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What to watch: Best movies new to streaming from Scream VI to The Little Mermaid

Disney+ and Sky have released new films for fans to enjoy

Roxy Simons
·Entertainment Editor
·3-min read
Not sure what to watch this week? Look no further than new films like The Little Mermaid and Sharp Stick (Disney/Universal/Alamy)
Not sure what to watch this week? Look no further than new films like The Little Mermaid and Sharp Stick (Disney/Paramount/Alamy)

Wondering what to watch? This week has seen a number of new films come to streamers such as new family favourites and horror hits ahead of the spooky season.

Disney+ brought its newest live-action remake to its platform (along with a limited time price cut), while Sky and NOW is bringing two very different movies that film fans will enjoy.

Here is Yahoo's guide to the best new movies to watch this week.

The Little Mermaid | Disney+ (pick of the week)

Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid (Disney)
Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid (Disney)

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Dive into the magical world of The Little Mermaid, Disney's classic has been revamped for a modern audience and unlike past attempts to adapt a classic animation for live-action this one works well.

Starring Halle Bailey as Ariel, the musical follows the mermaid as she makes a deal with witch Ursula (Melissa McCarthy) to become a human and see Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) again only to have to lose her voice and need to find a way to get it back.

Scream VI | Sky Cinema and NOW

A still from the teaser trailer for Scream VI. (Paramount)
A still from the teaser trailer for Scream VI. (Paramount)

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The horror never stops, not for the characters in the Scream franchise at least. Ghostface is back for a sixth time around and he's targeting all of the people who got away from him in the past.

Starring Courtney Cox, Jenna Ortega, and Hayden Pannetiere, the film takes the story to New York City where the characters will have to use all of their wits to survive the terror that haunts them.

Sharp Stick | Sky Cinema and NOW

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Kristine Froseth and Jon Bernthal in Sharp Stick (Alamy).

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Lena Dunham steps into the director's chair for a coming-of-age story about a young woman, Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), having a sexual awakening when she takes a job as a babysitter for Josh (Jon Bernthal) and his wife Heather (Dunham), with Sarah Jo and Josh embarking on an affair.

The best films to watch on TV this weekend

Streaming services aside, there are a number of movies that will air on freeview TV over the weekend that will make for a fun film night, even if they are recent classics rather than new releases.

Cho Yeo-jeong in 'Parasite'. (Credit: Curzon)
Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite. (Curzon)

BBC One has a few movies that films fans will enjoy such as Christopher Nolan's war epic Dunkirk on Saturday 9 September, and Aardman's family hit Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit which is screening on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Channel 4 will be airing Bong Joon-ho's Korean classic Parasite on Sunday at midnight, and ITV Be is bringing rom-com classic My Big Fat Greek Wedding to the small screen to coincide with the release of the third film in the franchise.

Here are Yahoo's picks of the weekend:

Saturday, 9 September

  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 8pm, ITV Be

  • Dunkirk - 10.30pm, BBC One

  • War for the Planet of the Apes - 11.40pm, Film4

Sunday, 10 September

  • Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - 4.15pm, BBC One

  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - 10.30pm, BBC One

  • Parasite - 12am, Channel 4

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