Plus: New to Netflix This Week
| September 16, 2024 | | |
| | Wow, this is a star-studded week, from Oscar winners in Ryan Murphy joints to Colin Farrell back in Gotham to a trio of dazzling leading ladies in a tender new drama on Netflix. Plus, the Creative Arts Emmys handed out awards earlier this week—including Alan Cumming winning his first Emmy for emceeing The Traitors (unseating reigning queen RuPaul in the process)—so find out more of the accolades some of your favorite shows received. Happy viewing! | Quick links: | |
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| | | | The Penguin | We’ll have no choice but to focus on Colin Farrell’s talent for this new Batman spinoff because he’s buried under prosthetics as the titular villain—but maybe now he’ll truly get his due as a great actor. Premieres Sept. 19 on Max. | More details |
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| | Agatha All Along | Everyone’s favorite meddling witch is back (played by Kathryn Hahn), and she’s on a mission to recover the powers Wanda stole from her—along with a mangy coven (including Patti LuPone!). Premieres Sept. 18 on Disney+. | More details |
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| | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Cold-blooded murderers or victims of parental abuse who finally snapped? The mystery may never be solved, but we’ll tune in to see Chloe Sevigny and Javier Bardem as the Menendez parents, regardless. Streams on Netflix Sept. 19. | More details |
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| | His Three Daughters | Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, and Natasha Lyonne walk into an East Village apartment… to care for their dying father. Did you think this was going to be a comedy? Streams on Netflix Sept. 20. | More details |
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| | American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez | Toxic masculinity and Big Football are very, very bad in this 10-episode docuseries about the NFL phenom who went to prison for murder and took his own life. Featuring a surprisingly Broadway-centric cast! Premieres on FX Sept. 17. | More details |
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| | | This delightful rom-com (featuring a major movie star) was criminally underseen after distributor troubles led to it going straight to DVD.Joanna Gleason’s character works at Ralph Lauren, a reference to her role on Friends.The May-December romance theme is a familiar story for its writer-director, who is married to Julianne Moore, who is 10 years older. | Answer in footer |
| | | Spooky season is near, which means one thing for some of us: True crime central! With American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story coming soon, here are a few more to get ready: | | The Watcher | Somehow, Ryan Murphy took the true story of a family receiving threatening letters about generations of “watchers” assigned to their house and made it even weirder. But Jennifer Coolidge does something we’ve never seen from her, and that’s reason enough to watch. | More details |
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| | Candy | Jessica Biel is phenomenal as a woman on trial for killing the wife of her former lover with an ax in this very Texas true story. How crazy does it get? Watch to find out. | More details |
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| | WeCrashed | Anne Hathaway gives her finest performance as Rebekah Neumann in this wildly accurate (and wildly entertaining) series about the rise and fall of WeWork. Jared Leto is also there. | More details |
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| | | | 'Salem’s Lot | Annabelle writer Gary Dauberman sinks his teeth into the adaptation of one of Stephen King‘s most famous tales, the 1975 horror novel 'Salem's Lot. The series begins streaming on Max on Oct. 3. | View trailer |
| | | | | The Rebound, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha, is written and directed by Bart Freundlich. It’s one of the most surprisingly fun, unseen movies in recent memory. Find out where it’s streaming! |
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