bill Holderman
Cast: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen

Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen reprise their roles as Diane, Vivian, Sharon, and Carol in the sequel to the 2018 romantic comedy Book Club. Meeting in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the four friends travel to Italy to celebrate Vivian’s upcoming marriage.

New on Shudder

Children of the Corn

Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder

Image: RLJE Films

Genre: Horror
Run time: 1h 33m
Director: Kurt Wimmer
Cast: Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey

Kurt Wimmer’s 2020 adaptation of Stephen King’s 1977 short story centers on Boleyn Williams (Elena Kampouris), a high school girl who finds herself at odds with a psychopathic 12-year-old rallying the other children in her small Nebraska town to kill every adult who stands in their path. It is the 11th Children of the Corn movie, but it’s not connected to any of the previous ones.

New on VOD

Knights of the Zodiac

Where to watch: Available to purchase for $14.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Photo: Stage 6/Toei Animation

Genre: Fantasy action
Run time: 1h 52m
Director: Tomasz Baginski
Cast: Sean Bean, Famke Janssen, Mackenyu

This mythological martial arts fantasy film based on Masami Kurumada’s manga Saint Seiya follows the story of teenage orphan Seiya (Mackenyu) who, after being recruited by a wealthy billionaire (Sean Bean), learns that he is destined to protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena (Madison Iseman). Donning the armor of the Pegasus Knight, Seiya must do battle against supernatural forces in order to protect humanity from harm.

From our review:

[There are] two things for new viewers to enjoy: Bean and Janssen’s unfortunately brief performances, and short, erratic bursts of creative action. It seems like the people behind Knights of the Zodiac started by drawing on the worst part of the franchise, then kept making progressively worse decisions. The movie’s only saving grace is that there was once a ’90s live-action American TV pilot (only 19 seconds of which have survived), so Knights of the Zodiac at least can’t be called it the worst piece of Saint Seiya media ever made.

Showing Up

Where to watch: Available to purchase for $5.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Photo: Allyson Riggs/A24

Genre: Dramedy
Run time: 1h 47m
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Cast: Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, André 3000

Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) is a special filmmaker, the kind whose newest work is always appointment viewing. Her latest is Showing Up, about a sculptor (Michelle Williams) balancing her professional life with her personal one as she gets ready to open up a new how.

Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret

Where to watch: Available to purchase for $5.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Photo: Dana Hawley/Lionsgate

Genre: Coming-of-age dramedy
Run time: 1h 46m
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
Cast: Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates

Judy Blume’s iconic coming-of-age story gets this adaptation from Kelly Fremon Craig (The Edge of Seventeen), starring Abby Ryder Fortson (the original Cassie from the Ant-Man movies) as Margaret and Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, and Benny Safdie as her family.

Mad Heidi

Where to watch: Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon

Image: Raven Banner Entertainment

Genre: Dystopian action adventure
Run time: 1h 32m
Directors: Johannes Hartmann, Sandro Klopfstein
Cast: Alice Lucy, Kel Matsena, Casper Van Dien

This action thriller reimagines the classic Swiss children’s story of Heidi into a gory grindhouse-style exploitation spoof. In a dystopian Switzerland ruled by a tyrannical cheese baron (Casper Van Dien), Heidi embarks on a violent campaign to free her country and avenge her murdered lover.

Love Gets A Room

Where to watch: Available to rent for $3.99 on Vudu

Image: Nostromo Productions

Genre: Drama
Run time: 1h 43m
Director: Rodrigo Cortés
Cast: Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Mark Ryder

Inspired by a true story, Love Gets A Room is a real-time World War II drama that follows a Jewish actress caught in the Nazi occupation of Poland, and her theater troupe’s bold efforts to stage the play the movie derives its title from in the face of that occupation.

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June 30, 2023
Five players to watch out for when NHL free agency opens – Sportsnet.ca

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Adam Vingan
June 30, 2023, 3:58 PM

This year’s crop of unrestricted free agents is not particularly impressive, but that will not stop NHL teams from shelling out millions of dollars to sign them.

Here are five players (listed in alphabetical order) who probably will be paid more than they are worth when the market opens Saturday:

FREDERIK ANDERSEN

Age: 33

Previous team: Carolina Hurricanes

Previous cap hit: $4.5 million

When healthy, Andersen is capable of stringing together stretches of dominant play in net. The problem is that he has a hard time staying in the lineup. Over the past three seasons, Andersen has started 107 of 220 games for the Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs. (He has won 67 of them.)

Despite playing behind Carolina’s elite defence, Andersen allowed an extra 14.1 goals last season — 52nd out of 66 goaltenders who played a minimum of 1,000 minutes. Andersen faced the fewest xGA per 60 (2.05) among that group, which underscores how much he struggled.

Overall, the list of available UFA goaltenders is full of risk, starting with Andersen.

MICHAEL BUNTING

Age: 27

Previous team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Previous cap hit: $950,000

Two seasons of playing alongside Auston Matthews has done wonders for Bunting, who posted 46 goals and 112 points over that span. The question is whether he can be that productive if he is not riding shotgun with a Hart Trophy-winning centre.

Bunting is a net-front nightmare who generates high-quality offence; his 0.31 expected goals per 20 minutes at 5-on-5 last season were tied for 33rd out of 503 forwards (min. 100 minutes). But with that comes the ever-present risk of Bunting crossing the line, as he did during the first round when he received a three-game suspension for checking Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Erik Cernak in the head.

