MOVIES: Pixar Is Back and Frankenstein Has Dance Sequences

New movies this weekend include a Pixar film that the people who wrote Pixar off are going to have to reckon with. You put a human consciousness into an animatronic beaver body, you cast it brilliantly, you skirt the line between genuinely funny for adults and sweet enough for kids, and apparently you get the best thing Pixar has made in years. Hoppers is the surprise of the weekend.

Then there is The Bride, which is Maggie Gyllenhaal writing and directing a Frankenstein reimagining set in 1930s Chicago with Jessie Buckley as the bride, Christian Bale as a weathered and lonely monster, Annette Bening as the mad scientist, dance sequences, Guillermo del Toro vibes, Tim Burton energy, and bold swings that reportedly land.

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Streaming: Jack Reacher Finds an Alien Robot and SCTV Is Finally All Online

What to watch this weekend on streaming starts with Alan Richson in War Machine on Netflix, which is not a Jack Reacher film but absolutely scratches that itch and then does something completely different with it. Army vet. Ranger training. Buried object in the landscape. Alien robot. Turn the sound up and turn your brain off. This is the one to watch loud this weekend.

On Paramount Plus, Marshalls is the first non-prequel Yellowstone spinoff and on Prime Video, all of SCTV is now available to binge after Catherine O’Hara’s passing brought the clips back into circulation. John Candy. Eugene Levy. Dave Thomas. A murderer’s row of Canadian comedy that holds up completely.

War Machine is the loud fun one. Marshalls is the slow burn one. SCTV is the one you put on and do not stop.

Topics: what to watch streaming weekend, War Machine Netflix, Marshalls Yellowstone Paramount Plus, SCTV Prime Video, streaming recommendations

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Originally aired on2026-03-06