New movies to watch this weekend: See 'You Can See Everything' and 'Whalefall' in theaters, rent or buy 'Practical Magic 2' stream 'Love of Your Life' on Prime Video

Welcome to Trust Me, I Watch Everything , a weekly guide to notable new movies opening or becoming available each Friday.

This week brings one of the buzziest releases of the year to the big screen: the only recently announced Elizabeth Holmes documentary from Nathan Fielder, You Can See Everything, which is as good as, if not better than, the early reviews indicated. Also out now: Whalefall and Street Fighter.

If you'd prefer a movie night at home, you can rent or buy Buddy, the bizarre horror movie about an evil children's TV show mascot, or Runner, the Alan Ritchson-Owen Wilson buddy action comedy you didn't know you needed.

And over on streaming, you'll find a pair of straight-to-streaming debuts in the Margaret Qualley romantic drama tearjerker Love of Your Life , and Sacrifice on Netflix . There are also a slew of interesting documentaries newly available.

The buzziest release: You Can See Everything

Why you should rush out and see it : You've likely never seen anything like You Can See Everything, a documentary that plays like a definitive statement on the unknowability of others and how one person's "truth" isn't necessarily … true. It implicates the documentary form itself as inherently manipulative and far from objective, as it attempts to extract honesty and authenticity from disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes.

You Can See Everything is the first feature film from Nathan Fielder, a comedian whose nonfiction comedy shows Nathan For You and The Rehearsal serve as a twisted form of anthropology as much as they do pure cringe comedy, all of it involving real people who know they're on television but not that they're on a comedy show. The film is co-directed by Lance Oppenheim, a 30-year-old documentarian whose first non-doc film is also in theaters now: the Chris Hansen movie Primetime .

The logline is this: About a month before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her family's every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss. Fielder himself is featured on-camera nearly as much, if not more, than Holmes and her husband, Billy Evans, who is a whole other can of worms himself.

Fielder's awkward and invasive style provides for some wild moments. He and his film crew are actually living at Holmes's house, and there are as many laugh-out-loud bits as there are profoundly unsettling ones. You won't soon forget the beating of some eggs. A sequence in which Fielder shows Holmes, who claims that her extremely literal nature is the cause of the misunderstanding that others would call fraud, the famous Abbott and Costello "Who's on first?" comedy bit is simultaneously hilarious and illuminating, hands down one of the most memorable scenes I've ever seen in a documentary. Is semiotics really her problem?

The movie evolves into something even more fascinating as Fielder wrestles with Holmes and her insistence that she did absolutely nothing wrong and that her fall from grace is all just a huge misunderstanding. Ultimately, it seems to be playing with the idea that several things can be true simultaneously.

The action then shifts forward two years and becomes something completely different that people familiar with Fielder's work will instantly recognize: a meta deconstruction of the documentary form and the idea of performance.

The less said about the second half, the better, though it is some of the most enthralling cinema I've seen in a theater in ages. There was something extra special about experiencing a three-hour-long documentary with a packed house; everybody laughed at the same time and leaned forward in their seats together. The way the movie wants audiences to empathize with Holmes one minute and then take a step back to interrogate exactly why the filmmakers would show you that moment, is another layer, using form as function to underline its point.

You Can See Everything is a brilliant film that feels like it could, and should, become the first documentary ever nominated for best picture. It's an incredibly timely document of a post-truth society. The pairing of Fielder, known for his filmic manipulations, and Holmes, an alleged master manipulator now serving time, is a perfect match. You can see everything, but did you?

What other critics are saying : It's one of the best-reviewed movies of the year. AP's Lindsay Bahr aptly sums it up with "You want something you haven't seen before? Here it is." Amy Nicholson at the Los Angeles Times writes, "The biggest strike against Holmes is this documentary's very existence. Who on Earth would genuinely want Fielder, the human equivalent of a skunk, to crash their last moments with their loved ones as he does his darnedest to stink up the place?"

How to watch: You Can See Everything is now playing in theaters nationwide .