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Blue-collar players who can keep up with superstars have value. Is Bunting the next Zach Hyman, who has thrived since leaving Toronto for Edmonton two years ago, or Ivan Barbashev, who just signed a $25 million contract after gelling with Jack Eichel in Vegas? It is hard to say.

MATT DUMBA

Age: 28 (29 on July 25)

Previous team: Minnesota Wild

Previous cap hit: $6 million

At his peak, Dumba was a game-changer on the back end. Over the past few years, though, those dynamic plays have occurred less frequently.

Dumba, who averaged 21:17 of ice time per game last season, has dialled back the risk-taking; he committed the eighth-fewest turnovers per 20 minutes (4.81) at 5-on-5 out of 287 qualified defencemen (min. 100 minutes). But Dumba is not much of a needle-mover anymore on either end of the ice.

PATRICK KANE

Age: 34

Previous team: New York Rangers

Previous cap hit: $10.5 million

The future Hall of Famer underwent hip resurfacing surgery in early June that will sideline him for four to six months, meaning he could miss the start of next season. That alone should concern interested teams. (Washington Capitals centre Nicklas Backstrom, who had the same procedure last summer, was ineffective upon returning to the lineup in January.)

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There are aspects of Kane’s game that remain high-level and will not be affected by the surgery. He is still a top-tier playmaker, especially on the power play; his 0.48 completed slot passes per two minutes were tied for 27th out of 214 qualified forwards (min. 100 minutes of power-play time).

Few players possess Kane’s vision, but there is no telling what kind of shape he will be in following the hip procedure. At this stage of his career, Kane comes with too many question marks.

ALEX KILLORN

Age: 33

Previous team: Tampa Bay Lightning

Previous cap hit: $4.45 million

After 11 seasons and two championships, Killorn appears on his way out of Tampa Bay. The veteran power forward had 27 goals and 64 points last season, but he shot an unsustainable 12.2 per cent when factoring in all shot attempts — 14th out of 792 forwards who played at least 100 minutes. It certainly helped that Killorn took 68.5 per cent of his attempts from the slot, but his average true shooting percentage between the 2015-16 and 2021-22 seasons was around 7 per cent.

General managers will pay top dollar for intangibles, which Killorn certainly has. But odds are high that he will not produce at the rate he did last season.

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June 30, 2023
Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt Marriage: Did the Actress Confirm Her Wedding With RK by Reacting to a Hilarious Video on Instagram? – WATCH

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All eyes are on Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor ever since the news of their wedding has come out. While the love birds have been extremely secretive about the details of their special day, the ‘Highway’ star has reacted for the first time to the ongoing buzz. So, a few days ago, digital content creator Nick Lotia, who goes by the name of beyounick on social media, posted a funny video about Alia-Ranbir’s wedding. Ranbir Kapoor And Alia Bhatt To Get Married On April 17 – Reports.

In the clip, Nick can be seen running barefoot on the road, behind a car that has a placard with ‘Alia Weds Ranbir’ written on it. It also shows a picture of Nick with Alia that gets replaced with a picture of Alia and Ranbir. “Me on 17th April (broken heart emoji) … #aliabhatt #ranbirkapoor #feelitreelit #feelkaroreelkaro #heartbreak #newreel #kabirsingh,” he captioned the post. Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt Marriage: Date, Venue, Guest List – All You Need To Know About The Couple’s Wedding.

Check Out The Video Below:

Here’s Alia Bhatt’s Comment On The Post:

Alia Bhatt’s Comment On The Post (Photo Credits: Instagram)

And guess what? The particular clip caught Alia’s attention. Reacting to the post, Alia commented, “Ded.” She also added a smiley along with a laughing emoji to her comment. The popular song ‘Tu Meri Hai Meri Hi Rahegi’ from Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Kabir Singh’ can be heard playing in the background. If reports are to be believed, Alia and Ranbir will tie the knot this week, most probably on April 14 and then on April 17, they will host a grand reception for the members of B-Town.

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April 11, 2022
Nightcrawler is an engrossing crime thriller movie to watch on Netflix

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A man with a camera lurks in the bushes outside a lush home in Granada Hills. A grisly triple-homicide has just been committed here. He waits for the perpetrators to escape before skulking in after them. Roaming through the house with his camera, he stops over a dying man, lying prone in a pool of his own blood as he faintly gasps for air. But this man is not here to help. He’s here to get footage, and make a quick buck off the carnage.

In Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy’s neo-noir thriller now on Netflix, that man is Louis “Lou” Bloom, the protagonist played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Bloom is an ambitious, fast-talking con man who rattles off faux-motivational talking points about entrepreneurial grit and anecdotal statistics like a robot whose approximate knowledge of human speech comes from a Tony Robbins self-help book. After witnessing a freelance camera crew filming the scene of a car crash, Lou is inspired to become a stringer himself, driving around late at night in Los Angeles to record violent crimes and accidents and sell the footage to local news stations.

