Who’s prepared for an additional month full of latest films and TV exhibits to stream? The reply, after all, is you – and also you higher be a Netflix subscriber this week, in any other case your streaming choices will likely be comparatively piecemeal. For one, the normally dependable Prime Video does not have something new to supply this weekend, so it is as much as different high streaming providers to fill the void.
And fill the void they’ve. Whether it is the return of critically-acclaimed Apple TV Plus and Hulu exhibits, or the arrival of Studio Ghibli’s newest masterpiece on Max, there’s nonetheless loads to wrap your eyeballs round. Here, then, is what’s value watching on the world’s greatest streaming providers this weekend.
Rebel Ridge (Netflix)
When I first noticed the official trailer for Netflix’s Rebel Ridge, I couldn’t assist however suppose it gave the impression of a contemporary tackle the traditional motion flick Rambo: First Blood, which spawned a complete franchise constructed round its PTSD-laced lead character. Once you be taught certainly one of September’s new Netflix films’ plot is about an ex-Marine passing by way of a small city who finally ends up having a run-in with corrupt native police that escalates with each passing minute, you will perceive why it sounds so acquainted, too.
Rebel Ridge is Jeremy Saulnier’s first new venture since he directed two of True Detective‘s first season. And, after studying an interview with him on Netflix Tudum, I can perceive why he wrote the screenplay on condition that he’s a fan of “80s and ’90s motion movies that not solely ship on spectacle, however achieve tying on-screen mayhem to an actual and true emotional part”. At the time of publication, Rebel Ridge appears like the most effective Netflix films of 2024, with critics giving it a stupendous 98% rating. To say it looks as if a promising watch is one thing of an understatment!
Amelia Schwanke, senior leisure editor
Slow Horses season 4 (Apple TV Plus)
It boggles my thoughts that Slow Horses hasn’t loved extra mainstream success over the previous few years. It’s simply the most effective Apple TV Plus exhibits round, but it continues to move many individuals by.
Well, no extra, I say! With its good 100% vital ranking on Rotten Tomatoes, Slow Horses season 4 is the acclaimed spy thriller sequence’ greatest entry but. Simply put, you do not have a legitimate purpose not to take a look at this Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, and Kristin Scott Thomas-led TV present anymore. It’s action-packed, dramatic, and comes outfitted with that quintessential British humor that I really like. Okay, you will must stream the opposite three seasons first, however they’re solely six episodes apiece, so you will gallop your manner by way of them, plus season 4, in a few days. You will not remorse sticking this Apple TV Original on, belief me.
Tom Power, senior leisure reporter
The Boy and the Heron (Max)
Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, you’ve got carried out it once more. Just after I suppose the legendary director and his animation studio can not outdo themselves once more, they go and show me fallacious with The Boy and the Heron.
The newest cinematic masterpiece from Miyazaki-san relies on Genzaburō Yoshino’s 1937 novel of the identical identify, albeit it does not adapt the story that unfolds in its pages. Nonetheless, Ghibli’s tackle The Boy and the Heron, which sees its younger protagonist Mahito Maki transported to a sometimes magical land (typical for a Ghibli movie, anyway) with a peculiar gray heron’s assist, is a visually beautiful, thematically wealthy, and splendidly realized film that deserves to be seen. If it does not be a part of our greatest Max films information with speedy impact, I’ll be shocked.
Tom Power, senior leisure reporter
Tell Me Lies season 2 (Hulu/Disney Plus)
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the subsequent installment of Tell Me Lies, it is out now on Hulu (US) and Disney Plus (internationally). The Emma Roberts-produced sequence follows the turbulent relationship between Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) over the course of eight years.
Season 2 picks up with Lucy starting her sophomore 12 months and, if the trailer is something to go by, it’s off to an explosive begin. Here, we see her attempting to only get on together with her all essential second 12 months of faculty, solely to have loads of spanners thrown within the works, together with attempting to keep away from Stephen regardless of him being round each nook. It’s the messiest relationship on TV proper now so, even when it is unlikely to make our greatest Hulu exhibits and greatest Disney Plus exhibits lists, you’ve nonetheless obtained entrance row seats to all of the drama this weekend.
Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
The Perfect Couple (Netflix)
I’ve been raving about The Perfect Couple for some time now (you might have seen me praising Nicole Kidman’s shady matriarchial character). I do love a superb whodunnit, particularly whenever you’ve obtained an ensemble of really terrible characters that might all be able to committing regardless of the crime is on the coronary heart of its story. Trying to piece collectively the clues and work out who the offender is earlier than the present does is all the time satisfying, too, though I’ve had combined outcomes thus far.
If you’re within the temper for taking part in detective this weekend, get caught into this six-episode sequence specializing in Kidman’s Greer Garrison Winbury, who makes guests signal an NDA earlier than spending time there. She’s meant to be begrudgingly watching her son marry his fiancée, however a useless physique on the seaside takes precedent.
The Perfect Couple hasn’t obtained off to the most effective begin, with its combined vital reception seeming like a flip off. But hey, when have we ever listened to them? Try it out for your self and see if it is worthy of a spot on our greatest Netflix exhibits information.
Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (Max)
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney sits down with The Sopranos creator David Chase on this must-see two-part documentary. With speaking heads from a few of the solid in addition to archive footage, together with clips of the late, nice James Gandolfini, that is the right companion piece for these desirous to know extra about not solely certainly one of HBO’s most profitable TV exhibits, however the most effective sequence ever made.
And, actually, who might blame you? The Sopranos continues to be so ingrained in popular culture virtually twenty years (!) after its remaining season aired, it steadily seems on greatest HBO Max exhibits lists and could be very quotable – “all this from a slice of gabagool?”.
Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
Selling Sunset season 8 (Netflix)
With eight seasons now below its belt, Selling Sunset is one of some Netflix actuality exhibits that simply carry on giving. It appears there isn’t any scarcity of pricy, luxuriously designed houses in Los Angeles so, in case you like your architectural digest to be paired with celebrities and cutthroat actual property brokers, that is the sequence for you.
I can say this with authority, too, as a result of it is certainly one of TechRadar leisure author Grace Morris’ all-time favourite actuality exhibits to stream on Netflix. Indeed, she’s a fan of the brokers from The Oppenheimer Group who’re “fashion icons with their jaw-dropping outfits in each episode” – and he or she’s not alone, with critics giving season 5 an ideal 100% ranking. As one of many highest-rated new Netflix exhibits arriving in September, I’m positive there are loads extra followers that may’t wait to stream the 11 new episodes, that are all now obtainable. So, what are you ready for?
Amelia Schwanke, senior leisure editor
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