What to watch this weekend.
It’s a lovely, rainy weekend here in the mountains, and while a part of me wishes the sunny weather had lasted longer, another is enjoying the gray skies. After all, it’s a great excuse to sit around inside and binge TV shows and movies all weekend.
In that honorable pursuit, I aim to be your guide. The following is a list of new streaming content, ongoing shows, theatrical releases and everything you need to get yourself through the weekend—come rain or shine. Let’s dive in!
Be sure to let me know if there’s something I missed on Twitter or Facebook. Check out last week’s streaming guide here:
Alright, onto this week’s guide!
What’s New
There aren’t quite as many new offerings this week, but still a few interesting-looking picks. We’ll start with a new mystery on Netflix.
Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix — April 25th)
So think a modern-day Hardy Boys set in the UK and the teenage detectives are actually dead. They’re dead boy detectives who solve all sorts of spooky afterlife mysteries. This one is actually doing really well with both critics and audiences alike, which means Netflix will probably cancel it after one season.
Knuckles (Paramount+ — April 26th)
The highly-anticipated Sonic the Hedgehog TV spinoff Knuckles should be a fun diversion for the whole family. It’s not doing terribly well with reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences seem to be enjoying it.
THEM: The Scare (Prime Video — April 25th)
Rocking a 100% critic and audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, THEM: The Scare looks pretty damn scary. Set several decades after the events of THEM: Covenant, the new season follows LAPD detective, Dawn Reeve, who finds herself investigating a gruesome murder. As she gets closer to the truth, something wicked this way comes.
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Hulu — April 26th)
A documentary about Bon Jovi. I suspect this will have a pretty passionate niche audience.
Monkey Man (VOD — April 23rd)
Dev Patel stars and directs in this John Wick-esque action movie. I’ve been waiting for this to come to streaming. It looks like a lot of fun.
What’s Ongoing
There are a bunch of shows currently airing—far too many to keep up with, especially since I’ve been on a BritBox kick, watching stuff like Blue Lights and Line Of Duty—so instead of posting trailers for each of these, here’s a brief summary of a good chunk of currently airing TV shows that should be on your radar.
Missing from this list is Shogun, which aired its finale this past week. I really enjoyed the Japanese historical drama, but had somewhat mixed feelings on the finale. You can read my review here.
- The Sympathizer is a Vietnam-era spy show about a Viet Cong operative who infiltrates the South Vietnamese army and eventually comes to the United States, starring Robert Downey Jr. airing every Sunday on HBO / Max.
- Sugar on Apple TV+ stars Colin Farrell as a private detective in a neo-noir missing persons case. New episodes come out each Friday.
- Under the Bridge based on a true story—and the true-crime book by Rebecca Godfrey—this looks into the murder of a teen girl in British Columbia and the teen girls accused of her murder.
- Star Trek: Discovery’s fifth season is airing every Thursday on Paramount+. I’m behind on all things Star Trek, truth be told.
- Parish on AMC with Giancarlo Esposito. I tried the first episode of this out and got a little bored and decided to watch something else. I have not yet returned to this show, and I’m not sure I will. But Esposito is terrific in The Gentlemen on Netflix which I’m absolutely loving. What a fun show!
- A Gentleman in Moscow on Paramount+ starring Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, about a Russian aristocrat under house arrest following the Soviet Revolution. New episodes come out on Sundays.
- X-Men 97 on Disney+ brings back the classic, vintage feel of the old X-Men series. It continues airing on Wednesdays and really is a lot of fun.
- Mary and George on Starz. A sex-fueled historical drama of political intrigue, deception and black humor set during the reign of King James I—loosely based on true events. Julianne Moore is the main draw here. New episodes air each Friday.
In Theaters
This may be a streaming guide but I always try to post one or two theatrical releases as well because going to the movies is awesome.
Boy Kills World — April 26th
This looks like a fun action movie to sort of turn your brain off to, starring Bill Skarsgård as a guy simply called “Boy” who sets off on a quest to avenge his murdered family at the hands of a deranged matriarch in a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty. Boy himself is not only an orphan, but deaf and mute. He’s trained by a mysterious shaman and then it’s off to the martial arts races for some good old-fashioned revenge. (It certainly looks better than Skarsgård’s other upcoming revenge flick, the rebooted Crow).
Further reading from your humble guide:
And don’t forget to check out last weekend’s guide for whatever you may have missed!
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