A daring, eye-opening take on the royal drama, The Serpent Queen traces the rise of one of history’s most infamous and unlikely monarchs, Catherine de Medici, an orphaned commoner who against all odds became one of the most powerful and longest-serving rulers in French history. In Season 2, she sets out to reunite France under
After losing her job at an ad agency, Lene spirals into a midlife crisis, certain she’s washed up and done for. After a few too many, she posts a sexy pic in traditional folk costume on InsideFans, and her life takes a big turn in this Norwegian HBO comedy-drama that’s the perfect chaser after bingeing
The darkly comedic BritBox detective series returns for a second season, which sees Liverpool police officer Chris Carson (Martin Freeman) facing a rocky marriage and a new partner as he tries to help a young addict and see a therapist in the British drama series created by Tony Schumacher. From The Times UK’s Carol Midgley:
In time for peak summer, Seth Rogen and company’s raunchy, X-rated anthropomorphic groceries return in series form, this time venturing outside the store to a people versus food war, all voiced by an all-star team that includes Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Ed Norton, Michael Cera, and many others. Expect food orgies (literally), bad puns, and hard
The third and final season of the historical epic — set 100 years after History Channel’s original Vikings saga — culminates in the final battle that ended the era that pitted Christians against pagans and the Norse (or Danes) against English royals. Bloody and surprising, it’s also sexy and tense, and this season introduces Eric
A stirring documentary about three quadriplegic gamers who discover a new mission in life in the wake of their sudden disabilities, and show us all how to embrace humor, camaraderie, and purpose to find their inner resilience.
It’s been 25 years since the kid sister of Venus emerged from her shadow to win her first grand slam at the U.S. Open. A new ESPN+ series takes us through the dramatic highs and lows of the legend’s career, her rivalry with her sister, and her personal life — capturing much of it through
Rashida Jones stars as an American expat in Kyoto whose husband and son are missing after a plane crash. Determined to investigate the mystery surrounding the crash, she gets help with a futuristic assistant, Sunny, a domestic robot created by her husband’s company. The first two of 10 episodes of the “fairy tale thriller” stream
The first Malaysian film to win a Cannes award is an allegory about the physical, psychological, and social changes brought on by puberty. Director Amanda Nell Eu’s story mixes up a familiar light horror premise by bringing in a medical officer to drive out “the demon” that is a 12-year-old girl — until she unleashes
Over a half century after the first Planet of the Apes, the 10th installment is set 300 years after the Caesar trilogy, and apes are now the dominant species (humans are scarce and in the shadows). A tyrannical new ape is building his empire and a much younger ape must define the future for both