Club Benefits
Spring is in full bloom, and with it comes a fresh crop of new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, HBO Max and more of the best streaming services.
The small screen is practically bursting at the seams: The final seasons of “The Boys” and "Hacks” begin by wreaking havoc in their own ways. After a long wait, “Euphoria” season 3 returns with its next (also possibly final) emotionally fraught chapter. Meanwhile, “The Testaments” revisits Gilead through a chilling new lens, and “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair” proves some family dysfunction never goes out of style.
Over in movie land, “Thrash” brings survival thrills with a pulse-pounding edge, perfect for shaking off any lingering winter sluggishness. Here's our guide on what to watch this weekend.
New TV shows
‘The Boys’ season 5 (Prime Video)
The vibes: The most brutal, bloodiest endgame, as Homelander goes up against Butcher.
The plot: As Homelander reigns supreme, everyone else is scrambling to survive. Hughie and crew are imprisoned in a “Freedom Camp," while Annie attempts to form a resistance movement. Butcher, armed with a Supe-killing virus, schemes how to take down Homelander once and for all — even if it means losing his own humanity.
Episodes 1-2 streaming now Prime Video
‘Hacks’ season 5 (HBO Max)
The vibes: The queen of comedy takes her jokes and goes home to Vegas, baby!
The plot: Despite mistaken obits in the press, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) is alive and well and more than ready to return to her throne in Las Vegas. With Ava (Hannah Einbinder) on board to help — or possibly muck things up — she embarks on her career comeback and finds a surprising romance with a much-younger rock star (Christopher Briney). Smart says this final chapter of the award-winning show will be "shocking."
Episode 1 streaming now on HBO Max
‘Euphoria’ season 3 (HBO)
The vibes: Just because you're older doesn't make you any wiser.
The plot: It's been a long time coming. “Euphoria” doesn't try to hide its million-year hiatus and leans into it by instituting a five-year time jump. When season 3 begins, Rue (Zendaya) is hiding in Mexico and evading debts. Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) is building an OnlyFans empire while married to Nate (Jacob Elordi). Jules (Hunter Schafer) balances art school and sugar-baby dates, and Lexi (Maude Apatow) is navigating Hollywood politics.
Episode 1 premieres Sunday, April 12 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max
‘The Testaments’ (Hulu)
The vibes: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ with teen hormones and angst.
The plot: Adapted from Margaret Atwood’s follow-up novel, this sequel series shifts the focus from June’s rebellion to a new class of girls who've grown up in Gilead. Agnes is a pious, protected commander's daughter who crosses paths with Daisy, an outsider with a very different past, at Aunt Lydia’s prestigious academy for future wives. Their growing friendship sparks curiosity — which, in Gilead, is a dangerous thing.
Episodes 1-3 streaming now on Hulu
‘Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord’ (Disney+)
The vibes: Dark and brooding in a galaxy far, far away.
The plot: This grittier, more serialized animated series is set after "The Clone Wars" and tracks Maul’s ruthless climb back to relevance within the Empire. Sam Witwer, returns to voice the ex-Sith, who begins rebuilding his underworld empire on the distant planet Janix, where he crosses paths with a disenchanted Jedi Padawan who could become his greatest asset — or his downfall.
Episodes 1-2 streaming now Disney+
‘Big Mistakes’ (Netflix)
The vibes: Hot gay priest does crimes. What could go wrong?
The plot: "Schitt's Creek" alum Dan Levy swaps small-town sweetness for something sharper, blending comedy with a dash of crime. Nicky, a kindhearted gay pastor, and his sister Morgan stumble into mob trouble after a harebrained plan to help their dying grandmother goes sideways. Before long, the hopelessly outmatched siblings are roped into gigs they have zero business handling.
All 8 episodes streaming now on Netflix
‘The Miniature Wife’ (Peacock)
The vibes: When it comes to marital problems, size does matter.
The plot: Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen play Lindy and Les, a married couple whose already fraught dynamic gets even more strained when a lab mishap shrinks Lindy down to six inches. Stuck living in a dollhouse, she contends with pint-sized perils while Les races against the clock to fix the experiment before her condition reaches a very explosive breaking point.
All 10 episodes streaming now on Peacock
‘The Audacity’ (AMC)
The vibes: A Silicon Valley satire/drama that wants to conjure "Succession" and "Billions."
The plot: Duncan Park (Billy Magnussen) is a data-hungry CEO who toes the line between visionary and total nightmare. His pragmatic therapist, Dr. JoAnne Felder (Sarah Goldberg), attempts — and repeatedly fails — to get him to chill out. Throw in blackmail, rogue AI projects and wildly entitled kids, and you’ve got a world where ambition knows no bounds and ethics are very much an afterthought.
Episodes 1-2 premiere Sunday, April 12 at 3 a.m. ET on AMC+
‘Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair’ (Hulu)
The vibes: The '00s are back ... with bad knees and a backache.
The plot: Nearly two decades after walking away from his bonkers family, Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) gets dragged back into the fold when Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) insist he and his teen daughter, Leah, show up for their 40th anniversary. Raising a kid is hard enough; doing it while your family spirals into their usual brand of chaos is a whole other level.
All 4 episodes streaming now on Hulu
New movies
‘Thrash’ (Netflix)
The vibes: “Sharknado,” is that you?
The plot: From writer/director Tommy Wirkola (“Violent Night”), this Netflix thriller drops a Category 5 hurricane on a coastal town — then adds sharks. Phoebe Dynevor plays a pregnant woman trapped in a flooding car, while Djimon Hounsou and Whitney Peak scramble to survive rising floodwaters and roaming predators. It’s a bit of “Jaws,” a lot of Netflix’s “Under Paris.” It’s big, dumb and almost certain to be a streaming hit.
Streaming now on Netflix
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