Image: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

After selling his first recording (a bloodied man being resuscitated) to Nina Romina (Rene Russo), the morning news director at a local television station, Lou hangs on her every word. He’s eager to learn and even more eager to please. Nina stresses she’s interested in crime, though not all crime. “We find our viewers are more interested in urban crime creeping into the suburbs,” she says. “What that means is a victim, or victims, preferably well-off and white, injured at the hands of the poor or a minority.” But above all, what Nina wants — and what Lou needs to succeed — are incidents of graphic violence that will shock her station’s audiences, play on their fears, and garner their undivided attention. “The best and clearest way that I can phrase it to you Lou, to capture the spirit of what we air, is think of our newscast as a screaming woman running down the street with her throat cut.”

As the plot unfolds, we witness Lou thrive in his new career path, amassing a collection of fiery car crashes, gruesome murders, and other seedy clips that he proudly labels and categorizes on his home laptop. The film makes it abundantly clear that Lou’s success as a so-called “nightcrawler” is not in spite of his sociopathic personality, but rather because of it. He feeds on death and tragedy like a carrion buzzard, peeling through the dark winding roads of Los Angeles in his red Dodge Challenger, prowling for his latest prey. There is no low he won’t stoop to to further his own aims, whether it’s aggressively coercing Nina into sleeping with him, lowballing his frazzled assistant Rick (Riz Ahmed), or orchestrating a competitor’s near-fatal car crash and filming his mangled body on a stretcher. When Rick protests, telling him not to film the body because he is “one of them,” Lou counters, “Not anymore, Rick. We’re professionals. He’s a sale.” For Lou, every smile is a show of teeth, every compliment is a veiled threat.

Image: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

It would be wrong to characterize Nightcrawler as a story of one man’s descent into depravity and horror because in truth, it was never that far a fall for Lou to begin with. If anything, Nightcrawler is both an engrossing dark thriller, complete with beautiful cinematography of Los Angeles and an electrifying night-time car chase finale, and a scathing indictment of the pernicious impact of contemporary news media in shaping stories not to inform or to edify, but rather to exploit and dehumanize their subjects. It’s a powerful film that never moralizes to its audience, but rather compels them to think about how a system that incentivizes a person like Lou ever came to exist in the first place.

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April 10, 2022
Kingdom Hearts 4 announced, watch the first trailer for Sora’s new arc

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The next mainline Kingdom Hearts game, Kingdom Hearts 4, is now in development, Square Enix announced Sunday during a 20th anniversary livestream for the franchise. A new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 confirms the return of Sora, Donald, and Goofy for a brand-new adventure, and what Square Enix calls “an epic new storyline” named the Lost Master Arc.

Kingdom Hearts 4’s first trailer introduces the Quadratum, which, while looking a lot like Tokyo, is described by Square Enix as an “expansive city set in a gorgeous, realistic world unlike anything ever seen before in the Kingdom Hearts series.” The trailer also introduces Kingdom Hearts fans to Strelitzia, a new character.

Square Enix did not announce a release date or platforms for Kingdom Hearts 4.

First screenshots of the new Kingdom Hearts are in the gallery below.

Square Enix also announced a separate game, Kingdom Hearts Missing Link, in development for Android and iOS devices. The mobile game features adventures from the realm of Scala ad Caelum, from Kingdom Hearts 3

, “into the real world” where players will battle the Heartless. Kingdom Hearts Missing Link will feature a new, original story, Square Enix says, but will almost assuredly tie into the story of Kingdom Hearts 4.

Kingdom Hearts Missing Link does not have a release date, but a closed beta test for the game is scheduled for 2022.

Kingdom Hearts 3 was released in 2019 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and later came to Windows PC in 2021 and Nintendo Switch earlier this year. The third main game in the franchise attempted to tie up years of complex storylines from multiple spinoffs and side stories, featuring protagonists Sora, Riku, and Kairi, and the dozens of Disney characters they’ve fought against and alongside over the past two decades.

In Square Enix’s announcement for Kingdom Hearts 4, series brand manager Ichiro Hazama said, “We’d like to thank the fans for all of their support over the years, and we can’t wait for them to experience all that’s to come for Sora.”

“We’ve been honored to work with Tetsuya Nomura and his team for two decades to introduce these original stories of discovery, courage, and friendship,” added Nana Gadd, director at Walt Disney Games. “This glimpse into Sora’s next adventure is just the beginning — we can’t wait to show more when the time is right.”

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April 10, 2022
NYPD looking for suspects who snatched $30K watch from Bronx woman at gunpoint

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A Bronx woman was ambushed by two gunmen who robbed her of a $30,000 watch, cops said Saturday.

Police released security footage of the March 27 armed robbery Saturday in hopes of finding the strong-arm suspects.

The 30-year-old victim was walking with friends to her home on East 147 Street and St. Ann’s Avenue in Mott Haven around 6 a.m. when two men hopped out of a parked car and held her up at gunpoint for her Audemars Piguet

timepiece, the NYPD said.

Police released security footage of the March 27 armed robbery when the Bronx woman was ambushed by two gunmen.
NYPD

After the suspects robbed the woman on East 147 Street and St. Ann’s Avenue in Mott Haven around 6 a.m., they fled the scene in a blue Nissan sedan, according to police.
NYPD

The suspects were caught on camera wearing hooded sweatshirts, masks and blue gloves. After snatching the luxury watch they fled the scene in a blue Nissan sedan, according to police.

The woman was unharmed.

