A down-on-her-luck rocker moves to Japan on a whim, hoping for greener pastures while working at a karaoke bar when she miraculously meets a band looking for a lead singer. This critical gem from 1988 starring Carrie Hamilton had fallen into obscurity until high-profile backers (including Hamilton’s mother, Carol Burnett) resurrected it for a contemporary
After a five month hiatus thanks to the Writer’s Strike, Colbert returns to both CBS and Paramount+. Count on the Elder Statesman of Late Night to help distill the overwhelm of the past two season with a giant pile up of jokes that have surely been percolating in the brains of his entire staff all
Although his kids are actually in their mid 40s at this point, Homer and family are back for a fresh season, which sees the patriarch becoming a crossing guard who turns his role into SWAT-level worthy. Debuting on Hulu Monday eves.
On the day of the 72nd Miss USA pageant, an hour-long doc exposing corruption in the pageant industry comes to Hulu. Former contestants speak out and peel back the curtain on one of TV’s most controversy-laden traditions. This doc comes as the latest installment of The New York Times Presents, which previously covered Elon Musk
A slew of superpowered students put their morals to the test, competing for top rank in America’s only college for superheroes. The show is a spinoff of the Prime sci-fi series The Boys, and shares the same punchy, humor-filled take on superheroes, and in this case, coming of age.
A single mom tries to occupy her rebellious teenage son with a secondhand acoustic guitar. With the help of a has-been LA musician, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, their family finds healing through music. From Sing Street and Once creator John Carney, this heartfelt and tender Irish musical comes to Apple TV+.
A young, kind birdwatcher must overcome cruel torment from two neighborhood bullies in the latest Wes Anderson-directed Roald Dahl adaptation. Starring Ralph Fiennes as Dahl himself (a sort of mother goose narrator figure), this all-ages short film is available on Netflix, the second of four Dahl-inspired short films.
An East London millennial juggles dead-end jobs and existential crisis when her life is upended after a one-night stand with a man she later finds out is a famous actor. This lighthearted comedy from Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedian Rose Matafeo gets a third season, which critics say moves beyond its origins as a romantic comedy
The hair-raising true story of Britain’s biggest police manhunt for a former bodybuilder who shot three people days after being released from prison. This ripped-from-the-headlines crime drama recreating the high-stakes police 2010 investigation comes to the US on BritBox.
A lot of true crime docs claim to be shocking, but this one investigates the still-unsolved 1999 murder of a high-profile BBC TV journalist — a woman repeatedly compared to Princess Diana — who was shot on her doorstop. Theories about a professional hitman, organized crime, and ex-lovers are all explored, but the bigger question