6 Best New Movies to Stream This 4th of July Weekend: ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ and More

There’s no time to rest for Grace (Samara Weaving), the bruised and bloodied heroine of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. Having survived the events of the first film, she’s swiftly taken to a nearby hospital and reunited with her estranged younger sister, Faith (Kathryn Newton). But the two sisters are soon kidnapped and forced to play another life-or-death game involving the Council, a group of five families who all wish to occupy the vacant High Seat that grants the occupant unlimited power. But to do that, someone has to kill the sisters first. It’s hunting season again for Grace, and she’ll have to use all her wits to win a game that’s rigged against her.

Like the original, Ready or Not 2 has lots of fun with its outrageous premise. It doesn’t ask you to buy the logic of a Satanic cult full of rich people who already have a lot of wealth and power; instead, it’s just an excuse to set up one cat-and-mouse chase scene after another, with a typically brutal end for the unlucky chaser. Weaving is at her most appealing when she’s covered in someone else’s blood, and Newton is a welcome addition to the franchise’s bubbly insanity.

In modern-day Egypt, Charlie (Jack Reynor) and Larissa’s (Laia Costa) young daughter, Katie (Natalie Grace), is kidnapped by a mysterious woman named the Magician. Eight years later, Katie is found in a sarcophagus, alive but catatonic. When she returns to her family in New Mexico, she struggles to adjust and begins to act strangely. Soon, Charlie and Larissa suspect Katie is possessed by an ancient spirit, one that wants to harm them and their two other children.

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy doesn’t really live up to its title. Yes, it’s directed by Lee Cronin, the filmmaker behind the gory sequel Evil Dead Rise, but it’s not really a mummy film. A more honest title would’ve been Lee Cronin’s The Exorcist, because that’s essentially what this is – a possession movie where Catholic faith plays a part in defeating an ancient evil from the Middle East. If you take it on those terms, the movie delivers the right amount of scares you’d expect. The possessed Katie looks and acts creepy, and there’s just enough suspense to make you wonder how the demon who has possessed her will be defeated. 

After an exclusive two-week streaming run on MGM+, one of 2026’s biggest hits, Project Hail Mary, is now available to watch on Prime Video. And it’s worth it, as the sci-fi film is one of the year’s best movies.

When Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up one day, he realizes he’s not where he’s supposed to be. An unassuming middle-grade science teacher, he’s supposed to be in his bed at home, not floating in outer space with temporary amnesia. How the heck did he get there?  He gradually remembers the reason: he’s part of a last-ditch attempt to save Earth from a rapidly cooling Sun. No biggie. As Ryalnd comes to terms with his impossible, sure-to-be-suicidal mission, he realizes all the things he took for granted back on his home planet and what he’d do if he had a second chance at life. 

After grossing nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office, Project Hail Mary is sure to be a streaming staple for years to come. There are a lot of reasons why: Gosling’s fantastic performance; his one-of-a-kind chemistry with the alien Rocky (James Ortiz), and the outstanding production values that make you feel like you’re floating in the cosmos with them both. 

The English town of Yorkshire isn’t the most welcoming place during World War I, especially to Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes). An atheist, Henry also doesn’t really hide his homosexuality or his love for all things German, even if he doesn’t support Germany on the battlefront. But he’s so obviously talented that he’s selected as the town’s new choirmaster. That doesn’t sound like an important job, but Henry realizes he has his hands full as he needs to recruit more men to join the choir in time for a crucial performance that could make or break the town’s reputation. Is Henry the right man for the job, or will he prove his naysayers were right after all?

The Choral is a pleasantly charming throwback drama where the stakes are kept low and the ambitions are always modest. That’s not a bad thing; in fact, it’s one of the film’s strengths. Even though it’s set during World War I, it’s not necessarily a war film. It’s more in the tradition of indie English films like The Full Monty and Waking Ned Devine, in which small towns come together for a greater cause. In The Choral’s case, it’s music, and how the art form is essential for the town’s citizens to process and endure a conflict that’s slowly killing a generation of their young men.

When Joey (Olivia Taylor Dudley) and Craig’s (Jordan Gavaris) busted plumbing forces them out of their shared home, they have no choice but to stay with Joey’s boyfriend, Brian (Lou Taylor Pucci). He’s not like any other guy they’ve met, primarily because he insists he’s an alien from another planet with the power to take away another person’s anxieties simply by touching them. To prove it, he touches Joey and then Craig, which unexpectedly creates a deadly love triangle that might end in bloodshed. 

Touch Me is an unusual horror film that doesn’t really telegraph what it’s really about until the very end. You’re never quite sure if Brian is just a charismatic con man or really an extraterrestrial with sinister intentions until the climax, which leaves little to the imagination. If you’re craving a horror film that combines Obsession’s toxic relationship dynamics with Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style paranoia, stream Touch Me.

The Avatar saga continues in the third film in the blockbuster series, Avatar: Fire and Ash. Neteyam’s (Jamie Flatters) death in the last film is still being absorbed by his parents, Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), who decide to return their human adopted son, Spider (Jack Champion), after he nearly dies. Before they can say goodbye, a potential new enemy, Varang (Oona Chaplin), makes herself known. A charismatic leader of a rival Na’vi sect, Varang prefers violence over peace, and her presence could endanger the Suilly family as well as all of Pandora. 

After the first two movies grossed billions of dollars, broke box-office records and were nominated for a slew of Oscars, Fire and Ash failed to duplicate those accomplishments. It only grossed nearly $1.5 billion dollars and was nominated for just two Oscars (Best Costume Design and Best Visual Effects). That doesn’t make it a bad film, though. On the contrary, it’s better than The Way of Water, with bigger, bolder action scenes and a more interesting villain with Varang. While there’s some feeling of “been there, done that” hanging over the picture, Fire and Ash brings the heat home in a way few blockbusters do nowadays. (Marvel, I’m looking at you.)