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April 10, 2022
10 great free movies to watch online

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one. It’s Friday night, you’ve already burned through the latest episode of that new show you’ve been following and you’re looking for something to watch. You peek a glance at this week’s VOD releases, but nothing piques your interest. What are you going to watch tonight?

While Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, and more offer a constant replenishing stream of new movies to watch every week, if not every day, that doesn’t leave a whole lot of options for audiences who don’t have the disposable income to subscribe to several different streaming services. You may be wondering then, what are the best movies to stream online for free? While the majority of movies free to stream are the kind of knock-off fodder you’d otherwise find at the bottom of a bargain bin, there’s a surprising amount of quality films to watch for those willing to do a bit of digging. Don’t have the time to dig? No worries, we got you.

We’ve compiled a list of a few of the best movies available to stream for free at home. No subscription, no limited trials, no strings attached. Whether you’re in the mood for comedy, horror, action, anime, or something else, there’s a movie here for you. Here are our picks for the 10 best free movies to stream this weekend.

Charade

Image: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Reggie (Audrey Hepburn) has been unknowingly living off the profits from a heist pulled off by her husband. When he is suddenly murdered, she realizes she didn’t really know anything about him — or, for that matter, the new man in her life, Peter Joshua (Cary Grant). To make matters worse, the remaining money is missing, and a lot of terrible people think Reggie knows where it is. As more people are pulled into the orbit of the money, it becomes less clear who, if anyone, Reggie can trust.

Hepburn and Grant, two famously talented and charming stars, are at their most charming and talented in Charade. In the span of a single scene, Hepburn might move from pragmatic to seductive to fearful with believable ease. Grant’s initial discomfort with their age gap — 25 years, a still not uncommon chasm in Hollywood — resulted in rewrites to the script to make clear that Reggie was pursuing him; it remains one of the few movies in which the gap is acknowledged and dealt with believably, rather than taken for granted. Their chemistry is immediate and undeniable; it’s key in carrying off the film’s snappy dialogue and mixture of flirtatious comedy, captivating mystery, and genuine thriller. It’s His Girl Friday by way of Hitchcock. —Jenna Stoeber

Charade is available to stream for free with ads on Vudu, Tubi, and Pluto TV.

Heat

Photo: Warner Bros.

Michael Mann’s 1995 crime-thriller stars Al Pacino as Vincent Hanna, an eccentric and hyper-competent police detective caught in a tense cat-and-mouse struggle, and Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley, a career criminal. It’s a film made of moments and set-pieces that could comprise an entire third-act finale in a lesser movie. Here, they exist in a triumphant assemblage of carefully interlocking components; working in concert with the precision of a Swiss timepiece.

Pacino and De Niro deliver two of their greatest performances as a pair of obsessive workaholics whose razor sharp proficiency at their trades comes at the cost of all they otherwise love or hold dear. Dante Spinotti’s cinematography transforms the vast cityscape of Los Angeles into a shimmering expanse of lights strobing across the surface a sea of pitch darkness, a den of moral inequity from which no soul emerges wholly clean or unscathed. —Toussaint Egan

Heat is available to watch for free with ads on Pluto TV.

Holy Motors

A near-hallucinatory experience investigating the very nature of performance, Leos Carax’s 2012 movie follows a mysterious person (Denis Lavant) who seems to move from life to life and role to role over the course of 24 hours. An unforgettable cinematic experience that revels in stretching Lavant’s talent to its limits, Holy Motors defies description and categorization. —Pete Volk

Holy Motors is available to stream for free with ads on The Roku Channel, Vudu, Tubi, and Pluto TV.

Hot Fuzz

Photo: Working Title Films

Hot Fuzz may not have been the follow-up that audiences were expecting (or wanted) of Edgar Wright coming off the success of his 2004 breakout Shaun of the Dead

, but it certainly ranks as one of the director’s best. Featuring the return of Wright’s frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the film is a loving pastiche of police action crime dramas from Lethal Weapon to Hard-Boiled and more, following the story of a hyper-vigilant cop who uncovers a bizarre conspiracy when reassigned to the sleepy countryside town of Sandford. Hot Fuzz has one of the tightest scripts of any of Wright’s films, with references, double-entendres, brick jokes, and memorable quips packed into every conceivable space of its two-hour runtime. —TE

Hot Fuzz is available to stream with ads for free with Tubi.

Pulse

Photo: Miramax

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2001 Japanese horror classic Pulse is one of the most terrifying films I’ve ever watched. Set near the turn of the century, Kurosawa’s film follows a group of Japanese teenagers who, in the wake of their friend’s inexplicable suicide, begin to experience strange visions and unsettling encounters linked to a mysterious floppy disk their friend was investigating prior to his death. Pulse is widely championed as one of the definitive works in the canon of Japanese horror, with several critics and fans citing it as the definitive internet horror film of the 21st century. Be sure to have all the lights off for this one … and something to cover your eyes when you get too freaked out (trust me— you will). —TE

Pulse is available to stream for free with ads on Vudu.