Why it's a mixed bag : " Austin Abrams gets into a situation " has become a movie genre unto itself, and mere weeks after the release of Resident Evil, he's gotten himself into another pickle.

Based on the book by Daniel Kraus, Whalefall is about a man who, following the death of his father, goes diving off the coast of California in search of his remains, only to be swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped in its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay realizes that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.

Whalefall is at its best when it's focused on the aforementioned "Austin Abrams in a whale's stomach" situation; unfortunately, a good chunk of the runtime is spent on melodramatic flashbacks depicting Abrams' character's strained relationship with his late father, played by Josh Brolin. Both actors give it their all and are very good, but the movie is, frankly, boring in these sections, and there are too many of them.

Whenever we do get to the inside-the-whale action, it's intense and engaging and forces you, the viewer, to wonder what the hell you would do in such a nightmare scenario. The practical effects go a long way, including the whale-stomach set they built for Abrams to get lodged in. The specifics of the whale digestive system's inner workings are also appropriately gross and scary. There's skin-burning acid in there!

Whalefall coasts on the promise of its premise just enough to eke out a recommendation despite being a bit underwhelming whenever the innards of a whale aren't onscreen.

What other critics are saying: They like it well enough. Nick Schager at the Daily Beast calls it a "biblical calamity that plays out in giddily squishy and stifling fashion" that "proves amusing genre pulp." The Guardian's Ben Lee, however, wasn't sold. "Flipping between a family drama of soul-searching and hackneyed advice-giving ('Survivors survive!') and the more immediate 4DX-suited rush of thrashing, squelching, splashing and panicking makes Whalefall a disorienting and frustrating experience," he writes.

How to watch: Whalefall is now playing in theaters nationwide .

Why it's a mixed bag: The maximalism is appreciated in Street Fighter, which unfortunately has far too much plotting for a movie based on a coin-operated arcade fighting game.

Whenever it gets down to business with its cartoonish violence — sometimes literally rendered in animated form, so often that you leave wondering why they didn't just do a cartoon movie instead — it delivers on the promise of over-the-top antics. It's loud, it's colorful and the score sounds like you're playing an old 8-bit game. The vibes feel right for the '90s arcade energy they're after.

The problem is that Street Fighter spends way too much time spinning its wheels, setting up its story, characters and their motivations. These are all basic elements required of most movies, to be sure, but ones that, I can assure the filmmakers, nobody cares all that much about in this specific movie.

The plot: In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.

The fights, unfortunately, feel more like afterthoughts. Hilariously, much like the Mortal Kombat adaptation from a few years ago, which just got a sequel I've already forgotten entirely, this movie has a perfect premise for "endless satisfying fight scenes" but fails to deliver. There's a literal tournament where people fight each other, yet many fights occur offscreen or are "canceled" for plot reasons. It's bizarre that both big-budget fighting movie series prize "lore" and plotting over making sure the action sings.

Street Fighter fans may get a kick out of seeing these characters onscreen again — it's the third go at it, after the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme one, which was a hit, and the 2009 bomb Legend of Chun-Li — but more casual moviegoers looking for a good time may find themselves exhausted by it.

What other critics are saying: It's largely getting knocked out, but it has its defenders. Jake Coyle at the AP writes, "As much as you might think a Street Fighter movie, good or bad, would at least offer up some bluntly entertaining hand-to-hand combat, it's so messily plotted and chaotically conceived that it makes a game with six buttons seem comparatively artful." TheWrap's William Bibbiani, however, writes that "[Director Kitao Sakurai's] raw enthusiasm for making this goofy-ass action movie is infectious. I'm not sure Street Fighter meets any conventional standard of quality, but it's undeniably its own thing."

How to watch: Street Fighter is now playing in theaters nationwide .

