7 new movies and shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, and more this weekend (January 26)

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Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:00:04 +0000

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From electrifying new crime dramas to World War II epics, here's what's worth watching this weekend.

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The final full week of January is almost over and, if you're like us, you'll be looking forward to relaxing and watching a good TV show or movie this weekend.

It's slim pickings on the latter front, however, so this week's streaming guide is packed with top-tier TV-based options. Leading the charge are
Apple's Masters of the Air series and Netflix 's latest crime drama Griselda
, but there are other choices on this list if neither of those sounds appealing.

So, without further ado, these are the seven small-screen offerings you won't want to miss on some of the world's best-streaming services over the next few days. Masters of the Air (Apple TV Plus)

The third installment in Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' World War II epic franchise, Masters of the Air has taken flight on Apple TV Plus .

The sky-faring cousin of Band of Brothers and The Pacific , this live-action adaptation of Donald L. Miller's book of the same name follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group. Also known as the Bloody Hundredth for the sheer number of casualties they suffered, the airborne division conducted perilous bombing runs over Nazi Germany during the devastating global conflict. As well as dodging enemy fire, they had to contend with freezing conditions, lack of oxygen, and other life-threatening incidents that exacted a psychological
toll on those who survived.

With a supremely talented cast including Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, and Ncuti Gatwa, Masters of the Air should be a soaring success and join our best Apple TV Plus shows list shortly.

Masters of the Air's first two episodes are out now. New entries release weekly until its March 15 finale. Griselda (Netflix)

Sofia Vergara looks almost unrecognizable in this hard-hitting gangster series, which retells the story of one of Colombia's most fierce and brutal criminals.

Griselda follows Griselda Blanco (Vergara), an ambitious and savvy drug
baron who created one of the most profitable cartels in 1970s and 1980s South America. Thanks to her ruthless underdog status, Blanco had an unprecedented rise to prominence. This saw her dubbed 'The Godmother' among her peers, but her devotion to her family which some, including the authorities, saw as a weakness eventually led to her downfall.

A shoo-in for our best Netflix shows guide, Griselda should dominate the Netflix charts with its heady mix of crime-laced drama, no-holds-barred violence, and Vergara's titanic performance.

All six episodes of Griselda are available to watch now. Queer Eye season 8 (Netflix)

The Fab Five are back that's right, the Queer Eye gang is returning for its eighth season. This time, the group is heading back to New Orleans to, according to Netflix, "jazz up the lives of their heroes one makeover at a time".

A runaway reality success, Queer Eye is sure to draw in lots of viewers with its latest season. Expect laughs and tears aplenty as Antoni, Bobby,
Jonathan, Karamo, and Tan transform even more lives and continue to prove kindness goes a long way.

Queer Eye season 8 is available in full now. Expats (Prime Video)

Nicole Kidman's latest Prime Video offering, which is based on Janice Y.K. Lee's novel 'The Expatriates' and helmed by Lulu Wang, will attempt to captivate audiences with its suspense-filled mystery drama.

Kidman stars as Margaret, whose life suddenly intersects with two other women
Hilary (Sarayu Blue) and Mercy (Ji-young Joo) following a Hong Kong-based family tragedy in 2014.

Will it have enough about it to join our best Prime Video shows article? Perhaps, but a lot will depend on whether Expats is thrilling enough to keep viewers glued to Amazon's primary streamer.

Expats' first two episodes are available to stream now, with new episodes airing weekly until February 26. Masters of the Universe: Revolution
(Netflix)

Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe reboot proved extremely divisive when
it arrived in July 2021. Indeed, Masters of the Universe: Revelation was panned by long-time fans reactions that infuriated Smith at the time.

Smith, plus the show's cast and crew, will be hoping Revolution fares better. Set soon after Revelation 's finale, Netflix's reimagining will pit
technology against magic as the newly mechanized Skeletor and his legion of Motherboard warriors take the fight to Prince Adam/He-Man and company.

Netflix has pumped out plenty of highly-rated animated shows in recent years, so we expect this to do reasonably well, too. Sure, considering the shows we've covered thus far, Revolution is up against it from a viewership standpoint, but you never know, it might surprise us.

