Club Benefits
As April winds down, it's still showering us with new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, HBO Max and other streaming services, and the streaming slate is going out with a mix of returning favorites and fresh arrivals.
Two big debuts arrive in the form of the moody masculinity of “Half Man” and the nostalgia-baiting animated spinoff “Stranger Things: Tales From ’85. Plus “Running Point” season 2 and “Sullivan’s Crossing” season 4 double down on familiar comforts. On the movie side, Charlize Theron is hunted in the wilderness in the action thriller “Apex." Here's our guide on what to watch this weekend.
New TV shows
‘Half Man’ (HBO Max)
The vibes: Bros being toxic bros.
The plot: For his follow-up to "Baby Reindeer," Richard Gadd returns with a miniseries about Niall (Jamie Bell) and Ruben (Gadd), two men who swear brotherhood despite having no blood ties. Decades after their childhood bond was forged in the 1980s, Ruben shows up at Niall’s wedding and something is immediately off. What starts as an uneasy reunion spirals into violence, and flashbacks reveal a relationship that’s always been as volatile as it was close.
Episode 1 streaming now on HBO Max
‘Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85’ (Netflix)
The vibes: Upside Down horrors animated in the style of a Saturday morning cartoon.
The plot: Winter 1985 brings no peace to Hawkins in this animated spinoff of "Stranger Things." The entire gang is back together — Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max — only to find their hometown being taken over by the Upside Down. Creeping vine-beasts and eerie “pumpkin zombies” turn suburban Ohio into a nightmare. A new addition, Nikki Baxter, joins the crew as Hawkins inches toward another full-scale collapse.
All 10 episodes streaming now on Netflix
‘Running Point’ season 2 (Netflix)
The vibes: Girl bossing isn't just chic power suits and heels, especially when it's the family business.
The plot: Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) is no longer the underestimated heir but has fully stepped into the role of running the Los Angeles Waves organization. As the team scrambles to recover from a scandal, her brother Cam (Justin Theroux) quietly starts making moves to return to the exec suite. Between front-office power plays, messy romantic entanglements (Jay Ellis and Max Greenfield complicating matters), and a roster that can’t stop misbehaving, Isla must rewrite the rules or risk getting benched.
All 10 episodes streaming now on Netflix
‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ season 4 (The CW)
The vibes: Cozy small-town vibes and romance drama that's right in the "Virgin River" wheelhouse.
The plot: Season 4 comes in hot as Maggie (Morgan Kohan) tries to keep her renewed relationship with Cal (Chad Michael Murray) intact — right as her not-so-ex husband Liam (Marcus Rosner) shows up with suspicious timing and even more suspicious intentions. As Maggie starts digging into what he actually wants, Cal’s patience starts wearing thin. With Sully gone to Ireland (Scott Patterson has exited the series), the Crossing feels shakier than ever.
Episode 1 streaming now on The CW
‘Unchosen’ (Netflix)
The vibes: Everything you want from a cult drama — repressed desires, a weird leader and yearning for freedom
The plot: Rosie (Molly Windsor) lives a tightly controlled life as a wife and mother inside a restrictive religious sect run by the unsettling Mr. Phillips (Christopher Eccleston). Everything in her world is run according to rigid rules, especially her marriage to the domineering Adam (Asa Butterfield). That fragile balance starts to break when Sam (Fra Fee), a fugitive with a murky past, enters the picture and leads Rosie to reconsider her life.
All 6 episodes streaming now on Netflix
‘Criminal Record’ season 2 (Apple TV)
The vibes: When heated politics meets police infighting in a murder case ... run.
The plot: A stabbing at a political rally forces detectives June Lenker (Cush Jumbo) and Daniel Hegarty (Peter Capaldi) back into each other’s professional orbit and neither of them is thrilled about it. What begins as a straightforward murder inquiry quickly expands into something far more complicated involving a far-right terror network. Season 2 ups the stakes, though you should expect a slow burn until the powder keg explodes.
Episode 1 streaming now on Apple TV
‘Kevin’ (Prime Video)
The vibes: Adult animation that's a bit heartbreaking, a lot heartwarming and all hilarious.
The plot: From creators Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert, "Kevin" follows the titular housecat (Jason Schwartzman) when he flees on his own after his humans break up. He ends up in a rundown pet rescue that feels less like a shelter and more like a pressure cooker of unresolved issues. The place is packed with animals who are all, in their own way, barely holding it together (voices include Whoopi Goldberg and John Waters), and Kevin must navigate their issues along with his own.
All 8 episodes streaming now on Prime Video
‘Funny AF With Kevin Hart’ (Netflix)
The vibes: “Last Comic Standing,” that you?
The plot: Kevin Hart steps off center stage to become a talent scout and chaos agent as up-and-coming stand-ups try to break through. Each round is a gauntlet of sets, bombs and brutally honest notes from a rotating panel that includes Keegan-Michael Key, Tom Segura, Kumail Nanjiani, Chelsea Handler and Nikki Glaser. And when the competition hits the live semifinals and finale, the audience ultimately decides who earns the prize of a Netflix special.
Episodes 1-4 streaming now on Netflix
New movies
‘Apex’ (Netflix)
The vibes: "The Revenant," but the bear is an unhinged Taron Egerton.
The plot: Netflix’s latest big original movie is a survival thriller that feels engineered for the algorithm. Charlize Theron stars as Sasha, a grieving rock climber traveling in the Australian wilderness to get her feelings out, only to stumble into a far deadlier test. Hunted by a sadistic predator (Taron Egerton), she’s forced into a cat-and-mouse game that involves scaling cliffs, crossing rapids and outthinking a killer who never lets up. There’s a reason women overwhelmingly chose the bear over the man.
Streaming now on Netflix
‘Marty Supreme’ (HBO Max)
The vibes: All of the manic tension from “Uncut Gems,” but make it ping-pong.
The plot: Set in the burgeoning (and surprisingly ruthless) 1950s table tennis circuit, Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) is a gifted player with a gambling streak and ambition that’s always at 100. As he hustles his way through matches and schemes, the stakes climb fast and crash harder. Odessa A’zion and Gwyneth Paltrow turn in excellent supporting performances as women drawn into Marty’s orbit.
Streaming now on HBO Max
‘No Other Choice’ (Hulu)
The vibes: Imagine if Michael Scott got laid off and broke bad.
The plot: Acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook envisions corporate downsizing as a descent into homicide, with a side of humor. After losing his job, paper-company lifer Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) begins to look for a new role and decides the applicant pool needs trimming — by means of murder. As his search spirals, his wife (Son Ye-jin) warily watches him unravel. It’s capitalism as blood sport.
Streaming now on Hulu
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