The Devils : Controversial British filmmaker Ken Russell's 1971 masterpiece is getting a wide release in its uncensored, NC-17 form for the first time. In the film, a charismatic 17th-century French priest (Oliver Reed) becomes the target of a sexually obsessed nun's (Vanessa Redgrave) witchcraft accusations, which corrupt church and state officials are all too happy to exploit.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ The movie was banned or censored in many countries due to its extreme depiction of religious blasphemy, graphic violence and sexual hysteria involving possessed nuns. The fact that you can now go see this at an AMC or Regal at the local mall is remarkable, and a major win for cinephiles who've only seen censored versions over the years. Get tickets.

Sense and Sensibility : A new take on Jane Austen's iconic novel, this is a charming, witty and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles . Get tickets.

Why you should see it : Casper Kelly, the guy famous for the viral Too Many Cooks bizarro comedy sketch and the Adult Swim Yule Log comedy-horror movies, makes his leap into the mainstream with this uniquely weird movie about a killer children's TV show mascot .

The premise is essentially: "What if a kid's show like Barney existed and Barney himself was an evil child murderer?" There are so many wild and fun ideas here, and the commitment to the bit is astounding, with incredible production design, costumes and invented characters.

I appreciated how out-there and surreal it gets, and particularly loved the mascot-centric gore. Cristin Milioti and Topher Grace star, while Keegan-Michael Key voices the titular Buddy.

What other critics are saying: They love him! Monica Castillo at AV Club writes, "Kelly recreates the look of these shows right down to their transition wipes and hip hop-lite choreography, but his darkest scares come from how someone who's not-so-nice gets away with bullying." TheWrap's Casey Loving , however, says, "Each time you think you're seeing the daylight of something potentially better to explore on the horizon, Buddy keeps dragging you back into the banal darkness. Like the kids, you deserve far better than whatever this lackluster production amounts to."

How to watch: Buddy is now available to rent or buy on Apple TV , Prime Video and other VOD platforms.

Why you should see it: A mismatched buddy action-comedy starring Owen Wilson? Welcome back, early 2000s!

In the latest flick from Angel Studios, whose theatrical footprint has really grown this year , a former soldier and his unlikely partner become the targets of a ruthless cartel while racing to complete a critical medical delivery and save the life of a little girl.

To get a bit more specific, Owen Wilson plays a guy transporting an organ on ice with a very specific, fast-approaching expiration date. This makes the organ highly sought after by bad people, as it would fetch a ton of money on the black market … or maybe somebody has another reason for wanting it.

Ritchson plays the extremely reluctant courier hired to transport Wilson, and his dedication to getting the job done at any cost really helps power the movie. The action is exciting and fun, and the banter between Ritchson and Wilson is a hoot and harkens back to a bygone era of Wilson-starring action comedies. The plot is simply an excuse to showcase chase and action sequences, and the movie capitalizes on every opportunity, using some really clever camerawork.

I found Runner to be about 10,000% better than I expected based solely on its poster and premise. They should teach it in film school to show how even tired, formulaic material can work when it's handled with care and performed well. I was totally in the palm of the movie's hand. It's an unexpectedly crowd-pleasing charmer that I hope finds an audience and becomes a sleeper hit. It's a great time at the movies.

What other critics are saying : They're similarly impressed, relatively speaking. Todd Gilchrist at Variety writes, "This clunky vehicle doesn't transcend its limitations — Wilson and Ritchson's efforts are the duct tape holding it together — but it's much better than anyone could have expected." TheWrap's William Bibbiani calls it "the porridge Goldilocks ate, if Goldilocks loved kicking butt and taking names."

How to watch: Runner is now available to rent or buy on Apple TV , Prime Video and other VOD platforms.

Hope: South Korean director Na Hong-jin is back with his first film since 2016's The Wailing, and it's a propulsive, wacky sci-fi creature feature that delivers blockbuster-sized spectacle in several memorable chase and/or action sequences. It's quite funny too, in ways both big and small. Hope ekes out a recommendation purely on the strength of its multiple extended set pieces, which are compelling before they start to get a bit repetitive. Read my full review here . Rent or buy .

