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Tom's Guide
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
5 top new movies to stream this week on Netflix, HBO Max and more (July 22-28)
We're in the middle of summer, and the weather outside is certainly good enough that sitting at home watching movies might not be your top priority. However, the best streaming services are hoping to tempt you to stay indoors with a host of new flicks to watch this week. The biggest arrival is the debut of the long-awaited sports sequel 'Happy Gilmore 2' on Netflix. Adam Sandler is once again donning the hockey jersey of one of his most beloved comedy characters and stepping back onto the green for another round of anger-fueled golf. Plus, in the premium video-on-demand streaming world, 'Dangerous Animals' and 'Materialists' are hoping to convince you they're worth the rental fee, and they both make a good case for themselves. Below are my picks for the top new movies you can stream this week across all the biggest streaming services around. And don't forget to check out our companion guide to the best new TV shows you'll want to binge-watch over the next seven days. 'Jaws' is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, but if revisiting the Steve Speilberg classic isn't enough shark action for you, you might want to consider 'Dangerous Animals,' which frankly makes 'Jaws' look like a pleasant day at the beach. While the flimsy narrative has more holes in it than a surfboard chewed by a great white, Jai Courtney's deliciously unhinged performance is reason enough to give this intense thriller a watch. Zephyr (Hassie Harrison) is a drifter traveling around Australia's sunny Gold Coast who is abducted by a deranged serial killer called Tucker (Courtney) while going for a spot of surfing late at night. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Awaking chained to a bed in the hull of a rusty boat, Zephyr learns that Tucker has an obsession with sharks and feeds his various victims to these sharp-toothed sea creatures while filming the whole thing on a battered old camcorder. With time running out, Zephyr must find a way to escape and stop Tucker's reign of terror before she can become shark chum. Buy or rent on Amazon from July 21 In 2023, writer/director Celine Song blew me away with 'Past Lives.' It was among my favorite films of the year, and to this day ranks as perhaps the most heartachingly romantic movie I've ever watched. Her follow-up is 'Materialists,' and while the reception hasn't been quite as universally positive as it was for her debut, I'm still very eager to check this out. More of a romantic comedy than a romantic drama, and mining the well-worn genre trope of trying to find love in the increasingly tumultuous modern dating world, 'Materialists' stars Dakota Johnson as a New York City matchmaker who finds himself stuck in a thorny love triangle. On one side is the seemingly perfect guy (Pedro Pascal), and on the other is her imperfect ex-boyfriend (Chris Evans). Good luck choosing between them. Buy or rent on Amazon from July 21 I previously named "Until Dawn" as one of the top five worst movies I've seen in theatres in 2025 so far (and I've seen nearly 50 of them), so I can't exactly give this slasher horror a ringing endorsement. But, if you're a huge fan of the 2014 video game which inspired it, or just want a trashy horror that you can watch while also mocking alongside friends or a loved one, then 'Until Dawn' might fit the bill. At least now it's on Netflix, you don't have to pay a rental fee. This is a video game adaptation that is very loosely inspired by the PlayStation title from which it takes its name, as the characters, setting and location have all been changed. Instead of taking place in a snowy mountaintop cabin like the game, this version of 'Until Dawn' sees a group of friends trapped in a secluded house, and also stuck in a time loop. Each new loop brings a new terror, and it's their mission to survive the night and break free. Watch on Netflix from July 24 'Death of a Unicorn' is a horror-comedy with moments of fun, but it never quite manages to blend the two genres successfully enough to take full advantage of its admittedly novel premise. It falls into a less-exciting middle ground, and the subpar effects on the titular mythical creatures don't help much either. At least, a solid cast adds some star power with Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega and Richard E. Grant all involved and giving it their all throughout. The movie opens with a father (Rudd) and his spiky teenage daughter (Ortega) heading to an important business weekend where the former hopes to complete a lucrative business deal. On the way, they accidentally hit and kill a unicorn. Bringing the creature's corpse to the home of the father's billionaire boss kickstarts a chain of increasingly chaotic events. As the wealthy Leopold family, headed up by the smarmy Odell (Grant), looks to exploit the unicorn's healing properties for personal financial gain, nature fights back as a pack of vicious horned creatures arrive on the scene and cause complete