New this week: 'No Sudden Move' and 'The Tomorrow War'

Every week, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Amazon is currently in talks with Chris Pratt for a sequel to its sci-fi war movie, The Tomorrow War, it is being reported.The news comes after the huge success of the Skydance and Amazon Studios film’s global streaming debut last weekend (July 2).

Following reports of strong viewership numbers from third-party sources like SambaTV, Amazon Studios is doubling down on the success of “The Tomorrow War.” which they clearly believe can be a viable streaming franchise.

There’s always another tomorrow.

The Tomorrow War is getting a sequel!

EXCLUSIVE:  In response to this past weekend’s hugely successful global streaming debut of The Tomorrow War, Skydance and Amazon Studios are in discussions, I hear, on the development of a sequel to the Chris Pratt sci-fi pic.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe battle may be won, but “The Tomorrow War” continues.A week after the time-traveling alien invasion thriller premiered on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Studios and Skydance are already in talks to produce a sequel to the film.

Amazon and Skydance are in talks to develop a sequel to “The Tomorrow War,” according to an individual with knowledge of the project.Talks are also underway to bring back the creative group including star Chris Pratt, director Chris McKay and screenwriter Zach Dean.

Amazon did not report viewership figures for their $200M Skydance acquisition title The Tomorrow War, but third-party streaming analytics corp Samba TV did, and the Chris Pratt movie drew 2.41M U.S. households during the 4-day holiday weekend.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIf you’ve seen Amazon Prime Video’s “The Tomorrow War,” then you’re familiar with the menacing alien creature that wreaks havoc on society.Director Chris Mackay’s new futuristic action film stars Chris Pratt as Dan Forester and Yvonne Strahovski as Colonel Muri Forester — time travelers who arrive from the year 2051 to warn humanity that a future war is being lost to an alien race, the White Spikes, who threaten to end the existence of mankind.Visual effects

, Amazon's big alien invasion action flick now streaming on Prime Video. The movie concerns a war happening 30 years in the future, with humanity on the brink of extinction after a species of not-so-peaceful extraterrestrials arrive on Earth.

Haley Bosselman editorYvonne Strahovski comes head-to-head with an alien army in her performance as Commander Romeo in “The Tomorrow War,” but the Australian actor says she’s also had a real-life extraterrestrial experience.“This is a legitimate story. Back in 2006 I was sitting on a beach cliff with somebody, somebody witnessed this with me.

For the first time in quite a while, the upcoming release schedule for films has veered back into some semblance of normal. There will still be several films that receive the treatment of being released in theaters simultaneously with a run on streaming services – either through a subscription such as HBO Max or paying for a movie while also having the streaming service, it will be available on such as “Black Widow” on Disney+.

The Tomorrow WarThe Tomorrow War Cast: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K.

The Tomorrow WarThe Tomorrow War Cast: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIndie moviemaker Amy Seimetz pulls off the ultimate heist in “No Sudden Move.”Though relatively unknown to most viewers, Seimetz slyly steals the star-studded film out from under the likes of Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro with her portrayal of a housewife who gets caught up in a dangerous plot to steal a priceless document.The Steven Soderbergh film is now streaming on HBO Max, and Seimetz is nothing short of a revelation.

Chris McKay’s thrilling “The Tomorrow War” drops you right into its wartime hell, literally, with an opening sequence that shows Chris Pratt falling from a smoke-filled sky as if he were in an apocalyptic round of “Fortnite.” It’s only the first of many bold screenwriting choices that helps fuel this original Amazon blockbuster, which then jumps back a few decades later to before the death and destruction, at a Christmas party in 2022.

Curt Goynes, a two-bit criminal just out of jail, needs cash and lands a seemingly easy payday at the beginning of “No Sudden Move.” All he has to do is detain a family in their home at gunpoint for three hours and then he can walk away with $5,000.

New York Post.The suspect, shown in a surveillance image, is described as having a dark complexion, being about 5’11” tall and weighing around 185 pounds, with facial hair.