7 new movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and
more this weekend (August 15)

Date:
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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From sci-fi horror and gritty thrillers, to adult-oriented and child-friendly animated offerings, there's lots to watch at home this weekend.

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It only feels like August has just begun, but we're already halfway through the eighth month of 2025. If you're worried that time is going too fast, you might want to console yourself with one of the many new movies and shows that have debuted on the best streaming services this week.

There's plenty for fans of all genres to enjoy, too. Indeed, from sci-fi horrors and crime thrillers, to a pair of animated offerings one's family-friendly, the other definitely isn't you'll find something worth watching with our experts' help. Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter Alien: Earth (Hulu/Disney+)

It's high time someone created a TV show set in the Alien universe. Step forward Noah Hawley ( Fargo , Legion ), who's finally delivered on that front for Hulu (US) and Disney+ (internationally).

Set two years before the 1979 original film, Alien: Earth brings the sci-fi horror series' iconic Xenomorphs and a bunch of other nasty creatures to our home world. It's up to Wendy (Sydney Chandler), a Hybrid an android with the consciousness of a child to lead the charge in combatting the threat posed
by said terrifying organisms.

Episodes 1 and 2 are out now, with new chapters dropping every Tuesday or Wednesday depending on where you live. Before you stream it, read my Alien: Earth guide for a full lowdown on the show and my Alien: Earth review to see what I thought of its first six entries. Watch Alien: Earth on Hulu (US) and Disney+ (internationally) Fixed (Netflix)

If you're a fan of the crass and explicit humor of The Ren and Stimpy Show , and have been craving more over-the-top 2D animations, one of this month's
new Netflix movies Fixed is just the ticket. It's a raunchy tale about a bull dog that's about to neutered after getting a bit too frisky with his owners, but not before one last hurrah with his pals.

Created by Genndy Tartakovsky, who's behind hit animations like Dexter's Laboratory, Primal, and Samurai Jack, the film draws on his high-school friends for inspiration, but hasn't gone down well with critics and audiences alike. Maybe it'll fare better with you? Amelia Schwanke, senior entertainment editor Watch Fixed on Netflix Butterfly (Prime Video)

Prime Video s new spy thriller Butterfly is a six-part series that's based
on the graphic novel series by Arash Amel, and focuses on a former intelligence operative who finds himself pursued by a sociopathic agent due
to past decisions he's made.

The series stars Squid Game s Park Hae-soo, Lost s Daniel Dae Kim, and Kim Tae-hee, who starred in the Netflix K-Drama Hi Bye, Mama . If you're in the mood for thrills and familial drama, this could be your new favorite Amazon
TV Original. Lucy Buglass, senior entertainment writer Watch Butterfly on Prime Video Limitless: Live Better Now (Hulu/Disney+)

It's the unexpected Avengers: Doomsday tide over you didn't know you needed. Thor star Chris Hemsworth is back for another round of gruelling physical punishment that takes him all over the globe. This time, though it's all in the name of learning how to live healthier for longer.

Limitless: Live Better Now bridges the gap between mental and physical health, and it's clear Hemsworth has picked up some new habits for life along the way. Beginning with Hemsworth learning the drums to play for Ed Sheeran's sold-out stadium tour in episode 1, he deftly learns to scale a 600ft artificial climbing wall in Switzerland in episode 2. For the explosive finale, he's entered into one of the strictest SAS training regimes in the world, resulting in him being maced at point-blank range by a South Korean officer. Rather him than me... Jasmine Valentine, entertainment writer Watch Limitless: Live Better Now on Hulu (US) and Disney+ (internationally) The Legend of Ochi (HBO Max)

The Legend of Ochi is fun for all the family this weekend. One of August's new HBO Max movies follows a farm girl named Yuri who's been is taught to not go outside after dark, because of fearsome reclusive creatures called the Ochi. However, when she finds a lost and injured baby Ochi, she embarks on a journey to reunite it with its family.

