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Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
New Movies on Streaming: ‘Thunderbolts,' ‘Ballerina' + More
This weekend, there's a real plethora of great new movies on demand. Some of this year's biggest blockbusters, including Thunderbolts and Ballerina, are now on VOD, along with other huge titles like Another Simple Favor, Tornado, and Ice Road: Vengeance. But amid all the high-octane action and big names attached to this week's new releases, we're also excited for the arrival of the new French romance Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, a French romantic comedy written and directed by Laura Piani, stars Camille Rutherford as Agathe Robinson, a French bookseller who writes a romance novel and finds herself at a writers residency where she becomes entangled in a love triangle. Sounds like the perfect antidote to superheroes and shoot-'em-ups if you ask me. These are just a few of the films that are available to watch on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, YouTube, and through your cable service this week. Check out what movies are available to buy or rent on demand now. Marvel's Thunderbolts, which arrived on demand this week, marks the final film in Phase Five of the MCU. (Ironheart, the new series that just dropped on Disney+, is the last show in Phase Five.) In Thunderbolts, Florence Pugh stars as Yelena Belova, the adopted sister of Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow character. Yelena, a black widow assassin herself, is now leading a team of antiheroes, including Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), and Red Guardian (David Harbour) as they find themselves on a dangerous expedition that will redeem their reputations. WHERE TO WATCH THUNDERBOLTS Ballerina, which is set in the John Wick universe and does indeed feature Keanu Reeves as our previously dead assassin, stars Ana de Armas as Eve, an assassin herself. After the death of her own father when she was a child, Eve was taken in by Winston, the character portrayed in every Wick movie by Ian McShane, who eventually trains her to be a trained killer (who also happens to be an actual ballerina). The film is out now on demand. WHERE TO WATCH BALLERINA Another Simple Favor Mountainhead Thunderbolts* Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Ballerina The Instigators Tornado Luther: Never Too Much Pretty Thing TAEYONG: TY TRACK IN CINEMAS Nine-Ring Golden Dagger Ice Road: Vengeance The Death of Snow White Eternal Zenithal Guitar Lessons Jackdaw Sound of the Surf Sister Midnight Bring Her Back Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted Bearing Witness: Native American Voices in Hollywood The Greatest Thing Ever! A Garden Cartoon Movie Made in Dublin Pastor's Kid A Jar Full of Christmas Hard Justice The Twin Doc Holly's Christmas To Live and Die and Live A Star Without A Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story What you see above is just a portion of the new movies and shows you can watch this month if you've got more than one streaming service subscription. We update our guides to the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month, so you can stay on top of the freshest titles to watch. Here are full lists, schedules, and reviews for everything streaming: New on Netflix this month New on Amazon Prime this month New on Hulu this month New on Disney+ this month New on Max this month New on Paramount+ this month New on Peacock this month New on Starz this month New on Acorn TV this month New on BritBox this month New on Tubi this month Liz Kocan is a pop culture writer living in Massachusetts. Her biggest claim to fame is the time she won on the game show Chain Reaction.
ABC News
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is a sweet, if predictable, rom-com worth your time
Thirty-something-year-old Parisian bookseller Agathe Robinson (Camille Rutherford, Anatomy of a Fall) is an old soul; a hopeless romantic who isn't interested in "uber sex" but the romantic courtship of a bygone era. The star of Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, (written and directed by Laura Piani), Agathe is an Anglophone who buries herself in classics — Jane Austen chief among them. She also lives, with her sister and nephew, in an emotionally suspended state. An unspecified trauma lies at the heart of Agathe's existence that explains how she came to be this way and, gradually, we find out what the incident is that splintered her life in two. What: A quaint but emotionally slight rom-com with an old-world feel, written and directed by Laura Piani. Starring: Camille Rutherford, Charlie Anson, Pablo Pauly Where: In cinemas now Likely to make you feel: Charmed Agathe is a daydreamer with a penchant for writing love stories in her spare time. The comfortable monotony of her life is up-ended when her womanising co-worker and best friend, Felix (Pablo Pauly) — with whom she shares a platonic if overfamiliar kinship — applies on her behalf to the prestigious Jane Austen Writing Residency in southern England. She's successful, and it changes the course of her life. Agathe suddenly finds herself not only with the luxury of time and a room of her own to write, but she becomes the recipient of two men's affections: Felix, who she spontaneously kisses as she leaves France, and the thorny Oliver (Charlie Anson), the great-great-great-great nephew of Jane Austen herself, who manages the residency. Hijinks ensue in the bucolic greenery of a small England coastal town as the characters oscillate seamlessly between French and English. There are language mishaps, accidental nudity in the vein of The Proposal, and a ball right out of an Austen novel. Agathe is ensconced in an English manor (though the the film was shot entirely in France) straight out of