The Best Movies To Watch on Hulu – CNET [CNET]

March 15, 2022 Gael Fashingbauer Cooper technology

Dom Chanel stars as Mary Jenkins in Starkeisha.

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Four new movies come to Hulu this week, including Starkeisha, the first film from Andscape, which focuses on Black stories. Here’s a look at all four of the new films, followed by CNET’s full rundown of the very best Hulu originals.

What to watch this week (March 7-14)

Monday

Starkeisha (2022) — While preparing for a prestigious job interview, a young Black woman is thrust into a fantastical world of Blackness that helps her find her authentic voice.

Tuesday

India Sweets & Spices (2021) — Alia Kapur (Sophia Ali) returns to her family’s posh suburban New Jersey home after a year away at college and upends their well-ordered life with her brash independence.

Thursday

American Refugee (2021) — With the American economy in collapse and the nation under martial law, a family seeks shelter in their neighbor’s bunker, where the danger inside is potentially greater than the danger outside.

Saturday

Multiverse (2021) — Four brilliant university students are forced to confront themselves in terrifying ways when their quantum physics experiment leads to an entangled parallel existence that leaves them questioning who they are and what is real.

Full list of best Hulu originals

Documentary

I Am Greta (2020)

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Minding the Gap (2018)

See at Hulu

Comedy

This road trip comedy covers familiar territory, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable. Kuhoo Verma and Victoria Moroles star as odd best friends: one a straitlaced student, the other a slacker who helps the former track down a Plan B pill in conservative small-town South Dakota — within 24 hours of a regrettable first sexual encounter. Following in the footsteps of the fast-paced and fresh Booksmart, Plan B is a witty, bawdy ride that holds nothing back.

Palm Springs (2020)

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Big Time Adolescence (2019)

See at Hulu

Romance

Happiest Season (2020)

See at Hulu

Drama

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland swept up awards at film festivals and unsurprisingly won best picture, best director and best actress at the Oscars. Zhao’s a true workhorse, directing, editing and writing this contemplative and fascinating drama about a woman (Frances McDormand) who leaves her home to travel around the American West. Get this: Members of the supporting cast are real-life nomads playing fictionalized versions of themselves. See this extraordinary piece of filmmaking from the director who’ll bring her unique lens to Marvel’s Eternals later this year.

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