“My Oxford Year” is currently one of the top movies on Netflix, according to the platform’s public ranking system.
The romance film, based on Julia Whelan’s 2018 novel, follows an ambitious American woman (Sofia Carson) who sets out for the University of Oxford in England to fulfill a childhood dream and ends up falling for a charming local (Corey Mylchreest).
Some critics had less-than-thrilling things to say about the movie, noting its cookie-cutter characters, emotionally hollow plot and uninteresting adaptation of Whelan’s text. You can read HuffPost’s review of the film here.
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The latest installment of “Final Destination” is now available to stream, and it’s currently the top movie on HBO Max.
The sixth movie in the grisly horror franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning, as Death’s twisted ways plague a college student (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) with a violent, recurring nightmare from her grandmother’s past. She must then track down the one person who can stop the vicious cycle and save her family from Death.
“War of the Worlds,” a sci-fi thriller starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria, is currently the top movie on Prime Video.
Based on H. G. Wells’ legendary 1898 novel, the film is described as a “fresh take” on the familiar tale about a gargantuan invasion that’s “filled with present-day themes of technology, surveillance and privacy,” according to the synopsis. The cast also includes Iman Benson, Michael O’Neill, Clark Gregg, Henry Hunter Hall, Devon Bostick and Andrea Savage.
The top movie on Peacock right now stars Samara Weaving in a twisted tale about an obsessive fan.
“Borderline,” which hit theaters in March, centers on a ’90s pop superstar (Weaving) whose home is invaded by a helplessly romantic sociopath (Ray Nicholson) who believes they’re meant to be married. Jimmie Fails, Alba Baptista and Eric Dane also star in the film.
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