Releases include Willy s Wonderland, The Courier, The Mole Agent, Mare of Easttown, and Nobody by Norman Wilner, Glenn Sumi on April 16th, 2021 at 7:00 PM 1 of 6 2 of 6
Our critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of April 9, and list everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
Willy’s Wonderland
(Kevin Lewis)
Willy’s Wonderland is the movie that pits Nicolas Cage against a horde of malevolent animatronic animals, sort of like if
Evil Dead was set in a Chuck E. Cheese instead of a cabin in the woods. It doesn’t work as horror, which isn’t entirely surprising, but it doesn’t work as comedy, either. And that’s shocking. Stuck in a town in the middle of nowhere after a blowout, Cage’s nameless, silent character is offered a chance to earn the cash that’ll get his car fixed if he spends the night cleaning up the eponymous theme restaurant. But it’s a setup: every night, Willy the Weasel and his musical pals come to life, thirsting
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OW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of April 9. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
Willy’s Wonderland
(Kevin Lewis)
Willy’s Wonderland is the movie that pits Nicolas Cage against a horde of malevolent animatronic animals, sort of like if Evil Dead was set in a Chuck E. Cheese instead of a cabin in the woods. It doesn’t work as horror, which isn’t entirely surprising, but it doesn’t work as comedy, either. And that’s shocking. Stuck in a town in the middle of nowhere after a blowout, Cage’s nameless, silent character is offered a chance to earn the cash that’ll get his car fixed if he spends the night cleaning up the eponymous theme restaurant. But it’s a setup: every night, Willy the Weasel and his musical pals come to life, thirsting for blood. (Also, some local kids are trying to burn the place down.) With its episodic structure that pits Cage against one monster at a time between bouts of cleaning and the oc