Another week has ended and, two of the world’s finest streaming providers apart (step up your recreation, Hulu and Disney Plus), there’s one thing new to look at on their rival platforms this weekend.
Indeed, from a few new films that initially launched in theaters in late 2024, to a bunch of latest reveals (and the return of a smash-hit Netflix collection), there’s a lot so that you can wrap your eyeballs round over the following few days. – Tom Power, senior leisure reporter
The Night Agent season 2 (Netflix)
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From The Recruit to Black Doves, Netflix has slowly been constructing out its again catalog of enjoyable, dramatic, and thrilling spy style reveals. Few are extra standard on the service, although, than The Night Agent, whose first season was a shock in a single day hit for the streaming titan and earned it a spot on our greatest Netflix reveals record.
Two years on from that unprecedented success, the spy thriller is again for its second season. This time round, belief is briefly provide for newly-minted Night Agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), who turns into embroiled in one other wild conspiracy that’ll drive him to query who he can actually depend on. I’ll be tuning in to see if Netflix’s seventh most-watched English TV Original of all-time can construct on its debut season’s almighty efficiency. Before you do likewise, get the lowdown on the present’s return with our The Night Agent season 2 hub. – TP
Prime Target (Apple TV Plus)
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Apple TV Plus retains its busy begin to 2025 going with new espionage thriller Prime Target, which stars One Day actor Leo Woodall alongside Quintessa Swindell from Euphoria. In the Apple TV Original, Woodall performs a math genius, who’s engaged on a secret analysis challenge to find patterns in prime numbers that finally catches the eye of Swindell’s NSA surveillance operative.
The concept that the story is constructed round is the truth that prime numbers type the premise of the world’s most typical kinds of encryption which might be nonetheless broadly used immediately, which is why a Cambridge graduate cracking the code is of seismic international proportions on this new collection. The finest method I can suppose to explain it’s the Da Vinci Code meets Good Will Hunting and, whereas it won’t rank among the many finest Apple TV Plus reveals, it is an absorbing watch no much less. – Amelia Schwanke, leisure editor
The Wild Robot (Peacock)
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One of one of the best 52 films of 2024 has lastly made its streaming debut – effectively, within the US (sorry, UK and Australian readers). The Wild Robot is an absolute pleasure of a movie, with its attractive, painterly artwork model and splendidly realized animation, emotionally resonant story, and top-tier voice performing making for an ideal, easy-to-watch flick on Peacock this weekend.
Marvel star Lupita Nyong’o voices Roz, a service robotic who turns into shipwrecked on a distant island that is inhabited by speaking animals. Unsurprisingly, she’s considered as an outsider by the creatures that reside on it. But, armed with a steely dedication to adapt to her atmosphere, plus the truth that she turns into the adoptive mom of an orphaned goose known as Brightbill (Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor), Roz resolves to not solely ingratiate herself with the locals, but additionally change into their protector-in-chief. A wonderful film in additional methods than one which deserves to be seen. – TP
Gladiator II (Paramount Plus)
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Ridley Scott’s extremely anticipated follow-up to iconic 2000 film Gladiator is now accessible on Paramount Plus (once more, solely within the US, although). If you weren’t amongst those that took half in final 12 months’s surprising double invoice Glicked (that’s Gladiator II and Wicked), you’ll be able to convey the fun of the Colossuem to your property. It hasn’t carried out in addition to Wicked, which was not too long ago nominated for Best Picture, however its 71% Rotten Tomatoes ranking means it could possibly be worthy of a spot on our greatest Paramount Plus films round-up.
With an excellent ensemble solid like Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Derek Jacobi, the film is about 15 years after the primary and is unquestionably value your time if you’re a fan of the unique. It’s excellent when you’re on the lookout for an motion packed film this weekend. Altogether now: are you not entertained!? – Lucy Buglass, leisure author
C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart (Max)
Max is now house to the TV adaptation of controversial writer J. Ok. Rowling’s novel collection of the identical title, which had been revealed underneath her pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The collection follows non-public detective Cormoran Strike who groups up along with his assistant Robin Ellacott to tackle instances which have baffled the police, hoping they will lastly resolve what occurred. It’s no simple process they usually work out of a cramped workplace, however they get the job carried out.
There’ll be weekly episodic releases for this one, and the collection has already premiered within the UK the place it’s been met with some severely combined evaluations. It’s Rotten Tomatoes rating is simply too low to ensure a spot to our greatest Max reveals, however you might need an excellent time with it regardless. – LB
Star Trek: Section 31 (Paramount Plus)
Paramount Plus has launched its first-ever made Star Trek TV film; a 100-minute spin-off of galactic proportions that focuses on the key Star Fleet company known as Section 31. Star Trek: Section 31 sees Michelle Yeoh reprise her function as emperor Philippa Georgiou who we met within the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery earlier than she finally turns into a member of the particular ops division.
It’s a bit totally different to your normal Star Trek films, with Yeoh beforehand describing it as a mixture of Mission: Impossible and Guardians of the Galaxy, which is sensible with the plot’s merry band of mercenaries that get caught up in a heist to defend the United Federation of Planets towards multi-universal threats. It’s been via lots of iterations to get right here (it was initially going to be a collection), which signifies that “there was a lot extra” that was neglected, Yeoh’s fellow star Sven Ruygrok informed us. That is perhaps why long-time Trekkies and newcomers alike have completely slammed it, with many labeling it one of many franchise’s worst-ever initiatives. Ouch! – AS
Harlem season 3 (Prime Video)
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The third and last season of Harlem is out now. Prime Video’s beloved comedy collection is coming to an finish, however I’m certain the Amazon TV Original will exit on a excessive. You’ll get two episodes every week till the finale on February 6, and I’m certain this may beat the January Blues a few of us is perhaps feeling.
The iconic solid made up of Meagan Good, Grace Byers, Shoniqua Shandaie, Jerrie Johnson, Tyler Lepley and Whoopi Goldberg are all again, with just a few surprises and new faces teased for the ultimate instalment. We’ve received loads of nice comedy suggestions on our greatest Prime Video reveals round-up if you might want to fill the Harlem formed gap in your coronary heart, although nothing can fairly evaluate to how nice that is. – LB
For extra streaming recommendations, learn our guides on one of the best Netflix films, finest Prime Video films, finest Disney Plus reveals, and finest Hulu films.