The directorial debut for Isaiah Saxon, this A24 offering on HBO Max has a starry cast including Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, and Willem Dafoe. Relative newcomer Helena Zengel plays the role of Yuri, following her international film debut in News of the World . LB Watch The Legend of Ochi on HBO Max Night Always Comes (Netflix)

Toto, we're not in The Fantastic Four: First Steps anymore. In one of August's new Netflix movies Night Always Comes , Marvel star Vanessa Kirby plays Lynette, an almost-broke former sex worker who's working at a bread factory to try and keep a leaking roof over her family's heads. When her mom decides to spontaneously blow their $25,000 house down payment on a new car, Lynette's at risk of losing their house altogether. In a complete state of panic, she takes off into the night to try and raise the same amount of money by any means necessary.

Lynette really means any, too. We're seeing Kirby in some situations we've never seen her in before, from clobbering strange men to death over a stolen safe to selling illegal drugs in the back room of a shady pawn shop. From
that angle alone it might be one of the craziest Netflix original movies of the year, and I really didn't guess what was coming until its closing
moments. Shoutout to my favorite performance of the bunch in Julia Fox...
with so much personally branded cultural capital, I forget she's actually a dang good actress. JV Watch Night Always Comes on Netflix Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical (Apple TV+)

Looking for an animation that's more suited to the whole family? I suggest heading over to Apple TV+ this weekend to stream Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang in Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical.

This musical special, which is one of the five new Apple TV+ shows in August 2025 , sees the gang break out into original songs by Jeff Morrow, Ben Folds, Alan Zachary, and Michael Weiner as they stumble upon a treasure trove of instruments.

The Apple Original is set to delight fans of the Peanuts comics as it's been more than three decades since the first Peanuts musical was released. I don't doubt it'll fill your weekend with a heavy dose of nostalgia. AS Watch
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical on Apple TV+ You might also like Netflix releases the official trailer for Wednesday season 2 part 2 and it's a shock-filled teaser worth dying for HBO Max reveals final trailer for Peacemaker season 2 and it might have spoiled one of the popular show's biggest surprises Prime Video releases new look at Fallout season 2 in first official poster, but it's not the big reveal I'm hoping we get before the end of August



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7 new movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and more this weekend (November 7)

Date:
Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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From the final Marvel movie of 2025 to Vince Gilligan's big-budget new TV show, here's what's worth watching this weekend.

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The world's best streaming services have come out swinging in the penultimate month of 2025. With three huge new movies , plus four new and/or returning shows, landing on numerus platforms in the first week of November, there's lots of great content for you to watch this weekend.

In fact, the competition has been so fierce that potentially big offerings, such as Netflix's Death by Lightning , didn't even make the cut, which gives you a sense of how robust this week's line-up is. Don't delay any longer,
then read on to see what's worth streaming before Monday arrives once more. Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney+)

The first of November's new Disney+ movies is ironically the final Marvel
film of 2025.

A period piece set in an alternate reality to the MCU , the first
live-action film to do so, FYI The Fantastic Four: First Steps represents
the titular team's first foray into the comic giant's ever-expanding
cinematic franchise. In it, the iconic quartet face off against Galactus, a world-devouring cosmic entity hell-bent on kidnapping the newborn son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm for reasons that'll become clear when you watch the Marvel Phase 6 opener.

Want to see if it's worth watching? Read my spoiler-free review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps . Once you've streamed it, check out my ending explained piece on The Fantastic Four: First Steps to see how it sets up Avengers: Doomsday , aka the second of two Marvel films arriving in 2026. TP Watch The Fantastic Four: First Steps on Disney+ Frankenstein (Netflix)

If Frankenstein is your most anticipated Netflix release of 2025, you have great taste. Even better, I'm happy to report that Guillermo Del Toro's
latest offering completely lives up to our already-high expectations.

I'm counting on Jacob Elordi to get an Oscar nomination for his role as The Creature, but the production design on this movie (no CGI or AI has been
used) is basically a character all its own. Every detail is breath-taking, stacking up to make the classic Mary Shelley gothic novel feel more grandiose and operatic than ever.