Redline

Photo: Katasuhito Ishii, Gastonia, Madhouse / Redline Partners

Takeshi Koike’s 2009 sci-fi racing film Redline is one of the most visually exhilarating works of Japanese animation of its era. The story follows “Sweet” JP, a daredevil driver with a ridiculous corkscrew pompadour and a rockabilly jumpsuit, who qualifies to compete in this year’s Redline, the most competitive (and dangerous) illegal racing tournament in the galaxy. If you’re looking for brazenly absurd and stylish action fare with fast cars, eccentric characters, and preposterously huge explosions, Redline is an absolute must-see. —TE

Redline is available to stream for free on Plex and free to stream with ads on Tubi, Vudu, and IMDb TV.

Stop Making Sense

Photo: Vivendi Entertainment

Movies don’t get much better than Stop Making Sense. Take it from me, a man who has never listened to a single Talking Heads album front to back in his life, when I say that Jonathan Demme’s 1984 documentary concert film is one of the most electrifying, unique, and essential cinematic experiences of the late 20th century. Where else are you going to see David Byrne noodle-dancing in a gigantic oversized suit before belting out infectiously euphoric rock anthems guaranteed to get you out of your seat? Eat your heart out, James Murphy. —TE

Stop Making Sense is available to stream for free on Plex and free to stream with ads on The Roku Channel.

The Man From Nowhere

Photo: Well Go Entertainment

Lee Jeong-beom’s 2010 action thriller The Man From Nowhere stars Won Bin as Cha Tae-sik, a laconic widower who forms an unlikely bond with a young girl (Kim Sae-ron) who lives in his apartment complex. When the girl and her mother are kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers attempting to track down a missing package of heroin, Tae-sik sheds his guise as a lowly pawnshop keeper and draws from his experience as a special forces agent in his efforts to rescue her. Filled with intense performances, deft cinematography, amazing fight choreography, and an excellent score by Oldboy composer Shim Hyun-jung, The Man From Nowhere is a film for the discerning action aficionado, a gripping and explosive drama rendered in dark blue hues and awash in an aura of effortless cool. —TE

The Man From Nowhere is available to stream for free with ads on Vudu, Crackle, Tubi, and Pluto TV.

Train to Busan

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Imagine if, instead of eating cockroaches and warding off ax-wielding thugs on their way to the 1-percenter front carriage, the passengers aboard the Snowpiercer train warded off zombies. OK, OK, stop imagining: Train to Busan is better than anything you’ll come up with. Propulsive, bloody and glimmering with the dark whimsy particular to Korean cinema, animator-turned-live-action-director Yeon Sang-ho’s take on the zombie apocalypse wears its heart on its sleeve … until the flesh-eating undead tear the heart to shreds. It’s a father-daughter story. It’s a husband-wife story. It’s a who-deserves-to-live-and-die survivor narrative. It’s a people story trapped in a high-speed rail train, where the only hope of escape is a well-timed leap into the baggage shelf. It’s a hell of a movie. —Matt Patches

Train to Busan is available to stream for free with ads on Vudu, Tubi, The Roku Channel, and Crackle.

Wheels on Meals

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Few creative teams have ever managed the consistent level of excellence that Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao did with their Hong Kong martial arts action comedies in the 1980s, and Wheels on Meals is one of the best of an outrageously good group of movies (and my personal favorite). Set and shot in Barcelona, the movie centers on Thomas (Chan) and David (Yuen), a pair of cousins who run a food truck (with skateboarding tricks to boot) and find themselves enamored with a local woman (Lola Forner). When they run into a somewhat incompetent private investigator (Sammo Hung) who is also looking for the woman, the group bands together to save her when she is suddenly kidnapped.

Wheels on Meals features some of the very best fight scenes of Chan’s prolific filmography, as he squares off against legendary kickboxer Benny Urquidez (the two would later fight again in Dragons Forever), who at the time was among the most prominent and successful fighters in the world. The whole movie is worth your time, but if you want to just find their six-minute marathon fight session on YouTube, there are few things better in this world.

If you like this, you should also check out Project A, which came out a year before and features one of the most daring and jaw-dropping stunts of Chan’s prolific career. —PV

Wheels on Meals is available to stream for free with ads on Plex.

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April 9, 2022
The Night House, 6 new Netflix movies, and everything new you can watch

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This weekend sees the premiere of Metal Lords, the new comedy drama from writer-producer DB Weiss (Game of Thrones) and director Peter Sollett (Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist) about two high schoolers who start a metal band in defiance of their peers and families. If that doesn’t pique your curiosity, not to worry: there are plenty of more great new movies premiering this weekend on VOD available to stream and rent, including multiple Netflix originals.

Among the top choices to pick from this week are the supernatural horror film The Night House starring Rebecca Hall on HBO Max, the espionage thriller All The Old Knives on Amazon Prime Video, Polish crime action movie Furioza, the satirical Hindi comedy Dasvi, the Tamil-language action thriller Etharkkum Thunindhavan (aka ET), the Spanish ballet drama Dancing on Glass on Netflix, Korean spy action thriller Yaksha: Ruthless Operations on Netflix, and more!

To help you get a handle on what’s new and available, here are the new movies you can watch on streaming and VOD this weekend.

