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New Movies & Shows: Binge-Worthy Weekend

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This week, streaming platforms offer a diverse range of movies, from comedies to horrors and biopics. On Prime Video, Mark Wahlberg stars in Balls Up, a wild comedy about a condom deal gone wrong. HBO Max presents Christy, a biopic about the real-life boxing champ, and Dust Bunny, a quirky family horror with Mads Mikkelsen. Netflix brings the Broadway recording of Merrily We Roll Along, featuring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez. Viewers are also buzzing about Roommates on Netflix, a college comedy starring Adam Sandlers daughter, and Outcome on Apple TV, a dark Hollywood satire with Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill. Hulus Shelby Oaks mixes true-crime doc vibes with supernatural chills, while Shudder offers Night Patrol, a vampire cop movie starring CM Punk. Peacock has Midwinter Break, a slow-burn drama about an older couples trip to Amsterdam, and Netflix rounds it out with Thrash, a thriller featuring Phoebe Dynevor facing bull sharks in floodwaters.

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!New Movies & Shows: Binge-Worthy Weekend. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On April 17th, streaming platforms are loaded with fresh movies this week, from comedies to horrors and biopics. On Prime Video, Mark Wahlberg stars and balls up, where he and a buddy pitch a condom deal for the World Cup that spirals into a wild chase with tanks and beasts. HBO Max drops Christie, Sydney Swinney's take on the real-life boxing champ's brutal rise in toxic marriage. Meanwhile, HBO Max also has Dustbunny, a quirky family horror, with Mads Mikkelsen as a hitman helping a kid fight a bed monster, plus Sigourney, Weaver in the mix. Netflix brings the Broadway recording of Marely We Roll Along, featuring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsey Mendes, and a Sondheim story of, friends falling apart over time. Viewers are buzzing about the variety, hitting every vibe from college laughs in Netflix's roommates, starring Adam Sandler's daughter Sadie alongside. Chloe East is feuding freshmen. To dark Hollywood satire on Apple TV's outcome, with Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill uncovering

blackmail secrets. Hulu's Shelby Oaks mixes true crime dot-bibes with supernatural chills as a woman hunts her missing paranormal investigator sister. Shutter offers Nipotrol, CM Punk, as a vampire cop clashing with his partner, and Peacock as Midwinter Break, a slow-burn drama of an older. Couples Amsterdam trip, sparking self-discovery. Netflix rounds it out with Thresh, Phoebe Dinevore, facing bullsharks and floodwaters after a hurricane. Fire up your couch, grab the remote, and let these pics fuel your weekend binge, no matter your genre jam. Pot culture, powered by AI. This is Entertainment and celebrity news today. I'm Corey with The Story.

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