The best part about one of November's new Netflix movies ? How much love is poured into every frame. Del Toro has made his biggest childhood dream come true here and the story emanates hope, not hate, in return. Jasmine Valentine, entertainment reporter Watch Frankenstein on Netflix Pluribus (Apple TV)

"The world's most miserable person must save the world from happiness". If that's not a logline that'll immediately pique your interest about Apple's latest sci-fi offering, I don't know what will.

Okay, maybe the fact that Pluribus , whose first two episodes are out now on Apple TV (formerly Apple TV+), was created by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul 's Vince Gilligan. Maybe the fact that it stars Rhea Seehorn as a misanthropic author who has to navigate a new status quo when almost all of humanity falls prey to a virus that turns them into autopiloted
happy-go-lucky individuals. And, maybe the fact that this multi-genre show narratively goes against the grain in more ways than one.

Basically, consider this to be one of the best Apple TV shows of 2025 and
one you won't want to sleep on because, oh boy, is it the kind of series that fans will theorize about for months on end. TP Watch Pluribus on Apple TV Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 (Netflix)

It's a testament to the Squid Game IP that we're still invested in its gameplay after the main show ended in June. Indeed, 456 new players are
taking on the challenge of winning $4.56 million and, unsurprisingly, the reality TV show follows in the footsteps of Squid Game season 2.

Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 introduces Mingle, Six-Legged Pentathlon, and Catch from the original show. Meanwhile, two brand-new games Count and Slides & Ladders join the rotation.

It means we miss out on classics like Red Light, Green Light (still annoyed about that), but new twists and turns have also been introduced. Did you know the dorm has a secret boiler room, kitted out with a vending machine? It's about to be the worst-kept secret on Netflix . JV Watch Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 on Netflix Maxton Hall season 2 (Prime Video)

It's finally time to return to Maxton Hall Private School in Oxford, England, to see what will come of the whirlwind romance between the arrogant and entitled James, and the quiet scholarship student Ruby in Maxton Hall The World Between Us season 2.

While the pair were initially rivals, they now seem happy together but, how long will that last when James' family is thrown into turmoil? Will their relationship survive or will Ruby find herself back in her old life?

Adapted from Mona Kasten's novel 'Save Me', the first three episodes of
Maxton Hall season 2 are streaming now on Prime Video and if you loved The Summer I Turned Pretty, then you'll definitely want to tune in. Amelia Schwanke, entertainment editor Watch Maxton Hall season 2 on Prime Video Materialists (HBO Max)

I adored Celine Songs 2023 debut Past Lives , so I had high hopes for her second A24 romantic drama Materialists (it's out now on HBO Max ) ,
especially with the filmmaker once again drawing on her own life for inspiration.

Just as Song once was, Dakota Johnson plays a New York matchmaker who finds herself torn between Pedro Pascal's bachelor, which society deems her perfect match, and her ex (played by Chris Evans) who still holds a flame for her.

Its a classic will-they-wont-they story set against the backdrop of luxurious Manhattan living, interwoven with reflections on modern dating, societal expectations, and consumerism. Despite being one of the standout new HBO Max movies , Materialists received mixed reviews upon its initial release, but thats all the more reason to watch it yourself and see if you agree with
those sentiments. AS Watch Materialists on HBO Max All's Fair (Hulu/Disney+)

What do you mean Ryan Murphy's new Hulu and Disney+ series All's Fair has scored 0% on Rotten Tomatoes ... and what do I mean when I say you still need to watch it?

Frankly, this fictional all-female law firm, comprised of Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash and Teyana Taylor, is the gift that keeps on giving. Imagine Paulson and Close having a stunning swearing match either end of a huge boardroom table. Imagine Kardashian wrecking someone's car with a golf club while not emoting at any point in the series. Imagine Watts just trying her best to exist among the chaos. That's what I call TV magic.

In essence, Murphy has made something to be exclusively enjoyed by the generation that has rooted for him through thick ( American Horror Story season 2) and thin ( American Horror Story season 12). It's a thank you gift for our relentless passion that has helped Murphy's 2000s TV empire to exist in the way it has and we should be thankful for it. JV Watch All's Fair on Hulu (US) and Disney+ (internationally)

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