Metal Lords

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

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Writer-producer DB Weiss (Game of Thrones) and director Peter Sollett (Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist) team up to deliver the Netflix teen comedy Metal Lords. Jaeden Martell (2017’s It) and Adrian Greensmith star as Kevin and Hunter, two high school students who form a bond through their shared love of heavy metal music. Starting a band together, the two quickly become best friends — that is, until Kevin finds himself romantically drawn to a fellow student and cellist named Emily (Isis Hansworth). Is there any hope for Kevin and Hunter to mend the rift between them and realize their dreams of metal stardom? From our review,

There’s a bit of “Who is this for?” baked into Metal Lords. Game of Thrones obsessives who check it out to see what Weiss is up to will have to squint hard to find similarities between the two projects, and cranky metalheads will surely find things to gripe about in its sometimes poseurish depiction of their beloved genre. (Counterpoints: Game of Thrones is metal as hell, and metal elitists should just get over themselves already.)

It’s also a teen movie, but the specifics of its subject matter aren’t exactly tuned to a Gen Z frequency. In 2022, classic heavy metal isn’t a 16-year-old’s parents’ music — it’s their grandparents’ music. The central thesis of Metal Lords is that, for those lucky few who respond to metal’s siren song, the experience of falling in love with the genre is an ageless, universal rite.

The Night House

Where to watch: Available to stream on HBO Max

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Rebecca Hall (Christine) stars in the supernatural horror thriller The Night House as Beth, a bereaved high school teacher scarred from her late husband’s inexplicable suicide. Haunted by ghostly apparitions and inexplicable visions late at night, Beth uncovers a strange journal and with it a host of bizarre and disturbing secrets, all of which revolve around a mysterious house across the lake whose layout and structure mirrors her own. From our review,

As the clues mount, Bruckner doles out scares in mounting intensity, a template for haunted-house movies dating at least back to 1944’s The Uninvited. It’s skillfully executed enough to make The Night House worth a look on technical merit alone, turning every corner of a luxurious lake house into a site of deep dread. But what’s memorable is the film’s interest in exploring ideas deeper than how scary it might be to be unexpectedly alone and seemingly surrounded by malevolent specters. The title has a literal meaning within the film, one better left unspoiled, but it also suggests the loneliness of Beth’s newly empty home and the shadows that threaten to envelop her, shadows that might be formidable threats even without the questions raised by Owen’s shocking death.

All The Old Knives

Where to watch: Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video

Image: Stefania Rosini/Amazon Studios

Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Thandiwe Newton (Westworld) star in the 2020 espionage thriller All the Old Knives. Set in the modern day, the film follows the story of Henry (Pine), a veteran CIA operative tasked with investigating his former lover Celia (Newton) under suspicion that she was in fact a double agent who cost the lives of more than 100 of their fellow operatives. Switching between the past and present, the trailer weaves a tangled web of romance, tragedy, and regret as the two parse their lingering emotions for one another while attempting to find the true culprit.

Yaksha: Ruthless Operations

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

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The 2022 Korean spy action film Yaksha: Ruthless Operations stars Sol Kyung-gu as Kang-inn, also known as “Yaksha”: the leader of a covert team of security agents stationed in Shenyang, a metropolis with a reputation for having the highest concentration of spies in the world. When the National Intelligence Service learns that all the reports sent by Yaksha’s team are false, the agency’s director Yeom Jeong-won (Jin Kyung) sends Ji-Hoon (Park Hae-soo of Squid Game fame), a recently demoted prosecutor, to Shenyang to root out the cause of this deception. If labyrinthine international politics and triple-crossing subterfuge isn’t your cup of tea, not too worry; there are enough gunfights, blisteringly fast chase scenes, and bright explosions to satiate that part of your brain just wants to tune out and vibe to the action.

See for Me

Where to watch: Available to Stream on Shudder

Image: IFC Midnight

Sophie (Skyler Davenport), a visually impaired former skier, is house-sitting at a secluded mansion. When a group of thieves break in to look for a hidden safe, she gets help from a gamer (Jessica Parker Kennedy) through an app called “See For Me,” intended to connect sighted guides with people who are visually impaired and in need of assistance.

Bring Down The Walls

Where to watch: Available to stream on Criterion Channel

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Filmmaker Phil Collins’ 2022 documentary Bring Down The Walls tells the story of a political collective of BPOC artists and formerly incarcerated people who, in 2018, created a temporary space in downtown Manhattan used as a venue for prison-abolition organizing and anti-incarceration dance parties. Focusing on the power of communal celebration and collective action, Collins’ film evokes the spirit of Jennie Livingston’s Paris is Burning in its depiction of the liberating force of dancehall music.

Furioza

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Netflix

Furioza, not to be confused with Charlize Theron’s character Imperator Furiosa from the 2015 post-apocalyptic smash-hit Mad Max: Fury Road, is a 2022 Polish action film starring Mateusz Banasiuk as David, a police informant working undercover to take down a criminal organization comprised of ultranationalist psychos. Coerced by his former lover-turned-policewoman Dzika (Weronika Ksiazkiewicz), David must stay one step ahead of the suspicions of the group’s inner circle if he is to have any hope of suriving, let alone completing his investigation.

Dasvi

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Netflix

When a corrupt politician is sent to jail, he spends his time inside completing his neglected high school education. His wife fills in for his government post, but soon becomes enamored with the power it brings in this satirical Hindi comedy.

Etharkkum Thunindhavan

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Netflix

Also known as ET, this Tamil-language action thriller follows a lawyer (Suriya) who takes the law into his own bloody hands to thwart a criminal group that is creating illegal pornography from stolen intimate videos.

