HERE AND BACK AGAIN

Another smorgasbord of Quality over Quantity, in what is possibly one of the most impressive weeks of content dropping all over the gaff, in lord knows how long. 

We are talking proper box office binge material!

STREAMING:

The Boys Season 4 (Prime Video)

House of the Dragon Season 2 (Sky Atlantic/Now TV – Mon June 17th)

Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

Bridgerton Season 3 Part II (Netflix)

Under The Bridge (Disney+)

Hacks Season 3 (Prime Video)

Tour de France: Unchained Season 2 (Netflix)

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix)

Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors (Netflix)

Ultraman Rising (Netflix)

Camp Snoopy (Apple TV+)

Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams (Netflix)

Breaking Dad (Prime Video)

CINEMA:

Inside Out 2

Sasquatch Sunset

NEW MUSIC:

The Decemberists   - “As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again”  

Kneecap – “Fine Art”

John Grant – “The Art of the Lie”

NEW BOOKS:

Michael Crichton/James Patterson – “Eruption”

Chris Judge – “Evil Duck and the Feather of Fortune”

Cracking week of cracking content.

It's gonna be a busy one.

That's all you need to know.

STREAMING:

Hit Man (Netflix)

Scavenger’s Reign (Netflix)

Star Wars: The Acolyte (Disney+)

Pool Man (Prime Video)

Sweet Tooth Season 3 (Netflix)

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (Disney+)

Under Paris (Netflix)

Let the Canary Sing (Paramount+)

Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 2 (Disney+)

My Son Jeffrey: The Dahmer Family Tapes (Paramount+)

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (Netflix)

How to Rob a Bank (Netflix)

Clipped (Disney+)

Godzilla Minus One (Netflix)

Lumberjack (Netflix)

CINEMA:

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

The Watched

Riddle of Fire

NEW MUSIC:

Bon Jovi – Forever

Charli XCX – Brat

Strand of Oaks – Miracle Focus

Aurora – What Happened to the Heart?

Eels – Eels Time!

Dagny - Elle

A week that looked low on content dropping suddenly blossoms and gives us a Bank Holiday Weekend worthy of all the bingeing and viewing.

STREAMING:

Eric (Netflix)

Jim Henson: Idea Man (Disney+)

Camden (Disney+)

Geek Girl (Netflix)

Dancing for the Devil: The 7m Tik Tok Cult (Netflix)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Prime Video)

The Boys in the Boat (Prime Video)

For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign (Prime Video)

Frog & Toad Season 2 (Apple TV+)

We Are Lady Parts Season 2 (Channel 4/All4)

The Veil (Disney+)

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (Sky & Now TV)

Raising Voices (Netflix)

Colours of Evil: Red (Netflix)

A Part of You (Netflix)

Die Hart 2: Die Harter (Prime Video)

Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 (Mon June 3rd – Paramount+)

 

CINEMA:

Sting

Hard Miles

The Beast

A Ho-Hum! week of content wih some sneaky gems sprinkled across the landscape.

You just gotta know where to look!

STREAMING:

Atlas (Netflix)

The Sympathizer (Now TV – May 27th)

The Beach Boys (Disney+)

Insomnia (Paramount+)

The Kardashians Season 5 (Disney+)

Buying London Season 1 (Netflix)

The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties (Netflix) 

The Blue Angels (Prime Video)

Toughest Forces on Earth (Netflix)

Trying Season 4 (Apple TV+)

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Netflix)

My Oni Girl (Netflix)

Mulligan Season 2 (Netflix)

Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf (Netflix)

South Park: The End of Obesity (Sat May 25th - Paramount+)

Tires (Netflix)

Pauline (Disney+)

Illusions for Sale: The Rise and Fall of Generacion Zoe (Netflix)

 

CINEMA:

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Garfield

Ransom ‘79

 

NEW MUSIC:

Charlie Moon – “Charlie Moon: Sings & Plays”

NEW BOOKS:

Sarah Crossan – “Hey Zoe”

Colm Toibin – “Long Island”

While not a wild, crazy and box office week for content dropping and releasing, there are still plenty of decent options out there for you to distract yourself with.

STREAMING:

Outer Range Season 2 (Prime Video)

Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (Netflix)

Bridgerton Season 3 – Part 1 (Netflix)

The Big Cigar (Apple TV+)

99 (Prime Video)

The POD Generation (Prime Video)

Power (Netflix)

Thelma The Unicorn (Netflix)

Smallies Alert! Smallies Rejoice.

The 8 Show (Netflix)

Monster (Netflix)

The X-Files Seasons 1-4 (Paramount+)

Queen Rock Montreal (Disney+)

 

CINEMA:

IF

The Strangers – Chapter One

Eat/Sleep/Cheer/Repeat

Hoard

NEW MUSIC:

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft

Fear Not! If the sun gets too much for you this weekend, draw those curtains, pour that vino or head off for a popcorn dinner at your local multiplex, cos there are plenty of distractions and options to help keep you paler than a pale ale!

