What To Watch This Weekend: New Shows And Movies To Stream On Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV And More

What to watch this weekend.

Credit: Netflix / Amazon

April has been quite the snowy month up here in the mountains, which is great if you want to sit inside and and cozy up with a good TV show or movie. Speaking of which, there are quite a few out this weekend for your viewing pleasure.

I’ve scoured the internet and the myriad streaming services we all subscribe to these days, and found some of the best new options for you to stream this weekend.

If you have any tips or I missed something, shoot me a message on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. You can check out last weekend’s streaming guide right here.

ForbesWhat To Watch This Weekend: New Shows And Movies To Stream On Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV And MoreBy Erik KainWhat’s New & Notable This Weekend

The Bondsman (Prime Video)

Kevin Bacon stars as a Southern bounty hunter who returns from the dead after being murdered, courtesy of the devil himself. His new job? To hunt down demons on the devil’s behalf. He also has to contend with local thugs, his ex-wife and various other problems. I watched the first episode and it was okay. I have to watch more before I make up my mind.

Devil May Cry (Netflix)

Speaking of demon hunters, the new Devil May Cry show from Adi Shankar is great. I’ve only watched a couple episodes so far, but it really does a great job capturing the feel of the video games. Dante is perfect with a devil-may-care attitude and plenty of fight, though he’s a younger version of the character and still has a lot to learn. After I watched this, I fired up Devil May Cry 5 and played through a mission or two. You know it’s a good adaptation if it makes you want to play the game!

Pulse (Netflix)

I haven’t had time to watch Pulse on Netflix yet, but it caught my eye since I’m so obsessed with The Pitt these days. This one does not sound as good, but I like Willa Fitzgerald and the rest of the cast is talented enough. More of a Grey’s Anatomy style show, so expect more romance and melodrama, but if you’re looking for more medical dramas after The Pitt give it a shot. It’s set in a Miami trauma center as a hurricane approaches, so plenty of opportunities for high-stakes conflict.

Dying For Sex (Hulu)

A dramedy (based on the true-life Wondery podcast) about a woman named Molly who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and decides to change her life, leaving her stagnant marriage in pursuit of good sex and, somewhat depressingly, her first orgasm. I do think the “middle-aged woman leaves marriage to live carefree life of meaningless sex” trend is a little tiresome at this point (Freddie DeBoer has a great bit on Miranda July here) but it’s also targeted at a very different viewership than your humble narrator.

Hell Of A Summer (In Theaters)

Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) and Billy Bryk wrote and directed this homage to 80s’ horror films. It’s a pretty solid trailer, but the film itself is pretty divisive with critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Some clearly love it to pieces while others say it’s boring and not particularly funny. A lot of times with movies in the 50% range on RT, the praise from positive reviews is tepid at best, but this one is pretty much a love it or hate it affair as far as I can tell. Cool to see Wolfhard branch out into making his own films, either way.

Watch A Val Kilmer Movie (RIP)

Willow

Credit: Lucasfilm

Val Kilmer passed away this week at the age of 65. If I had to recommend five, they would be Willow (Kilmer plays Madmartigan), Tombstone (Doc Holliday), The Doors (Jim Morrison), Heat (where Kilmer joins Robert De Niro and Al Pacino), and both Top Gun films (Iceman). Plenty to choose from, but Willow is my favorite of the bunch.

What I’m Watching Weekly

The Wheel Of Time (Prime Video)

It’s exceptionally rare for a show that begins its life with a lousy first season to become genuinely great by its third, but that’s what The Wheel Of Time has done. Somehow each season is leaps and bounds better than the last. In Season 3, every episode feels like a full-length film. Most are at least 70 minutes long. The actors have settled into their roles. The writing has vastly improved. This is still no early Game Of Thrones but it’s a really solid epic fantasy and I look forward to each new episode every week. You can read my Season 3 review here.

The White Lotus Finale (HBO / Max)

In my latest review of HBO’s The White Lotus, I expressed my concerns with this season. I’ve written about each episode and up to this point, I’ve been overwhelmingly positive, but Episode 7 fell flat for me. I’m annoyed that we still have so little connectivity between storylines, that so little has happened this season, and that so much will have to be resolved in the extra-long season finale. I’m hoping it actually pays off because there’s plenty to love about this season but it just isn’t coming together for me. Either way, the season is coming to an end. Hopefully it’s great.

The Pitt (HBO / Max)

We’re 14 episodes into The Pitt at this point with just one more to go, and it remains absolutely riveting. It’s like no other medical show on TV, partly because it adopts the real-time format of 24 and partly because it’s just incredibly top-notch, with very little melodrama. Read my review here.

The Studio (Apple TV)

I watched the first three episodes of The Studio on Apple TV and absolutely loved each one. I still need to write my review, but so far this show is off to a great start, especially if you’re a movie buff and enjoy a parody of the industry, which basically describes me perfectly. This is a show made for people like me and it’s very funny, with humor similar to Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Office. I find Seth Rogen is typically best in smaller doses, but he’s just right in the role of Matt Remick, the new studio chief at Continental, a fictional movie studio. He’s prone to making very big, very awkward mistakes. The second episode, in particular, is genuinely great.

Ludwig (Britbox)

A charming British murder-of-the-week series starring David Mitchell as a pair of twins, though you mostly see him as the somewhat on-the-spectrum puzzle setter, John Taylor. He has to impersonate his police detective brother, James, to solve an even bigger mystery: His twin’s mysterious disappearance. It’s really charming and fun. You can read my review right here.

Yellowjackets Season 3 (Paramount+)

Yellowjackets keeps throwing big twists and turns at us in Season 3, but with just one episode left I hate to say that I’m mostly pretty disappointed. The show is all over the place, and the adult timeline in particular feels more like a goofy Scooby-Doo show than the dread-inspiring first season. It is better than Season 2 for the most part, but this show has both run out of good ideas and keep throwing new, less good ideas at us week after week. Even the stars of the show seem annoyed at some of the writer’s choices, especially with the characters they’re killing off.

Other shows that I’m not following or caught up on but keep meaning to watch:

1923 on Paramount+
Happy Face on Paramount+
MobLand on Prime Video
The Righteous Gemstones on HBO
House Of David on Prime Video
Dope Thief on Apple TV
Dark Winds on AMC
Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+

What else did I miss? What are you watching these days? What should I put on this list or add to my backlog? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky or Facebook.

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