the novels she devours, and is being romanced in the way she so greatly desires — through pithy one-liners, disarming honesty and genteel manners. But there's a snag. Felix surprises Agathe by showing up unannounced right before the ball, and Agathe has a decision to make. There's a little bit of Notting Hill in Agathe's vocation of bookselling (shared with Hugh Grant's William Thacker), though Paris's famed Shakespeare and Company is a more earnestly romantic backdrop than a bookstore that exclusively sells travel books. There's also a bit of Bridget Jones in the tragicomedy of Agathe's love life, and a sprinkling of Emily Henry's Book Lovers in the enemy-to-lovers scenario that plays out in a literary world. The film employs numerous different rom-com tropes but, to its credit, we are constantly kept guessing as to who, if anyone, Agathe will end up with. Much like the character she plays, who has English and French parentage, Rutherford imbues Agathe with an endearing charm as she skulks around the pastoral landscape — incapable of writing as freely as her colleagues do, experiencing nature as a menace rather than a salve. Agathe morphs into the main character of her story, but she's far from an effortlessly cool one. Emotionally dysregulated, awkward, clumsy and abrupt, Agathe has a halting yet elegant way of expressing her thoughts — prone to observing rather than experiencing. She feels like an amalgam of messy rom-com leads of yesteryear — Meg Ryan, Renee Zellweger, Drew Barrymore. Reminiscent of Mr Darcy, Anson is Hugh Grant-lite in his depiction of the prickly and reserved Oliver, while Pauly is roguish as the caddish yet well-meaning Felix. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is at its strongest when it leans into the idiosyncrasies of its colourful cast of characters. Less successful are the overblown metaphors about writing and the confected arguments about the value of literature, though they may well be a mirror to what takes place in residencies. Most accurate would be its portrayal of writing, or perhaps how little writing happens. Agathe's journey of discovery hinges on her creative reclamation of self as much as her ability to dive headfirst into love. When both predictably happen, the pay-off is sweet, yet strangely bathetic.
Irish Times
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Four new films to see this week: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, How to Train Your Dragon, Tornado and Lollipop
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life ★★★★☆ Directed by Laura Piani. Starring Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Annabelle Lengronne, Liz Crowther, Alan Fairbairn, Frederick Wiseman. 15A cert, gen release, 97min Charming, clever romcom that casts Rutherford as a French bookseller who gets cast into a messy love triangle at a Jane Austen retreat across La Manche. The film does occasionally struggle with getting England right. We are always aware this is a French film-maker looking through the window at the crumpets on their doilies. But there is a mischievous intelligence at work that complements the embrace of sometimes-broad misunderstandings. It's worth it alone to hear Agathe identify, in the most Gallic of vowels, one character with a particular work. He suggests, apparently, Mr Bertram in 'Mahnsfeeld Perk'. Full review DC How to Train Your Dragon ★★★☆☆ Directed by Dean DeBlois. Starring Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Gerard Butler, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz. PG cert, gen release, 125min Live-action remake of 2010 animated hit about a young Viking who makes friends with a dragon. One could bang on all day about how familiar so much of this seems. But it is only fair to acknowledge that, judged as an independent entity, the current film works as sleek, funny entertainment. Much of that is down to the cast. Thames, as the spirited protagonist, doesn't let his fragile ingenuousness get in the way of moral determination. If we must have such retreads then let them at least be carried off with this degree of amusing gusto. Full review DC READ MORE Tornado ★★★☆☆ Directed by John Maclean. Starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira, Joanne Whalley, Koki. 15A cert, limited release, 90min Maclean returns to the austere storytelling that defined Slow West, his well-regarded 2015 debut. Set in a rugged and unnamed corner of 18th-century Scotland, the film follows the taciturn young circus performer of the title and her father as they are drawn into a deadly pursuit. The McGuffin is familiar: an opportunistic theft, a misplaced bag of swag and double-crossing rogues on the rampage. Will frustrate the giblets out of those seeking narrative momentum. But viewers willing to sit with its stark silences and oppressive atmospherics can look forward to a singular, if rarely easy, watch. Full review TB Lollipop ★★★★☆ Directed by Daisy-May Hudson. Starring Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed, TerriAnn Cousins, Tegan-Mia, Stanley Rhoads, Luke Howitt, Aliyah Abdi, Johanna Allitt. 15A cert, gen release, 100min We're not sure why Molly (played with fraying precision by Sterling) has served four months in prison, but her attempts to chart a path back to normalcy are unjustifiably frustrating. Her longed-for reunion with her two children is spoiled when only her daughter arrives, and then only for a minute. Hudson has staked a significant claim in the rich terrain of Britain's socially conscious, kitchen-sink milieu. There's no triumphalism here, but there's enough grit and community spirit to coalesce into a decent outcome. Maddening and urgent viewing, nonetheless. Full review TB
Irish Times
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review: Sparky dialogue and hearty comedy carry this lovely, mischievous film