Masters of the Universe: Revolution's five episodes are all viewable on Netflix today. Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero (Max)

This week's documentary offering comes from American rapper Lil Nas X, the artist behind viral hits including 'Old Town Road' and 'Montero'.

An HBO Original that's coming to Max tomorrow (January 27), Long Live Montero lifts the lid on the Grammy award-winning creative's life away from the stage and studio. Filmed as he prepares to embark on his first US headline tour,
Lil Nas X pulls back the curtain on his meteoric rise and personal journey to this point, which includes reflecting on coming out in June 2019 and being installed as a queer Black icon.

HBO has made a habit of producing fantastic documentaries, so Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero feels like it's already onto a winner. One to add to our best
Max documentaries list soon. Sexy Beast (Paramount Plus)

A Paramount Plus prequel series to the 2000 crime drama film of the same
name, Sexy Beast might be viewed as a curious addition to this week's streaming list. But, with few other options to include, it's snuck its way
in.

James McArdle stars as Gal Dove, a thief who teams up with best friend and fellow delinquent Don Logan (Emun Elliot) to rise through London's criminal underworld in the 1990s. When Gal begins a romantic dalliance with seductive adult film star Deedee (Sarah Greene), though, things become more complicated than the pair initially realized.

Sexy Beast may have enough about it to join our best Paramount Plus shows ranks, but that has more to do with the streamer's lack of barnstorming TV series than anything else. One to stick on if you've exhausted every other option available.

All eight episodes of Sexy Beast are out now.

For more streaming coverage, read our guides onthe best Disney Plus movies , best Netflix films , new Prime Video movies , and new Max films .



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7 new movies and shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, and more this weekend (August 2)

Date:
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 14:00:40 +0000

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From a plethora of new Netflix projects to a new animated Batman series, here's what's worth watching this weekend.

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It's time to wave goodbye to July and, to celebrate August's arrival, the world's best streaming services are going all-out to bring you a bigger than usual selection of great content to watch.

Indeed, there are so many new Netflix movies and TV shows debuting this weekend that this list could contain them all. But, in the interest of fairness, we want to give you a much wider streaming selection, so we've only included three, with the long-awaited Rebel Moon The Director's Cut leading the charge. If, though you've stomached enough Zack Snyder for this year, there are plenty of other things to choose from on Max , Prime Video , and more. Happy streaming! Rebel Moon The Director's Cut (Netflix)

I'm not a Zack Snyder superfan, but I was nonetheless eager to see what Rebel Moon (essentially, a Star Wars movie pitch Snyder repurposed for a new
Netflix sci-fi franchise) had to offer when its first chapter arrived in December 2023. Long story short: I was underwhelmed. You can read my Rebel Moon Part One review for more on why it failed to impress me. Its sequel Rebel Moon Part Two did likewise in April.

But, with R ebel Moon The Director's Cut , a six-hour movie extravaganza
that Netflix is calling "Zack Snyder's true vision", out now, I might be willing to give the director's new Netflix movies another chance. After all, it's supposedly sexier, more lore-heavy, and extremely violent. With some necessary storyline gaps and cut character development plugged into its extended runtime, maybe Rebel Moon will finally deserve a spot on our best Netflix movies list. I'll see if it does when I check it out this weekend,
and I advise you to do the same to enjoy (hopefully) it as Snyder original intended us to.



Tom Power, Senior Entertainment Journalist Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)

Batman fans saddened by the news that The Batman 2 has been delayed until 2026 will be pleased to hear that a new animated Dark Knight series, Batman: Caped Crusader , begins streaming on Prime Video this weekend.

Produced by J.J. Abrams ( Star Trek ), Matt Reeves ( The Batman ), and Bruce Timm ( Batman: The Animated Series ), this 10-part debut season which was originally destined for Max sees Batman battling trenchcoats and Tommy guns in 1940s Gotham. Hamish Linklater steps in for the late, great Kevin Conroy
as the voice of the titular superhero, while McKenna Grace, Jamie Chung, Christina Ricci, John DiMaggio, and Minnie Driver star in supporting voice roles.

