It is time to wave goodbye to July – and, to rejoice August’s arrival, the world’s greatest streaming companies are going all-out to carry you an even bigger than normal choice of nice content material to look at.
Certainly, there are such a lot of new Netflix films and TV reveals debuting this weekend that this record might comprise all of them. However, within the curiosity of equity, we need to provide you with a a lot wider streaming choice, so we have solely included three, with the long-awaited Insurgent Moon – The Director’s Lower main the cost. If, although you have stomached sufficient Zack Snyder for this 12 months, there are many different issues to select from on Max, Prime Video, and extra. Comfortable streaming!
Insurgent Moon – The Director’s Lower (Netflix)
I am not a Zack Snyder superfan, however I used to be nonetheless wanting to see what Insurgent Moon (primarily, a Star Wars film pitch Snyder repurposed for a brand new Netflix sci-fi franchise) needed to provide when its first chapter arrived in December 2023. Lengthy story quick: I used to be underwhelmed. You may learn my Insurgent Moon Half One evaluate for extra on why it did not impress me. Its sequel – Insurgent Moon Half Two – did likewise in April.
However, with Rebel Moon – The Director’s Lower, a six-hour film extravaganza that Netflix is asking “Zack Snyder’s true imaginative and prescient”, out now, I could be prepared to provide the director’s new Netflix films one other likelihood. In any case, it is supposedly sexier, extra lore-heavy, and intensely violent. With some essential storyline gaps and reduce character growth plugged into its prolonged runtime, perhaps Insurgent Moon will lastly deserve a spot on our greatest Netflix films record. I will see if it does after I test it out this weekend, and I counsel you to do the identical to get pleasure from (hopefully) it as Snyder authentic supposed us to.
– Tom Energy, Senior Leisure Journalist
Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)
Batman followers saddened by the information that The Batman 2 has been delayed till 2026 will likely be happy to listen to {that a} new animated Darkish Knight collection, Batman: Caped Crusader, begins streaming on Prime Video this weekend.
Produced by J.J. Abrams (Star Trek), Matt Reeves (The Batman), and Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Collection), this 10-part debut season – which was initially destined for Max – sees Batman battling trenchcoats and Tommy weapons in Nineteen Forties Gotham. Hamish Linklater steps in for the late, nice Kevin Conroy because the voice of the titular superhero, whereas McKenna Grace, Jamie Chung, Christina Ricci, John DiMaggio, and Minnie Driver star in supporting voice roles.
The Guardian described Batman: Caped Crusader as “a extremely satisfying, bat-to-basics tackle the hero,” so followers of the Batman: The Animated Collection will certainly discover heaps to like on this religious successor to that beloved Nineteen Nineties present. This is hoping it will possibly earn a spot on our record of the greatest Prime Video reveals.
– Axel Metz, Telephones Editor
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Disney Plus/Hulu)
Crash-landing on Hulu and Disney Plus this weekend is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the tenth (!) movie to be set within the Planet of the Apes universe and a pseudo-sequel to Matt Reeves’ glorious Struggle for the Planet of the Apes. Happening some 300 years sooner or later, Kingdom facilities on an clever younger ape referred to as Noa (Owen Teague), whose clan of eagle-rearing chimpanzees is captured by the tyrannical bonobo Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand). Freya Allen and William H. Macy additionally star in mysterious human roles, which I will not spoil right here.
In my Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes evaluate, I described one in every of 2024’s many new films as a “totally entertaining post-apocalyptic journey that stands by itself two ft,” so present franchise followers needn’t fear in regards to the absence of Andy Serkis’ Caesar. I additionally spoke to the movie’s director Wes Ball, who defined Kingdom‘s timeline, setting, and cinematic universe, in addition to why he needed to shoot the whole movie twice.
– Axel Metz, Telephones Editor
Ladies In Blue (Apple TV Plus)
Should you’re trying to be taught one thing cool this weekend, Ladies in Blue might train you numerous about Mexico’s first feminine police power. The brand new 10-episode collection relies on true tales about these girls, who challenged conservative norms of the Seventies by enlisting within the police.
What has intrigued me probably the most about Ladies in Blue is the nation’s first all-female squad was merely a diversionary tactic from actual points, particularly, a ruthless serial killer which the press has been very focused on. So, the ladies set about making a secret investigation to attempt to do what their male counterparts had been unable to. Good for them, actually.
I am actually excited to look at this collection, and since Apple has nice authentic programming, reminiscent of Ted Lasso and Severance (season 2 of Severance arrives in January!), I am hoping for good issues right here. However, will it be part of our greatest Apple TV reveals record? Solely time will inform!
– Lucy Buglass, Senior Leisure Author
Elizabeth Taylor: The Misplaced Tapes (Max)
I am not only a horror film fan, I additionally adore basic cinema. Many of those legendary Hollywood films depend on star energy, with loads of names changing into icons. Amongst these is the all the time sensible Elizabeth Taylor, and there is a new HBO documentary about her.
Elizabeth Taylor: The Misplaced Tapes is the newest venture from documentary filmmaker Nanette Burstein, recognized for Hillary and the Netflix collection Killer Sally. This time, she shines a deserved highlight on Taylor, utilizing newly found interviews and entry to the star’s private archive to permit her to relate her personal story. The film is alleged to “problem audiences to rethink her legacy”, and you may count on to see private photographs, dwelling films, and clips from her iconic roles all through.
– Lucy Buglass, Senior Leisure Author
Saving Bikini Backside: The Sandy Cheeks Film (Netflix)
I am unable to wait to be transported again to my childhood with the brand new Saving Bikini Backside: The Sandy Cheeks Film, which relies on the much-loved cartoon collection SpongeBob SquarePants that I am certain everybody nonetheless adores to at the present time. In Saving Bikini Backside: The Sandy Cheeks Film, Sandy and SpongeBob enterprise to Sandy’s dwelling state of Texas to assist save Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and the remainder of their pals when Bikini Backside is scooped out of the ocean.
To prime off this nostalgia journey of a film, the movie stars the common voice forged from the SpongeBob SquarePants collection, with Tom Kenny voicing SpongeBob, Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy, Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, and Invoice Fagerbakke as Patrick. I’ve fond recollections of coming dwelling from faculty and watching SpongeBob SquarePants, so I am excited to see what Saving Bikini Backside: The Sandy Cheeks Film has in retailer.
– Grace Morris, Leisure Author
A Good Lady’s Information to Homicide (Netflix)
Emma Myers immediately captured me along with her memorable efficiency of the energetic werewolf pupil Enid Sinclair within the smash hit Netflix collection Wednesday, so I am wanting ahead to seeing her within the twisty thriller A Good Lady’s Information to Homicide.
Primarily based on Holly Jackson’s novel, A Good Lady’s Information to Homicide follows Pip Fitz-Amobi (Myers) who investigates the homicide of an area faculty woman that also haunts her city 5 years later. The collection has already earned a stellar 90% Rotten Tomatoes rating after its July 1 debut on different channels within the UK, Eire, Australia, and New Zealand, so it’s extremely potential that A Good Lady’s Information to Homicide might find yourself on our greatest Netflix reveals record.
– Grace Morris, Leisure Author
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