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Alien gets a timely, thought-provoking prequel series that taps into our current angst about AI and corporate overlords. Set in 2120, in a world run by five mega-companies, a deep-space vessel with experimental life forms crashes to earth, leaving it up to the first human-AI hybrid, Wendy, and rival  …

You might think you know Marlee Matlin’s story. An Oscar winner at 21, the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award, she captured the spotlight again in her mid-50s in the Oscar darling CODA. But there is much more to her story that will surprise, enlighten, and make you feel less alone, and her she  …

Decades after her father’s disappearance, a powerful LA divorce lawyer returns to Ireland to discover that she wasn’t abandoned after all, as she begins to uncover secret relatives, local crime rings, horse racing cons, and family betrayals. Alicia Silverstone stars in the taut six-episode drama tha  …

A prequel to the Outlander series that stands on it own, Blood of My Blood is a romantic historical drama that tells the alternating love stories of the future Jamie Fraser’s parents in 18th-century Scotland and Claire Beauchamp’s parents in World War I England. Grounded in actual historical events  …

A hidden gem that debuted on the Roku Channel in 2022, The Newsreader is an 80s-set drama that follows a veteran Australian news anchor (Anna Torv) as she’s paired up with a handsome young reporter (Sam Reid) to cover everything from the Challenger explosion to Halley’s Comet to the AIDS crisis. Bla  …

A light and smart “com without the rom” for anyone in the midlife crisis years – or viewers staring down parenting challenges, career pivots, and an identity shift. Platonic follows former lawyer turned stay-at-home mom (Rose Byrne) as she rekindles her friendship with a recently divorced brewery ow  …

A deeper and darker second season of the hit Addams family show finally arrives for August binge-watching, with an all new supernatural mystery, a quicker pace, and more of the family.  Wednesday investigates a new series of murders and makes new friends, and Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Gomez (  …

Imagine being dropped into the alternate versions of your life — those roads not taken — using a new psychiatric therapy?  That’s the premise of this inventive, six-episode comedy that tries out a different genre with each episode and each life, from a relationships reality show to a satire to a d  …

Part documentary, part drama, the critically-acclaimed indie film follows a singer from Datong, China who falls in love with a gangster. After he disappears one day to find his fortune, she sets out on a journey to find him, traveling through cities reshaped by the tides — and modernization.  Shot  …

Could this be the show where political opponents find common comedy ground?  Sixteen years after it ended its reign on FOX, Hulu is bringing back the animated TV-14 sitcom from legends Mike Judge (Silicon Valley, Beavis and Butt-Head) and Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation).  After a dec  …

Part of the new phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (which just kicked off with the Fantastic Four reboot in theaters), Disney’s four-part animated anthology is also a Black Panther prequel. It follows Wakandan warriors who travel the world recover artifacts from four pivotal eras—1260 BC Crete,  …

Weaving together history, indigenous lore, and a showdown between free will and prophecy, Apple’s nine episode epic Chief of War stars Jason Momoa stars as a high-ranking chief of Kauaʻi who rebels against the bloody war that unified the Hawaiian Islands in the late 18th century. A sweeping and laye  …

A mostly standalone Marvel movie that doesn’t require multiverse prep, Fantastic Four: First Step picks up four years after the first installment, with Earth teetering on the brink of disaster. Two of the cosmic-powered foursome, Reed and Sue, are expect their first child just a, they are up against  …

An American woman with literary ambitions lands at Oxford University, the place of her childhood fantasies, but ends up in a steamy romance with a man who isn’t part of the dream. Part romcom, part melodrama, the adaptation of the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan has earned decidedly mixed rev  …

Southern comedian Leanne Morgan plays a fictionalized version of herself as a woman in her 60s who has to re-start her life after her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman. Co-starring Kristen Johnston and Ryan Stiles, it’s an old-school multi-cam sitcom from the legendary Chuck Lorre wit  …

The action-comedy starring Anthony Mackie and Will Arnett — based on the PlayStation video game of the same name — returns for its sophomore season to deliver more absurdity and wackadoodle. You’ll have to start from the beginning of the first season, but the second delivers more of a payoff. From  …

Set in 1918 London and based on historical figures from post WWI England, Dope Girls follows a single mom and a dancer who open an underground nightclub and drug den in Soho, where they clash with a newly hired female detective. The BBC production is a fresh take on an era whose stories usually feat  …

Beginning with a man’s death at age 39 — which coincides with the end of the universe — this adaptation of a Stephen King novella starring Tom Hiddleston is a profound and funny tribute to the beauty of small moments and quiet impacts. Co-starring Mark Hamill and Chiwetel Ejiofor, the film will ap  …

The adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s dark fantasy novels returns for its second and final season, culminating in a dramatic conclusion that explores forgiveness, legacy, and the cost of immortality. For those who need a quick refresh on this one: The Sandman fuses ancient mythology, folklore, and literar  …

A groundbreaking take on the British detective series, Code of Silence pivots around a deaf canteen worker whose lip reading skills become critical to an investigation into a violent criminal gang, as its members only meet in “unbuggable” locations.  From The Times’ Carol Midgely:  “The result is a  …