by After Disney Plus and Prime Video stole the headlines last week with The Mandalorian season 3 and Daisy Jones and the Sixrespectively, Netflix is back in business this weekend with an amazing lineup of new movies and TV shows to choose from.
He is top of the bill Luther: The Fallen Sun, which brings Idris Elba’s titular BBC detective to the big (or small?) screen for the first time. His second half You Season 4 is now also available on Netflix, while Survive – a brand new reality show produced by Netflix – looks like it’s going to be the internet’s next viral obsession.
There are plenty more new movies and series to enjoy elsewhere this weekend. Below, we’ve rounded up the best from HBO Max, Hulu and more.
Luther: The Fallen Sun (Netflix)
One of the most anticipated new Netflix movies of 2023, Luther: The Fallen Sun arrived to bring Idris Elba’s hardened crime fighter to a global audience.
This feature-length sequel to the hit BBC detective series finds the brilliant but disgraced Luther serving time behind bars when a serial killer begins terrorizing London. Dermot Crowley returns to action alongside Elba, while newcomers include Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis.
Reviews for Luther: The Fallen Sun have been generally positive so far, although several critics have pointed out the film’s gratuitously gruesome violence. For those who are not stingy, however, this may well be one of the best netflix movies of 2023.
Now available to stream on Netflix.
You season 4 part 2 (Netflix)
His second half You Season 4 – which began streaming in February – is now available on Netflix.
Without wanting to reveal spoilers for those who haven’t seen part 1 yet, YouThe book’s fourth episode finds serial stalker Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgely) living a new life as a literature professor in London (working under the pseudonym Jonathan Moore). This time, though, it’s Joe who soon finds himself being stalked by a mysterious stalker.
You Season 4, part 1 ended with Joe revealing the identity of his stalker, so these final five episodes plot the consequences of that dramatic discovery. Here’s hoping Netflix gets renewed YouOne of best shows on netflixfor a fifth season.
Now available to stream on Netflix.
Chang Can Dunk (Disney Plus)
If you like saccharine sports dramas, Disney Plus’ new basketball movie, Chang Can Dunkcould be the heartwarming story for you.
This film directed by Jingyi Shao follows Chang (Bloom Lee), an Asian-American high school student who bets his school’s basketball star that he can dunk all the way home. In typical Disney style, however, “before he could get up, [Chang will] he must reexamine everything he knows about himself, his friendships, and his family.”
To be fair, reviews for Chang Can Dunk they were surprisingly solid, with THR (opens in new tab) calling the film a “coming-of-age charmer that isn’t as formulaic as it seems.” So maybe this will make our list of best Disney Plus moviesafter all.
Now available to stream on Disney Plus.
Outlast (Netflix)
The BBC Between us– style reality, The Traitorshas already taken the internet by storm in 2023, but Netflix’s Survive could soon take her crown as the show everyone is talking about.
Netflix calls the show “a raw survival competition where 16 lone wolves must outwit each other in the Alaskan wilderness in an attempt to win $1 million.” The catch, however, is that these so-called lone wolves must necessarily work together to bag the prize money.
The critics called Survive a “brilliant survival series that culminates in full projection Lord of the Flies wildness,” so we’re excited to see what mayhem ensues in the eight-episode first season.
Now available to stream on Netflix.
Rain Dogs (HBO Max)
This country Star Daisy May Cooper leads the cast Rain dogsthe latest co-production between HBO and the BBC.
This eight-episode black comedy series – from newcomer Cash Carraway – centers on Costello Jones, a working-class single mother who moves from misfortune to misfortune with the help of her two best friends, Selby (Jack Farthing) and Gloria ( Ronke Adekoluejo) .
Despite the general summary, Rain dogs has been almost universally praised as “like no other family comedy on television.” year (opens in new tab) he went so far as to say, “Like any great album, the series’ eight short, compelling episodes demand to be played on repeat.” Its first episode is available to stream now on HBO Max, with a UK release date yet to be confirmed.
Now available to stream on HBO Max.
A Spy Among Friends (ITVX, Prime Video, MGM Plus)
Having already streamed on ITVX in the UK in December – and Prime Video in Canada last month – A spy among friends finally coming to the US via MGM Plus.
Starring Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce, this six-episode adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s novel of the same name follows a pair of Cold War-era British spies whose friendship is tested when one of them is revealed to be a double agent working undercover for the KGB. .
Critics didn’t love it A spy among friends when it debuted in the UK last year, but we’re inclined to think that the combined star power of Lewis and Pearce has to count for something.
Available to stream on MGM Plus from Sunday.
95th Academy Awards (Hulu, FuboTV, Sky Go)
It’s that time again, ladies and gentlemen: the Oscars are back for another year. Jimmy Kimmel returns as host of the annual awards show, which is set to begin at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Sunday in the US and at 1 a.m. UK GMT.
Everything Everywhere Simultaneously leads this year’s film pack with 11 nominations, while its ilk Elvis, The Fabelmans, The Banshees of Inisherin, Tar and Top Gun: Maverick all will be in contention for the coveted Best Picture trophy.
Available to stream on FuboTV and Hulu in the US and Sky Go in the UK, starting Sunday.