Dancing on Glass

Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix

Image: Manolo Pavol/Netflix

Jota Linares’ 2022 Spanish drama Dancing on Glass joins the likes of Black Swan, 2018’s Suspiria, and Birds of Paradise in small yet venerable subgenre of “psychological ballet horror-thrillers.” The movie stars María Pedraza as Irene, a ballerina who is selected to take the lead of her dance company’s upcoming production of Giselle following the former lead’s tragic suicide. Isolated by her new position and the jealousy of her fellow dancers, she befriends Aurora (Paula Losada), a sullen ballerina held under the tight command of her exacting mother. Irene and Aurora’s relationship grows more and more obsessive, forcing the two to make hard decisions as they aspire to greatness.

Alice

Where to watch: Available to rent for $6.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

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Keke Palmer (Hustlers) stars in the 2022 crime thriller Alice as a woman enslaved on a 19th-century plantation in Georgia. Upon escaping from bondage, Alice discovers the horrible truth — the year is 1973, and she and her loved ones have been imprisoned by a wealthy and reclusive family who have attempted to maintain the institution of slavery nearly a century after its abolishment. With the help of Frank (Common), a sympathetic truck driver and disillusioned political activist, Alice plots to return to the plantation and exact revenge on her former master (Johnny Lee Miller) for his cruelty. Inspired by the true story of Mae Louise Walls Miller, the premise of Alice bears an uncanny resemblance to 2020’s Antebellum. Hopefully, this film fares better in executing on its premise than that one.

Midnight

Where to watch: Available to rent for $6.99 on Amazon, Apple, Google Play, Vudu

Image: CJ Entertainment

A serial killer thriller from South Korea, Midnight follows a deaf woman (Jin Ki-joo) who is relentlessly pursued by a murderer (Wi Ha-joon) after witnessing his latest fatal stabbing. The movie is the debut film of writer-director Kwon Oh-seung, and was screened at the Fantasia Film Festival and the New York Asian Film Festival in 2021.

As They Made Us

Where to watch: Available to rent for $5.99 on Amazon

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Diana Agron (The Family) stars in the 2022 comedy-drama As They Made Us as Abigail, a recently divorced mother of two struggling to take care of her ailing father (Dustin Hoffman) while exploring a new love in the form of her gardener Jay (Justin Chu Cary). Candice Bergen (Miss Congeniality) co-stars as Abigal’s mother Barbara, while Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory) plays her estranged brother Nathan.

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April 8, 2022
Apple Watch Series 7 models drop to $330, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals

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It was a great week for Apple lovers as many of the company’s most popular gadgets went on sale. Amazon discounted both the Apple Watch Series 7 and the Apple Watch SE to near record-low prices, plus the AirPods Pro are back on sale for $174. Also, you can save hundreds on 2021 LG OLED smart TVs and pick up one of many Eufy robot vacuums at a discount. Here are the best tech deals from this week that you can still get today.

Apple Watch Series 7

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Many color options of the 41mm Apple Watch Series 7 are down to $330, or $70 off their normal price. If you want the larger model, you can pick up the 45mm version for $360. We gave the wearable a score of 90 for its bigger screen, faster charging and handy watchOS 8 features.

Buy Series 7 (41mm) at Amazon – $330
Buy Series 7 (45mm) at Amazon – $360

AirPods Pro

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Apple’s AirPods Pro are back on sale for $174, which is 30 percent off their normal price. We gave the company’s best sounding earbuds a score of 87 for their improved fit, good sound quality and strong ANC.

Buy AirPods Pro at Amazon – $174

AirPods (2nd gen)

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The original AirPods are 38 percent off and down to only $99. That’s not their all-time-low price, but it’s close to it. We gave them a score of 84 when they first came out for their improved wireless performance, wireless charging capabilities (if you have the right case) and solid battery life.

Buy AirPods at Amazon – $99

Apple Watch SE

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The more affordable Apple Watch SE is cheaper than usual right now and down to $229. It’s a parred-down version of the Series 7, but it supports all of the standard features you’d expect from an Apple Watch including onboard GPS, Apple Pay, daily activity and workout tracking and more.

Buy Apple Watch SE at Amazon – $229

10.2-inch iPad

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The space gray, 256GB iPad is down to a record low of $429. We gave the updated tablet a score of 86 for its improved performance, excellent battery life and Center Stage-capable front cameras.

Buy 10.2-inch iPad (256GB) at Amazon – $429

LG 2021 C1 OLED smart TVs

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All of LG’s 2021 C1 OLED smart TVs are on sale right now, with most of them down to all-time-low prices. You can pick one up for less than $1,000, but the best deal of the bunch is on the 65-inch model

, which is 32 percent of and down to $1,697. And if you go for that one, you can also save $150 on LG’s SP9YA soundbar if you’re looking to upgrade your sound system along with your TV.

Buy 65-inch LG C1 OLED at Amazon – $1,697

Beats Fit Pro

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If you buy the Beats Fit Pro earbuds from Amazon, you’ll get a free $25 gift card to use on future purchases. We gave these buds a score of 87 for their comfortable fit, punchy bass and solid ANC.