CINEMA:

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Big Banana Feet

STREAMING:

Dark Matter (Apple TV+)

Bodkin (Netflix)

The Final: Attack on Wembley (Netflix)

Hollywood Con Queen (Apple TV+)

Mother of the Bride (Netflix)

The GOAT (Prime Video)

Abbott Elementary Season 3 Part 1 (Disney+)

Taskmaster Seasons 7-13 (Netflix)

Blood of Zeus Season 2 (Netflix)

Let It Be (Disney+)

Maxton Hall – The World Between Us Season 1 (Prime Video)

Super Rich in Korea (Netflix)

The Guardian of the Monarchs (Netflix)

Cooking Up Murder: Uncovering the Story of César Román (Netflix)

Doctor Who Season 14 (BBC1)

May the 12th Be With You (Disney+) 

The Young Offenders Season 4 (BBC1 Friday 10th 9:30pm)

The DRY 2 (Sky Cinema & NOW TV)

 

BOOKS:

Vicki Notaro – Reality Check

NEW MUSIC

Les Savy Fav – OUI, LSF 

We're not gonna lie, this week's episode comes with a health warning, as it is stacked with copious amounts of Sexy & Wrexy Times across streaming and cinema releases, which may cause blushing. 

Other than that, it's a week filled with box office content suited to all types.

STREAMING:

The Idea of You (Prime Video)

Welcome to Wrexham Season 3 (Disney+)

A Man in Full (Netflix)

Shardlake (Disney+)

Unfrosted (Netflix)

The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Sky & NOW TV)

Selling The OC Season 3 (Netflix)

Clarkson’s Farm Season 3 (Prime Video)

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (Disney+)

The Roast of Tom Brady “Live” (Netflix)

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman feat John Mulaney (Netflix)

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (Netflix)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer – All 7 Seasons (Paramount+)

Twilight Saga (Disney+)

Kin Season 1 (Netflix)

In the Land of Saints & Sinners (Netflix)

Secrets of the Neanderthals (Netflix)

Acapulco Season 3 (Apple TV+)

Fiasco (Netflix)

Beautiful Rebel (Netflix)

T.P Bon (Netflix)

 

CINEMA:

The Fall Guy

Love Lies Bleeding

Tarot

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (25th Anniversary)

 

NEW MUSIC:

Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

Well, we did it. We made it to the century, it's all downhill form here.

In this bumper edition of the podcast, we look at this week's mixed bag of streaming, cinema and new music releases. We are also joined by children's author Justin Somper (Vampirates, Pirate Academy) for all the quality chats.

STREAMING:

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Disney+)

Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix)

Knuckles (Paramount+)

Bluey The Surprise Episode (Disney+)

Them: The Scare (Prime Video)

The Big Door Prize Season 2 (Apple TV+)

Land of the Bad (Prime Video)

The Retirement Plan (Paramount+)

Goodbye Earth (Netflix)

Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (Netflix)

Rather (Netflix)

Luxe Listings Toronto (Prime Video)

Deliver Me (Netflix)

The Asunta Case (Netflix)

City Hunter (Netflix)

 

CINEMA:

Challengers

Boy Kills World

Ordinary Angels

The American Society of Magical Negroes

I.S.S. 

That They May Face The Rising Sun

 

NEW MUSIC:

Iron & Wine – Light Verse

St. Vincent – All Born Screaming

Pet Shop Boys – Nonetheless

While it may be what is best described as a low key (aka Pretty Muck) week of releases, we can take comfort in the fact hat there are at least 3-4 big ticket items that will catch our attention.

New Music:

“The Tortured Poets Department” - Taylor Swift

 STREAMING:

The Jinx – Part Two the Life and Deaths of Robert Durst 

(Monday 21st - Sky & NOW TV)

Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver (Netflix)

Feud: Capote vs The Swans (Disney+)

Jimmy Car: Natural Born Killer (Netflix)

The Circle Season 6 (Netflix)

Don’t Hate The Player (Netflix)

The Grimm Variations (Netflix)

Going Home with Tyler Cameron (Prime Video)

Our Living World (Netflix)

Jane Season 2 (Apple TV+)

Argylle (Apple TV+)

Expendables 4 (Prime Video)

The Upshaws Season 5 (Netflix)

CINEMA:

Abigail

Jeanne Du Barry

The Book of Clarence

Another week filled with quality distractions and that's without a mentioning the deluge of sporting activities hitting our screens!

CINEMA:

Civil War

Back to Black

STREAMING:

Fallout (Prime Video)

Blue Lights Season 2 (BBC1 9pm – Mon 15th)

Bluey: The Sign (Disney+ Sun 14th)

The Greatest Hits (Disney+)

Perfect Days (MUBI)

Franklin (Apple TV+)

Good Times (Netflix)

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (Netflix)

Dora: Say Hola to Adventure (Paramount+)

Spirit Rangers Season 3 (Netflix)

What Jennifer Did (Netflix)

Unlocked: A Jail Experiment (Netflix)

Heartbreak High Season 2 (Netflix)

Anthracite (Netflix)

Midsummer Night (Netflix)

Amar Singh Chamkila (Netflix)

Stolen (Netflix)