It is a conflict of the comedian ebook titans this week as Marvel and DC go head-to-head in a TV bout for the ages. Certainly, the Disney- and Warner-owned comedian giants have launched new reveals this week, so you will be extremely unsurprised to study that the duo lead our streaming suggestions for the weekend.
It is not simply Disney Plus and Max who’re popping out swinging this week, although. Two extra of the world’s finest streaming companies have some new motion pictures and TV reveals to carry you on the stay-at-home watching entrance, too, so in case you’re not a fan of superheroes or cinematic comedian ebook franchises, one in every of this text’s different 5 ideas ought to take your fancy. Take pleasure in!
Agatha All Alongside (Disney Plus)
Simply after I thought I might lastly obtained WandaVision‘s extremely catchy (and widespread!) unique music out of my head, Marvel has solely gone and named a complete TV spin-off after it. That is proper, Kathryn Hahn’s pleasant and morally complicated Agatha Harkness is again, with the calculating witch’s personal collection – Agatha All Alongside – lastly launching in time for spooky season.
Stripped of her powers by Wanda Maximoff in WandaVision‘s ultimate episode, Harkness should cobble collectively her personal coven of misfit witches to traverse the Witches’ Highway, a harmful realm that, if efficiently navigated, will flip a traveler’s long-held dream into actuality. No strain, then, gang.
Based mostly on its quite a few trailers, this Marvel Part 5 present seems to be prefer it might be one other MCU TV venture that dominates on-line discussions all through its nine-episode run. I am unable to wait to see extra after its campy, catty, chilling, and cackle-inducing two-episode premiere – though, as I famous in my Agatha All Alongside evaluate, I needed it leaned extra into its horror roots. Anyway, altogether now: It was Agatha all alooooooong!
Tom Energy, senior leisure reporter
The Penguin (Max)
Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb/The Penguin was one in every of many highlights of mine in 2022’s The Batman (you possibly can learn extra on the others in my evaluate of The Batman). Even so, contemplating his display screen time – in a near-three-hour lengthy film, no much less – totalled a curt eight minutes, I used to be hesitant concerning the prospects of this sleazy, crafty legal having the ability to star in one of many finest Max reveals ever made. (NB: The Penguin is offered to stream on Sky/Now TV within the UK and Binge in Australia.)
I needn’t have apprehensive. The Penguin is an absolute blast from begin to end, with Farrell and co-lead Cristin Milioti’s (she performs Sofia Falcone) performances making this unmissable miniseries. By the point it got here to penning my ideas on the newest Batman live-action venture, I might solely watched the primary two episodes. Even then, although, I may inform The Penguin deserved to take a seat alongside The Sopranos in HBO’s crime drama pantheon. Now, having completed the total collection, I am tripling down on that opinion – it is simply that epic. Give Farrell and Milioti their 2025 Primetime Emmys trophies now, please and thanks.
Tom Energy, senior leisure reporter
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)
Ryan Murphy’s obtained fairly a darkish portfolio. From American Horror Story to Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, he is taken viewers down some twisted paths. His foray into true crime continues with the newest in his Monster collection, which focuses on Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who have been convicted of the homicide of their mother and father.
This double-murder resulted in an enormous investigation that has gone down in American historical past, largely because of Court docket TV broadcasting the trial. With some huge names like Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny concerned, this dramatization is nicely well worth the watch in case you’ve obtained the abdomen for it. A 3rd instalment of Monsters will discover the lifetime of serial killer Ed Gein, portrayed by Sons of Anarchy lead Charlie Hunnam.
Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
His Three Daughters (Netflix)
His Three Daughters already guarantees to be one of many finest Netflix motion pictures of 2024 with its 99% Rotten Tomatoes rating – and that is earlier than it has even began streaming on Netflix. His Three Daughters incorporates a star-studded solid of Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, and Natasha Lyonne, who play three estranged sisters that reunite in New York Metropolis to care for his or her in poor health father. Because the sisters wait at their father’s bedside throughout his ultimate days, they confront previous resentments and face contemporary struggles of their relationships.
I can inform this bittersweet portrayal of sisterhood in all its happiness and ache can have me laughing and crying till the very finish, so I am able to strap in for the emotional rollercoaster journey with one in every of September’s new Netflix motion pictures.
Grace Morris, leisure author
A Very Royal Scandal (Prime Video)
Identical to Netflix’s Scoop, which aired earlier within the 12 months, A Very Royal Scandal on Prime Video is one other bombshell drama about Prince Andrew’s explosive 2019 Newsnight interview. A Very Royal Scandal is a retelling of Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis’ journey main as much as her interview with Prince Andrew on the BBC Two information and present affairs programme.
Michael Sheen takes on the position of Prince Andrew, whereas Ruth Wilson performs Maitlis, so if the 2 main stars are something to go by, there is a risk that this might find yourself as one of many finest Prime Video reveals.
Grace Morris, leisure author
Twilight of the Gods (Netflix)
Zack Snyder wants no introduction round these components, however the beloved/divisive director’s (delete as relevant) partnership with Netflix obtained off to an inauspicious begin with the arrival of his two-part Insurgent Moon film. Regardless of pulling in viewers when Insurgent Moon Half 1 aired final December, each movies’ essential and industrial receptions left rather a lot to be desired, and it is unclear if Snyder’s epic sci-fi franchise will likely be given the time, effort, and cash it calls for to show its fortunes round.
The previous DC Cinematic Universe (DCEU) filmmaker, then, will hope this Norse mythology-inspired, R-rated animated collection will fare higher. Twilight of the Gods stars Sylvia Hoeks as Sigrid, an iron-willed warrior who, after assembling a ragtag group of crusaders, embarks on a death-defying mission of revenge after Thor murders her betrothed – and on her marriage ceremony day, no much less. One to affix comparable grownup animated fare like Arcane and BoJack Horseman on our finest Netflix reveals checklist? I assume it is determined by how bloody and thunderous it’s.
Tom Energy, senior leisure reporter
I Noticed The TV Glow (Max)
I Noticed the TV Glow remains to be my favourite horror of the 12 months. My colleague Rowan Davies agrees, too, in his *ahem* glowing private piece on I Noticed The TV Glow, the place he explains the way it made him re-watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is easy to see why, as this highly effective coming of age story does discover subjects of id, fandom, and extra, with the assistance of a creepy fictional TV present known as The Pink Opaque.
Horrors like this are particular and do not come round on a regular basis. This is not soar scares galore or filled with excessive gore (as a lot as there is a house for that) – as an alternative, it is refined but eerie all through. Certainly, one in every of September’s new Max motion pictures not solely depends on this sense of dread and discomfort, however a normal deeply unsettling feeling that one thing is lacking. Two unlikely youngsters bond over this barely campy, 80s-esque supernatural collection, and the result’s one thing as lovely as it’s haunting. To say an excessive amount of would spoil it however I am unable to suggest it sufficient, so you possibly can anticipate to see it on our finest Max motion pictures checklist very quickly.
Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
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