Buy Beats Fit Pro + $25 gift card at Amazon – $200

Anker Eufy RoboVac 11S

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Amazon knocked $70 off Anker’s budget-friendly Eufy RoboVac 11S, bringing it down to $160. This is a solid option if you want a robot vacuum without dropping too much money. While this model doesn’t have WiFi, you can use the included remote to set schedules and change cleaning modes.

Buy Eufy RoboVac 11S at Amazon – $160
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Nintendo eShop gift card

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Nintendo’s $50 eShop gift card is $5 cheaper than usual on Amazon, so you can get it for $45. It’s a good card to pick up if you have a bunch of Switch games on your wish list and plan on stocking up soon.

Buy $50 Nintendo eShop gift card at Amazon – $45

Google Nest Hub bundle

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B&H Photo has a bundle that includes the second-generation Nest Hub and the wired Nest Cam for $150, which is $50 less than usual. These two devices are designed to work together, with the Nest Hub showing you the feed from the Nest Cam, which you can position anywhere around your home.

Buy Nest Hub bundle at B&H – $150

August WiFi smart lock

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You can pick up the August WiFi smart lock for $40 less than usual when you use the code EGDTLOCK when checking out at Wellbots. The IoT device earned a score of 80 from us for its easy installation process, WiFi connectivity and extra security with required two-factor authentication.

Buy August WiFi smart lock at Wellbots – $189

Native Instruments Maschine hardware

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Native Instrument’s latest sale knocks up to $200 off its Maschine hardware and throws in some free expansions on top of that. The best deal is on the Maschine+, which is $200 off and down to $1,199. And if you’re an existing customer, you might qualify for a bigger discount. You’ll find that out once you log in.

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New tech deals

Beats Studio Buds

Beats’ Studio Buds are back on sale for $120, which isn’t an all-time low, but is only $20 more than that. We gave the true wireless earbuds a score of 84 for their balanced sound, comfortable design and quick pairing on both Android and iOS.

Buy Beats Studio Buds at Amazon – $120

Zwift cycling gear

All of Zwift’s cycling gear is 25 percent off right now, including the Wahoo Kickr smart power trainer, which is down to $900. The Tacx Neo Bike is down to $2,400 in this sale, and you can pick up Wahoo’s heart rate arm band for only $60.

Shop Zwift cycling gear sale

PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller (Xbox)

PowerA’s Enhanced Wired Controller for Xbox is 32 percent off and down to only $26. It’s a good option if you want another controller for your console but don’t want to pay the premium attached to the first-party options. This one has a familiar, ergonomic design, dual rumble motors and mappable buttons.

Buy PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller at Amazon – $26

Xbox Stereo Headset 20th Anniversary Special Edition

You can pick up this special edition Xbox headset for $50, which is 29 percent off its normal price and a record low. This is a wired headset that has green accents and support for Windows Sonic spatial sound.

Buy Xbox Stereo Headset at Amazon – $50

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April 8, 2022
Hornets a ‘team to watch’

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Russell Westbrook could be on the move this offseason after a disastrous debut season with the Lakers.

The Hornets are a “team to watch” as a trade destination for the former league MVP, according to NBA insider Mark Stein.

Westbrook — who is the highest-paid player on L.A.’s roster, earning $44 million — has a $47 million player option for the 2022-23 season, which could make it difficult for teams to pursue him.

Stein also reported that the Lakers haven’t ruled out waiving Westbrook, which would tie them to a long-term payout of the money he’s owed.

Westbrook is also coming off one the worst offensive seasons of his career, averaging 18.5 points per game — his lowest since his second season in the league in 2009-10. His outside shooting struggles earned him the name “Westbrick” by fans.

After the Suns beat the Lakers 121-110 Tuesday to eliminate L.A. from playoff contention, Westbrook said he expects to remain with the team.

Lakers guard Russell Westbrook (0) dribbles against the Hornets’ Terry Rozier on Jan. 28, 2022.
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“I mean, that’s the plan,” Westbrook said about returning next season to finish the last year on his Lakers contract. “But nothing is promised. Yes, we want to be able to see what that looks like, what that entails over the course of an 82-game season. But we’re not sure if that’s guaranteed, either. So I just hope that we have a chance to be able to do something.”

His comments came a day after Lakers great Magic Johnson expressed disappointment in his former team for choosing a Westbrook experiment over signing Bulls star DeMar DeRozan.

The Lakers acquired Westbrook last summer in hopes of forming a Big 3 with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, but injuries limited them to just 21 games together. He was recruited by James as part of a rebuilt roster that couldn’t find a way to stay healthy and jell.

Russell Westbrook (0) shoots against the Suns on April 5, 2022.
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A change of scenery could be good for Westbrook, who’s felt the pressures of being a Laker in his first season with the team. He confronted hecklers this season, as well as reporters that questioned L.A.’s inability to win games.

Westbrook could add depth and a veteran presence to the Hornets, who have a young talent in point guard LaMelo Ball, as well as Terry Rozier.

Charlotte currently has several players on long-term contracts, including Rozier’s four-year, $97 million extension. Gordon Hayward has two years remaining on his four-year, $120 million deal.

Hornets owner Michael Jordan has been quite fond of Westbrook through the years. Westbrook signed a five-year endorsement deal with Nike’s Jordan Brand in 2013 — and after his MVP season in 2016-17, he reached a 10-year extension with the brand.

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April 7, 2022