The Guardian described Batman: Caped Crusader as "a highly satisfying, bat-to-basics take on the hero," so fans of the Batman: The Animated Series will surely find lots to love in this spiritual successor to that beloved 1990s show. Here's hoping it can earn a spot on our list of the best Prime Video shows .



Axel Metz, Phones Editor Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Disney
Plus/Hulu)

Crash-landing on Hulu and Disney Plus this weekend is Kingdom of the Planet
of the Apes, the 10th (!) film to be set in the Planet of the Apes universe and a pseudo-sequel to Matt Reeves excellent War for the Planet of the Apes . Taking place some 300 years in the future, Kingdom centers on an intelligent young ape called Noa (Owen Teague), whose clan of eagle-rearing chimpanzees
is captured by the tyrannical bonobo Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand). Freya Allen and William H. Macy also star in mysterious human roles, which I won't spoil here.

In my Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review , I described one of 2024's many new movies as a "thoroughly entertaining post-apocalyptic adventure that stands on its own two feet," so existing franchise fans needn't worry about the absence of Andy Serkis' Caesar. I also spoke to the film's director Wes Ball, who explained Kingdom 's timeline, setting, and cinematic universe , as well as why he had to shoot the entire film twice .


Axel Metz, Phones Editor Women In Blue (Apple TV Plus)

If you're looking to learn something cool this weekend, Women in Blue could teach you a lot about Mexico's first female police force. The new 10-episode series is based on true stories about these women, who challenged
conservative norms of the 1970s by enlisting in the police.

What has intrigued me the most about Women in Blue is the country's first all-female squad was merely a diversionary tactic from real issues, namely, a ruthless serial killer which the press has been very interested in. So, the women set about creating a secret investigation to try and do what their male counterparts were unable to. Good for them, honestly.

I'm really excited to watch this series, and since Apple has great original programming, such as Ted Lasso and Severance ( season 2 of Severance arrives in January!), I'm hoping for good things here. But, will it join our best Apple TV shows list? Only time will tell!



Lucy Buglass, Senior Entertainment Writer Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (Max)

I'm not just a horror movie fan, I also adore classic cinema. Many of these legendary Hollywood movies rely on star power, with plenty of names becoming icons. Among these is the always brilliant Elizabeth Taylor, and there's a
new HBO documentary about her.

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes is the latest project from documentary filmmaker Nanette Burstein, known for Hillary and the Netflix series Killer Sally . This time, she shines a deserved spotlight on Taylor, using newly discovered interviews and access to the star's personal archive to allow her to narrate her own story. The movie is said to "challenge audiences to reconsider her legacy", and you can expect to see personal photos, home movies, and clips from her iconic roles throughout.

Lucy Buglass, Senior Entertainment Writer Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (Netflix)

I can't wait to be transported back to my childhood with the new Saving
Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, which is based on the much-loved cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants that I'm sure everyone still adores to this day. In Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, Sandy and
SpongeBob venture to Sandy's home state of Texas to help save Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and the rest of their friends when Bikini Bottom is scooped out of the ocean.

To top off this nostalgia trip of a movie, the film stars the regular voice cast from the SpongeBob SquarePants series, with Tom Kenny voicing SpongeBob, Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy, Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, and Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick. I have fond memories of coming home from school and watching SpongeBob SquarePants, so I'm excited to see what Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie has in store.

Grace Morris, Entertainment Writer A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (Netflix)

Emma Myers instantly captured me with her memorable performance of the energetic werewolf student Enid Sinclair in the smash hit Netflix series Wednesday , so I'm looking forward to seeing her in the twisty mystery A Good Girl's Guide to Murder .

Based on Holly Jackson's novel, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder follows Pip Fitz-Amobi (Myers) who investigates the murder of a local school girl that still haunts her town five years later. The series has already earned a stellar 90% Rotten Tomatoes score after its July 1 debut on other channels in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, so it's very possible that A
Good Girl's Guide to Murder could end up on our best Netflix shows list.

Grace Morris, Entertainment Writer

For more streaming coverage, read our guides on the best Disney Plus shows , best Paramount Plus movies , best Hulu shows , and best Max movies .



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