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Director : Laura Piani Cert : 15A Starring : Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Annabelle Lengronne, Liz Crowther, Alan Fairbairn, Frederick Wiseman Running Time : 1 hr 37 mins There is a moment of classic romcom disharmony about a third of the way through this charming bilingual entertainment. Agathe Robinson, an aspiring writer who works in Paris's famous Shakespeare and Company bookshop, has arrived in a leafy corner of England for a Jane Austen retreat. Oliver, a descendant of the Regency writer, reveals, minutes after picking Agathe up, that he has little time for his ancestor. Agathe scowls at this disrespect. The two settle into mutual hatred. We know roughly how this will play out. Stories have been playing out that way since Rosalind Russell frowned towards Cary Grant. The same dynamics were at work when Meg Ryan later snapped at Billy Crystal. Laura Piani, making her feature debut, is, of course, also gesturing back to the 19th century. All those classic romcom plots, antipathy melting into affection, are deeply in debt to Austen herself. It is to Piani's great credit that her film rises above comparisons not just with Austen's work and the trad romcom but also with attempts – we're thinking of you, Bridget Jones – to weave those last two things together. No postmodern doublethink is required to sustain interest in the prickly love triangle at the core of Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Sparky dialogue and hearty comedy keep the story aloft throughout. The actors juggle French and English with great dexterity. [ Laura Piani: 'I didn't want to do a film about a woman who is saved by a man. I believe in love, but not that' Opens in new window ] Events begin with Agathe, played by a convincingly fretful Camille Rutherford, struggling with life, love and work in the French capital. An injection of energy comes her way when Félix (Pablo Pauly), colleague and occasional squeeze, sends her story to the Jane Austen retreat, only for the organisers to break into raves. Agathe travels. Oliver (Charlie Anson) intervenes. Soon she finds herself torn between old chum and new annoyance. READ MORE Which year did Marty not visit? 1885 1955 2015 2055 What was Clint Eastwood's first film as director? The Outlaw Josey Wales Play Misty for Me Firefox Bird Who is not a sibling? Macaulay Kieran Rory Benji The actor playing the title character of which film was actually born in the US? Klute (1971) The Mask (1994) Dudley Do-Right (1999) Green Lantern (2011) What is the last Pixar film to win the best animated feature Oscar? Soul Onward Coco Inside Out Which is the odd period out? Ms Weld Dan Aykroyd in Dragnet Ms Squibb Christina Ricci in The Addams Family Who was not portrayed by Steph? Ally Lee Patrizia Breathless Which is the odd one out? Harrison Ford's other profession 2024 Palme d'Or winner Todd Haynes's notorious early short Halloween and Escape from New York Who is about to succeed, among many, many others, James Whale, Terence Fisher and Kenneth Branagh? Guillermo del Toro Ari Aster David Lowery Robert Eggers Whose daughter fought the Triffids? Alison Steadman Thora Hird Patricia Routledge Margaret Rutherford The film does occasionally struggle with getting England right. We are always aware that this is a French film-maker looking through the window at the crumpets on their doilies. But there is a mischievous intelligence at work that complements the embrace of sometimes broad misunderstandings. The film has a coolness that you find only in French comedy. It's worth it alone to hear Agathe identify, in the most Gallic of vowels, one character with a particular work. He suggests, apparently, Mr Bertram in 'Mahnsfeeld Perk'. No offence intended. Lovely film. In cinemas from Friday, June 13th
The Guardian
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review – witty, well-played French comedy in a Bridget Jones vein
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen has inspired more romcoms than any other author – and nearly all of them feature a modern take on an Austen protagonist, a new Lizzie Bennet or Emma Woodhouse. But this funny and smart French comedy instead gives us a 21st-century Jane Austen. British-French actor Camille Rutherford is terrific as Agathe, an aspiring novelist working in a Paris bookshop who wins a place on a Jane Austen writing retreat run by the author's descendants. 'I'm not living in the right century!' Agathe wails to her best friend and colleague Félix (Pablo Pauly). She's not into dating apps ('I don't want Uber sex!'). But she does have chemistry with Félix (he's a player, but not at Wickham levels of caddishness), and it's Félix who secretly submits Agathe's writing to a Jane Austen society. The comedy takes a bit of an IQ dip when the film crosses the Channel and the dialogue switches to English. Still, it glides along on Rutherford's performance as Agathe – witty, warm, keenly observant, a bit clumsy and Bridget Jones-ish, but never, not even for a moment, cringy. On the retreat, Agathe takes an instant loathing to Austen's great-great-great-nephew Oliver (Charlie Anson); he's a professor of modern literature who loftily proclaims that Austen is overrated. Judgmental, arrogant, and altogether up himself, Oliver is the film's Mr Darcy – though played with too much Hugh Grant to take seriously. You don't have to be an Austen fan to enjoy this film, but it helps. Agathe's dilemma between Oliver and Félix is classic Austen – but Agathe's real discovery is not love, but her writing voice. And that's the point the film makes without trying too hard: new century, same self-pressure and doubt. Here's Agathe on impostor syndrome. 'No – I'm a genuine impostor!' Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is in UK cinemas from 13 June.
