If you’re off this weekend, you’re in luck: There’s a huge crop of new TV shows arriving on streaming (and some great movies to boot). Netflix offers Ripley, a new take on Patricia Highsmith’s novels starring Andrew Scott, and Parasyte: The Grey, an adaptation of a hit sci-fi manga. On Apple TV Plus, Colin Farrell stars in the new crime drama Sugar, while Maya Rudolph returns for a second season of her comedy series Loot.
As for movies, there’s Netflix’s Scoop dramatizing *this* interview of Prince Andrew on BBC Newsnight, starring Rufus Sewell and Gillian Anderson. On Disney Plus, you can finally watch Disney’s 100th anniversary animated film Wish, and US audiences can catch Max’s critically acclaimed drama The Zone of Interest.
Ripley
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Andrew Scott takes on the role of unscrupulous conman Tom Ripley in this new Netflix show, offering a fresh take on the story made famous by the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon. Based on the Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith, Johnny Flynn and Dakota Fanning also star as Dickie Greenleaf and his girlfriend Marge Sherwood, while Stephen Zailian, whose previous screenwriting credits include Gangs of New York and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, writes and directs .
Parasite: The Grey
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Directed and co-written by Train to Busan helmer Yeon Sang-ho, Parasyte: The Gray is based on the Parasyte manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki and follows a group of parasitic creatures that fall to Earth from space and begin to control humans. Except for Jeong Su-in (Jeon So-nee), who manages to resist the parasite that clings to her after a near-fatal road accident and is forced to coexist with the creature. Not quite human and not quite parasite, Soo-in must find her place in a newly divided world.
spoon
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New Netflix film Scoop tells the real story behind the BBC’s infamous 2019 Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. Rufus Sewell plays the disgraced royal, while Gillian Anderson is Emily Maitlis, the journalist who conducted the interview. Billie Piper says Sam McAllister, the producer, organized things behind the scenes, and the cast also includes Keeley Hawes and Sex Education’s Connor Swindells. Philip Martin, who previously worked on The Crown, was in the director’s chair, and Your Honor showrunner Peter Moffat wrote the script.
sugar
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Sugar stars Colin Farrell as John Sugar, a private investigator investigating the disappearance of Olivia Siegel, the granddaughter of a legendary Hollywood producer. But as he tries to figure out what happened to Olivia, he unravels several Siegel family secrets (some long buried, some much more recent) in the process. The cast also includes Sandman’s Kirby, The Wire’s Amy Ryan, Breaking Bad’s Anna Gunn and Succession’s James Cromwell. The first two episodes are available now and new episodes will be released every Friday.
a wish
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Disney’s newest animated film, Wish, is now available to watch at home. Ariana DeBose voices Asha, a young girl who lives in the kingdom of Rosas, where everyone must give their wish to King Magnifico (Chris Pine) when they turn 18 – and only a lucky few get it back. When Asha wishes on a star and gets a little more than she bargained for, she and her friends set out to change the way things work and help everyone make their wishes come true.
Prey season 2
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Maya Rudolph returns for the second season of the comedy series Loot as Molly, a woman dealing with her newfound wealth after divorcing her billionaire tech husband (Adam Scott). In Season 2, Molly is “fabulously single, but not particularly independent” and struggles with her promise to give away all of her newfound fortune. There are also some new additions to the cast, including Tony Hawk and OT Fagbenle from The Handmaid’s Tale. The first two episodes are streaming now, with new episodes coming out every Wednesday.
The area of interest
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Under the Skin director Jonathan Glazer’s haunting Holocaust drama is now streaming on Max. Christian Friedel plays Rudolf Höss, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, while Sandra Hüler is his wife Hedwig. The film follows the day-to-day of their family’s domestic life in an idyllic house in the shadow of the camp and has been praised for portraying the banality of evil. The film was nominated for five Oscars and won Best International Feature Film and Best Sound.
If there’s nothing here to tickle your fancy, then you might need to start looking through the back catalog of each streaming service, which can be a difficult task given how many titles each hosts. Fear not, though…if you’re a TV fan, we’ve got you covered with our lists of the best Netflix shows, the best Disney Plus shows, and the best Amazon Prime Video shows.
