Originally published by The Spinoff.
What are you going to be watching this week? We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+.
Originally published by The Spinoff.
What are you going to be watching this week? We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+.
Based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon, this miniseries stars Matt Bomer (White Collar) and Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton) as two queer men in a love story that Forrest Gumps its way through the Vietnam War protests in the 60s, the disco era of the 70s and the Aids crisis of the 80s. Early reviews have been positive, with almost all of them noting how good the sex scenes are, if that’s something you’re into!/ Sam Brooks
A new limited-series adaptation of an unfinished Edith Wharton novel? Could we ever be so lucky? Apparently so, because that’s what AppleTV+ is bringing us with The Buccaneers. It’s the story of a group of American women in the 1870s who arrive in London and set off a predictable culture clash. The cast is mostly made up of newcomers but includes Kate Winslet’s daughter Mia Threapleton and Christina Hendricks of Mad Men and Good Girls./ SB
For All Mankind isn’t just your dad’s favourite drama, it’s also one of the best shows on TV. It started as a fairly boilerplate alternate history depicting what might have happened if the Soviet Union had landed on the Moon first and the global space race never ended, but it has grown into a richly layered, moving series that also critiques America’s role on the world stage. It’s not too late to catch up and I’d highly recommend you do so./ SB
We’ve had a harrowing run of documentaries reckoning with our treatment of female pop culture icons in the 90s, and now it is time for some of the lads to step up and stare into the middle distance in extremely shallow focus. David Beckham did it last month, now Robbie Williams is having a crack in an extremely similar-looking four-part Netflix series which I am absolutely dying for. Promising over 30 years of never-before-seen archival footage, there had better be a whole episode devoted to the Rock DJ video or I will rip off and eat my own gluteal muscle. / Alex Casey
If you thought Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes were wild, you’d be absolutely correct, but they’re only half the story of her notorious family, led by infamous newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. This three-part BBC documentary spans more than half a century, following fortunes built and lost, mysterious deaths and a descent into scandal and criminality that long preceded the Epstein fiasco./ SB
OK, this isn’t brand new (it came out in 2016) but it sounds like a fun watch for next weekend. It’s an American thriller in which Grace (Daisy Head, daughter of Anthony Head of Buffy fame) becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her roommate Molly, and is thrust into the media spotlight. Hoping to clear her sister’s name, Natalie (Emily Tremaine) leaves her life behind to go defend Grace, where she is assisted by ethically questionable lawyer Stan (Billy Zane). As they search for Molly’s real killer, the investigation tumbles through London society, leading to, yes, scandal and, yes, intrigue./ SB
Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike series rivals Oceans as the most fun popcorn franchise he’s smashed out in his incredible, hyper-prolific career. But regrettably, Last Dance is comfortably the worst of the trilogy. There’s too much talking, too much plot, too little horny stripping – it commits to neither the dusty thriller of the original nor the maximalist stage show feel of the follow-up and, while Salma Hayek is campily great as unsatisfied rich lady Maxandra Mendoza (incredible name), this suffers heavily by comparison to the immaculate Hustlers, which established a new state of the art for stripper movies. Rent that on Neon instead./ Duncan Greive
David Fincher’s latest debuted to mixed-but-positive reviews at Venice and stars Michael Fassbender as a hitman who gets embroiled in an international manhunt after a murder goes wrong. Tilda Swinton, Sophie Charlotte and Arliss Howard also star in what has been described, slightly bewilderingly, as a “samurai procedural”. (This is also available to watch in cinemas and by all accounts it fares much better in that space.)/ SB
Before the band embarks on a two-year hiatus for required army services (and yes, that is a thing in South Korea), the biggest boyband in the world did their fanbase the kindness of filming a concert from their 2022 show in Busan, presented in a special cinematic cut. The concert features hits from across their career, including the first concert performance of Run BTS! Congratulations if that means anything to you. Scroll on if it doesn’t./ SB
The Improv: 60 and Still Standing
The Claus Family 3
Robbie Williams
Escaping Twin Flames
The Billionaire, the Butler and the Boyfriend
Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld
Nganu
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Akuma Kun
Untameable
At the Moment
The Killer
Fellow Travelers
Blinky Bill: The Movie
Donyale Luna: Supermodel
Couples Retreat
Smokin’ Aces
Saviour Complex
BS High
Rap Shit: Season 2
Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
The Fifth Wave
Minions
The Golden Boy: Oscar de la Hoya
Oldboy
Eddie Hall: Battle of the Strongmen
More than a Game
NCIS: Sydney
Being Human: All Seasons
House of Maxwell
Payback
Guilt
JFK: One Day in America
The Santa Clauses: Season 2
Daddies on Request: Season 2
Love in Fairhope
Final Trip
Vigilante
Farm Dreams
BTS: Yet to Come
Comedy Island: Indonesia
007: Road to a Million
The Buccaneers
For All Mankind
Baptiste
The Vanishing Triangle
Mastemah
Final Cut
The Tank
The Real Housewives of Potomac: Season 8
Married to Medicine: Season 10
BravoCon Live with Andy Cohen
Ebony Lamb performs Successful Feelings. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Locals Only