chaos. Watch on HBO Max from July 25 Andy Sandler is stepping back onto the green as the long-awaited sequel to 'Happy Gilmore' arrives on Netflix this week. It's been almost 30 years since we last saw Gilmore, but it doesn't appear he's done all that much maturing in those decades. Based on the trailers, this comedy looks just as rage-fueled and loud-mouthed as its predecessor. Curiously, the plot of 'Happy Gilmore 2' is being kept under wraps, with Netflix itself not even offering an official logline, but based on the trailer, we can surmise that the sequel sees Gilmore come out of retirement and return to the professional golf scene to pay for his daughter's ballet school. It seems a standard setup for a sequel, but maybe there's a hidden twist? Questions can be asked about whether we need a 'Happy Gilmore' sequel after all this time, but I'm confident this original movie will be a Netflix hit and go straight to No. 1 in the streaming service's top 10 most-watched list. Watch on Netflix from July 25
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Adults-only pinball space and social club is Vancouver's latest addition
PORTLAND, Ore. () — The mullet of bars, 'classy' in the front and 'nerdy' in the back, is coming to Vancouver. is opening its doors on 114 E. Evergreen Blvd on Saturday, July 19. The venture comes from Todd Stryker and Chad White, who met through Vancouver's local gaming scene. Oregon K9 teams to aid in search for missing Texas flood victims The business partners have brought their affinity for gaming to the new space, which features skee-ball and 35 pinball machines. While the bar is only open to guests over 21, its co-owners hope it brings out the inner child in all of its visitors. 'We wanted it to be a place where pinball aficionados might come from all around,' Stryker said. 'But then simultaneously for Vancouver, which has really been kind of coming into its own in the last few years with our waterfront and a lot of that, but to have kind of a destination entertainment place — both locally and for other people to put us on the map.' Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now While Stryker and White have been spearheading the gaming and aesthetic aspects, they tapped Brandon Rush and Marcy Rush to operate the business and curate the food offerings. The husband-and-wife duo have previous restaurant experience as the people behind Vancouver's Thirsty Sasquatch and Hungry Sasquatch. Silver Ball's food menu includes 'elevated' bar fare, like fried cheese curds, chicken nuggets and smash burgers. Deep-fried Uncrustables, caviar-topped cornbread and a collard green sub are among the less expected offerings. Along with traditional craft cocktails, the beverage menu will feature drinks inspired by different pinball machines. Enthusiasts might recognize the Cactus Canyon cocktail, themed after the game of the same name, and the Gonna Need a Bigger Boat — inspired by the 'Jaws' pinball machine. Life after lockup: Coffee Creek gives inmates a second chance with construction skills 'We poured a lot of effort and a lot of creative energy into it, so just hoping everybody can appreciate all the little details,' White said. The grand opening celebration is slated for Saturday from 3 p.m. to midnight, with a DJ playing from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Unlimited pinball will cost $12 for the day. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Iconic ‘Jaws' Movie Poster Has 1 Major Mistake
The poster from the 1975 movie Jaws is one of the most recognizable pieces of movie key art of all time—but it's not completely accurate. Fifty years ago, the blockbuster film about a great white shark terrorizing beachgoers was plugged with a drawing of a shark that was not a great white. In a video post to Instagram, New York's American Museum of Natural History curatorial associate of Ichthyology, Ryan Thoni, revealed that the huge fish on the poster bearing its sharp teeth as a woman swims above is actually a smaller and less deadly species. 'The toothy fish in question is actually based on a specimen housed here in the ichthyology collection of the American Museum of Natural History. And that specimen? Not a great white,' he said. 'It's actually a shortfin mako shark. And it's still housed in our collection today." Thoni then uncovered the museum's mako—with the famous Jaws poster clearly in the background— showing it to be a dead ringer for the movie shark. 'Back in the 1970s, the renowned artist Roger Kastel visited the museum seeking inspiration for a film poster he was working on-- Jaws,' Thoni explained. 'He took photos of the shark models, including this one made from a shortfin mako, which eventually became the key art for the now iconic movie poster.' Although fast, makos are much smaller than the great white portrayed in Jaws, and accounts of them trying to attack humans are very rare, per Florida Museum's International Shark Attack File. While doing his research, Kastel likely thought the less-fearsome mako was a great white, but he also admitted to taking some artistic liberties when first creating the drawing for the paperback version of the Peter Benchley book that inspired the movie. 