Practical Magic 2 : Based on the fourth book in Alice Hoffman's popular series , the Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all. In the original film, the Owens sisters discover a family curse that causes all the men they truly love to die, leading them to adopt two different lifestyles to cope with it. Now, this curse has passed down to Bullock's children, with disastrous consequences. I found the movie's use of the legacy-sequel framework uninspiring and was never fully engaged with the story, which I felt hewed too closely to the original, both in content and in the way it's all so loosely connected. The biggest issue, though, is with the screenplay. Read my full review here . Rent or buy .

📺 Movies newly available on streaming services you may already have

Why you should stream it: Warning: this isn't a romantic comedy; it's very much a romantic drama, even more of a tearjerker. It caught me off-guard, so I feel the need to warn readers.

After a chance encounter sparks a sweeping romance, Maya's future is suddenly upended, sending her on an unexpected journey to love and live again. In other words, it's a movie about a woman who falls in love, loses that love and then must learn to live with that fact and/or possibly love again.

Love of Your Life works well because the romance it depicts in the first act is so believable and charming that, when it turns out to be too good to be true, you feel that heartbreak viscerally. It's an honest movie with the unflattering reality of grief on full display, and I appreciated that it didn't take the easy "this is escapism" route and instead felt more grounded.

Love of Your Life gets a little schematic with its plotting eventually, but the ultimate message of learning to let go of your grief in order to live a full life is an important one, and the movie does a good enough job of getting there.

What other critics are saying: They like it, mostly! Variety's Guy Lodge writes, "For viewers after a grown-up romantic drama with equal, counterbalancing side servings of tearjerking trauma and glossy wish-fulfillment, Love of Your Life will handsomely suffice." The Hollywood Reporter's Jourdain Searles , however, calls it an "unpersuasive romantic travelogue."

How to watch: Love of Your Life is now streaming on Prime Video .

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald : This Judd Apatow-directed documentary is a cleverly constructed profile of the beloved yet controversial comedian Norm Macdonald, told entirely through his own words, drawn from his many comedy sketches, stand-up bits, late-night talk show appearances and podcast gigs. It's a real treat for fans, especially as Apatow wrestles with who Macdonald, who died in 2021, really was, given he never shared too many personal details. Now streaming on Netflix .

Sacrifice : Netflix didn't provide early screeners for this one, but here's the logline: During a star-studded charity gala brimming with celebrities, billionaires and empty speeches, a movie star (Chris Evans) in the midst of an existential crisis is taken hostage by a radical warrior (Anya Taylor-Joy) and her devoted followers. Now streaming on Netflix.

Tenzing : This biopic starring Tom Hiddleston and Genden Phuntsok tells an incredible true story and renders it a total snoozefest. A determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest and defies seemingly impossible odds to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It never grabs you despite its subject matter. Now streaming on Apple TV .

The Death of Robin Hood : The Death of Robin Hood is so grim and bleak and dark that my initial response was simply to laugh at the audacity. In this gritty take on the man, myth and legend, we find Robin Hood (Hugh Jackman) grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder. He's also gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman (Jodie Comer), he is offered a chance at salvation. I understand the thematic idea at the center here: The harsh and brutal realities of life are often softened by the stories we tell. The violent truth is lost to history, and instead, we get legends about heroic figures. But something's off here. Read my full review here . Now streaming on HBO Max .

The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable : This wildly entertaining documentary explores how a Wu-Tang fan was able to infiltrate the group and become a member, and how he parlayed that position into being responsible for the Wu-Tang Clan's most widely publicized incident: the release, or lack of release, of their album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. The album was conceived like this: What if Wu-Tang made an album but only released a single copy, thereby driving up its value and treating it like any other work of art that people would go see in person at a museum? The saga only gets crazier from there, and depending on your perspective, you'll either appreciate the man's audacity or blame him for the madness and publicity surrounding the album. It's an interesting story! Now streaming on Netflix .

That's all for this week! We'll see you next Friday, when the big releases are Clayface , Wildwood and Wicker.

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