This weekend is comparatively light on new movies hitting streaming that are must-watches.
Toy Story 5 won’t hit Disney+ for another few weeks, and Steven Spielberg’s underrated summer sci-fi flick Disclosure Day isn’t scheduled to debut until October.
Watch With Us still found a trio of new releases that are worth attention this weekend, as long as you don’t have anything better to do.
The DC Comics comic book action film Supergirl flopped in theaters, but it should find a bigger audience on HBO Max.
If you watched Netflix’s cult comedy Call My Agent!, you should check out the feature film version, imaginatively titled Call My Agent! The Movie, which reunites much of its French cast.
With Practical Magic 2 now in theaters, spooky season is now here, so turn on Shudder and experience the night terrors of Parasomnia.
‘Supergirl’ (2026) – HBO Max
There’s a universal rule all sentient beings should follow — never poison someone’s dog. But either the villainous Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts) never got the memo or he just doesn’t care when he poisons Kara Zor-El’s (Milly Alcock) lovable superpowered pooch, Krypto. Kara, better known by her codename Supergirl, is rightfully pissed off, but so is the orphan Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), whose family was murdered by Krem. These two lost souls team up to track Krem down to get an antidote to save Krypto’s life and maybe avenge Ruthye’s dead relatives if they have time.
As far as comic book movies go, Supergirl is simply OK, and when there’s nothing else on, that’s more than adequate. The film’s weaknesses are plentiful: Krem is a bland villain, there’s too much CGI and the rote story hits every beat you’d expect in a shopworn narrative about a “damaged” hero. Still, there’s enough good in Supergirl to recommend, with a scene-stealing appearance by Jason Momoa as the cigar-chomping space pirate Lobo and Alcock note-perfect as the perpetually hungover heroine who sobers up long enough to get her act together. Let’s hope James Gunn and DC put her in another movie that suits her talents.
‘Call My Agent! The Movie’ (2026) — Netflix
In the last season of the hit French series Call My Agent!, the underdog talent agency ASK shut down, sending all of its employees onto wildly different career paths. Five years later, most of them reunite to help see through a new film being made by two of its ex-staff, first-time director Andréa (Camille Cottin) and successful TV producer Noémie (Laure Calamy). But old rivalries and inflated egos still exist within the group, as well as new hurdles to overcome, like American film director Wes Anderson stealing one of their lead actors. Can Andréa and Noémie rely on their former pals to help them complete their movie?
Call My Agent! was a successful French-language show that ran for four seasons and inspired several successful international remakes. It’s not necessary to have seen any of its episodes before watching Call My Agent! The Movie, although it does help. The film works as a standalone satire on how insane it is to make a film, from casting actors and raising funds to actually making it. If you’re a fan of insider Hollywood comedies like The Player and Apple TV’s The Studio with Seth Rogen, you’ll enjoy Call My Agent! The Movie.
‘Parasomnia’ (2026) – Shudder
Freddy Krueger isn’t the only demonic entity that can stalk you in your dreams. In Parasomnia, Riley (Jasmine Mathews) has a strict rule — for anyone staying overnight at her house, they have to fall asleep first. If they don’t, a succubus that’s been plaguing Riley since she was a teenager awakens and causes all sorts of mayhem. That’s exactly what happens when her boyfriend Cam (RJ Brown) doesn’t follow the rules, forcing Riley to confront the demon that’s been haunting her for years.
Parasomnia doesn’t skimp on the gore — prepare to see gouged-out eyes and buckets of blood. But it also takes its time to develop Riley as a three-dimensional character who isn’t just a stock scary movie victim. Having witnessed the horrific murder of her mother as a child and enduring years in the foster care system, she’s seen real-life terrors that pale in comparison to the ones that emerge from her dreams.