'I did a very rough sketch, and [the publisher] said, 'That's great, just make the shark realistic and bigger. Make him very much bigger!'' Kastel once said, according to Deadline. Despite the discrepancy with the shark species, the poster was a success because Kastel's shark was indeed terrifying. Kastel's original 20x30-inch Jaws painting went missing after the movie came out, so it was likely stolen. In a 2014 interview with Collector's Weekly, he revealed, 'It was hanging at the Society of Illustrators in New York. It was framed because it was on a book tour, and then it went out to Hollywood for the movie. I expected it to come back, but it never did.' June 20, 2025, marked the 50th anniversary of 'Jaws' Movie Poster Has 1 Major Mistake first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 21, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Megalodon at the Museum: Massive shark teeth on display at Buena Vista Museum
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For decades, kids and adults alike have watched 'Shark Week,' the week-long feature on the fish that have commanded the oceans since time immemorial. But what you may not know is that the king of the sharks might've swam down Chester Avenue millions of years ago. It probably didn't follow traffic laws, of course. At that time, Bakersfield was completely submerged underwater, part of the grand Pacific Ocean. But as the megalodon shark died out and the oceans receded to their current resting places, the sharks that swam up and down the streets of Bakersfield left remnants all over, particularly the now world famous Sharktooth Hill — leaving teeth from the granddaddy of them all. 'It was floating around here in Bakersfield around 14 to 16 million years ago,' said Koral Hancharick, executive director of Buena Vista Museum. 'For every inch of tooth, we know there are 10 feet of shark, and that holds true today. So when you have a six-to-seven-inch tooth, you have a 60-to-75-foot shark … they made 'Jaws' kinda look like a guppy.' A shark so big, they could eat baby whales whole, and their teeth, now on display at the Buena Vista Museum in downtown Bakersfield. It almost makes you glad that they've been extinct for around two million years. 19th Street's transformation has Eastchester businesses excited But when the meg, or, as Shark Week called it some years ago, Sharkzilla, was featured on the show, it was right on Sharktooth Hill where they filmed their special on one of the largest apex predators to walk — sorry, swim — the Earth. 'That was a pretty cool thing that happened here in Bakersfield,' said Hancharick. 'I just think that megalodon has a great following due to the different movies that dramatized it.' Certain movies of course, teasing that maybe there's a massive man-eating megalodon hiding deep in the ocean's depths. Doubtful, says Hancharick. 'If you talk to most scientists, its food chain was all close to shore, so it definitely wouldn't be in the deep,' said Hancharick. Well, good news: you don't have to worry about your yacht trip being cut short by a massive shark attack. Nowadays, the modern great white shark has taken the title of 'King of the Ocean,' but they should be counting their lucky stars that the megalodon, the 'Lord of the Seas,' isn't still around to show who is really the boss. If you want to see teeth from the biggest shark to ever grace the planet, you can see them at the Buena Vista Museum at 2018 Chester Ave. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Science
- Boston Globe
More hammerhead shark sightings off Cape Cod are a symptom of warming temperatures
Smooth hammerhead sharks are one of the largest hammerhead shark species, and they typically reside in temperate waters in coastal or tropical areas, according to ocean conservation nonprofit Reports of a smooth hammerhead shark spotted off Chatham was reported last summer, the Globe Advertisement According to Chisholm, Massachusetts beachgoers should exercise the normal amount of caution when entering the water, but there's no need for increased concern. Shark attacks are extremely rare, but Advertisement 'These sharks are fish eaters, they're not interested in humans,' he said. 'That said, they need to be treated with respect, because they are predators and they have the potential to bite. They're not pets.' White sharks, a cold-water species which has always been a staple in New England waters, are also Unlike smooth hammerheads, the increase in white shark sightings is more likely owed to population growth following stricter laws surrounding shark fin removal and harvesting. This increase has also coincided with shifting attitudes towards sharks as the widespread fear of great whites precipitated by 'Jaws' has died down. Biologists don't yet know what impact the evolving makeup of the regional marine ecosystem will have on local fish populations. However, Chisholm emphasized the importance of reporting shark sightings to scientists like him so that they can continue to gather data on how the changing climate is affecting marine wildlife.
