It’s easy to find what to watch – just check out new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and other streaming services.
Heading this weekend is The Sandman, the long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s beloved comics. After escaping from captivity, the main character Dream, aka Morpheus, sets out to restore order to his kingdom and the human world.
A couple of returning shows are entering their second seasons. Reservation Dogs is perhaps the best show you’re not watching, while Industry is a high-stakes hit. Mike Judge revives his 90s animated classic Beavis and Butt-head with an au courant spin.
On the film side, Prey is the latest and possibly the biggest predator movie since Arnold Schwarzenegger’s encounter with a deadly alien.
Here’s our guide to what to watch this weekend.
The Sandman (Netflix)
Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman graphic novels have taken a long and winding road to the screen. Over the past 30 years, various attempts at adaptations (including a film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt) have been stuck in development hell. Read also : 10 Best Amazon Prime Video Shows, According to Ranker. But finally, The Sandman is ready to haunt all our dreams.
Tom Sturridge plays the Dream, or Morpheus, ruler of the Dream World. After being captured by occultists in 1916, he has been imprisoned for over a century. When he emerges, he finds his kingdom in turmoil. A living nightmare Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook) has escaped. Finding him and setting things right won’t be easy, as Morpheus also faces Lucifer Morningstar (Gwendoline Christie) and battles occult detective Johanna Constantine (Jenna Coleman).
Streaming now on Netflix (opens in a new tab)
Reservation Dogs season 2 (FX on Hulu)
One of the best shows on TV – and one of the most underrated – returns for a much-welcomed second season. Reservation Dogs elevates the Indigenous perspective by following four Native Americans living in rural Oklahoma. The first season followed Karu (D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai), Elora (Devery Jacobs), Cheese (Lane Factor) and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) as they schemed to get enough money to make it off the reservation and head . California.
Now only Elora is on her way, with bully/enemy Jackie (Elva Guerra) in tow. Left behind, Bear feels betrayed but continues to wrestle with his grief over Daniel. This may interest you : Totally Obsessed with ‘Stranger Things’? You probably like the new Prime Video Series ‘Paper Girls’. He, Cheese and Willie Jack all have to face the question “now what?” Meanwhile, Elora finds that the California dream is not all that she imagined.
Now streaming on Hulu (opens in a new tab)
Prey (Hulu)
Reviews are hailing the Predator prequel as the best film in the franchise since the original. They seem to be moving forward by looking back, as it follows a young Comanche warrior in 1717. On the same subject : Best Actress Movies in Australia (July 2022). Naru (Amber Midthunder) yearns to hunt like her brother Taabe (Dakota Beavers) and the other men of her tribe, but is teased with skepticism about her gender. .
His strength and skills are put to the test when Naru discovers a new creature lurking in their land. He tracks down the prey, only to discover that it is a dangerous, nearly unstoppable alien life form. Naru must call upon her inner reserves to not only survive, but to hunt down this deadly threat to her people.
Now streaming on Hulu (opens in a new tab)
Thirteen Lives (Prime Video)
Hollywood likes to make melodramatic movies that rip the headlines out of real-life dangerous events. Tom Hanks has starred in several of them (see: Sully, Captain Phillips). Surprisingly, he’s not in Thirteen Lives, even though it’s directed by frequent collaborator Ron Howard.
The survival film chronicles the rescue of a local junior soccer team and their coach from the Tham Luang cave in 2018 after being trapped by heavy rain for 18 days. Their plight attracted worldwide attention and brought in international rescue teams. Viggo Mortenson plays Richard Stanton and Colin Farrell is John Volanten, the divers who found them. They have to race around the clock to get the teenagers out of the cave before the next monsoon arrives.
Streaming now on Prime Video (opens in a new tab)
Industry season 2 (HBO)
In an article about industry, I wrote, “If bear, inheritance, and euphoria had a triplet, industry would be their wild child.” The drama is an adrenaline rush that mixes workplace pressure, vicious competition, sex, drugs and lots of money. In the first season, a group of college graduates start a trial at Pierpont Investment Bank, knowing that only half will earn permanent jobs.
Season 2 introduces another group of newcomers while continuing to follow the highs and lows of previous classes. Harper (Myha’la Herrold) reluctantly returns to the office after working remotely during COVID, earning the side eye of her nemesis Yasmin (Marisa Abela). Determined to ingratiate herself with their bosses, Harper tries to sign a new client, a filthy rich pandemic beneficiary (Jay Duplass).
Streaming now on HBO Max (opens in a new tab)
Beavis and Butt-head (Paramount Plus)
Hehehe, they are back! And they haven’t changed a bit. Mike Judge is reviving his animated series, following the pioneers of trolling as swashbuckling teenage slackers. In the original iteration of the series, which ran from 1993 to 1997, they did very little beyond commentating on music videos.
Well, one thing has changed – now they are also making their not-so-witty claims about TikToks and viral videos. Beavis and Butt-head usually react uncensored to everything from ASMR to opening a college acceptance letter. But aside from streaming, nothing about their world is different from the ’90s – which is comforting in its own way.
Streaming now on Paramount Plus (opens in a new tab)
Luck (Apple TV Plus)
If Luck looks, sounds, and feels like a Pixar movie, there’s a reason—it comes from Skydance Animation, run by disgraced former Pixar co-founder John Lasseter. The story centers around Sam, perhaps the unhappiest person in the world. Thrown into foster care as a child, she is now turning 18 and out of the system.
Things seem to turn around when Sam finds a lucky penny that he wants to give to a friend – but of course he accidentally loses it, and his quest to retrieve it introduces him to a lucky black cat named Bob. He takes Sam to the Land of Fortune, a realm filled with four-leaf clovers and other symbols of good luck. There he looks for a lucky penny to take back home.
Streaming on Apple TV Plus (opens in a new tab)
What else to watch this weekend
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation (Disney Plus) Finn organizes a vacation for Rey, Finn and friends, but gets separated from them. Streaming now on Disney Plus (opens in a new tab)
All or Nothing: Arsenal (Prime Video) Documentary series that chronicles the inner workings of the world famous football club. Streaming now on Prime Video (opens in a new tab)
The Hillside Strangler: Devil in Disguise (Peacock) Documentary series about women terrorized by a serial killer in 1970s Los Angeles. Streaming now on Peacock (opens in a new tab)
Kelly is a senior streaming media writer for Tom’s Guide, so she basically watches TV for a living. Previously, he was a freelance entertainment writer for Yahoo, Vulture, TV Guide and other outlets. When she’s not watching TV and movies for work, she enjoys watching live music, writing songs, knitting, and gardening.
Kelly is a senior streaming media writer for Tom’s Guide, so she basically watches TV for a living. Previously, he was a freelance entertainment writer for Yahoo, Vulture, TV Guide and other outlets. When she’s not watching TV and movies for work, she enjoys watching live music, writing songs, knitting, and gardening.
