A brotherly bond will be pushed to the absolute limit in Black Rabbit, a crime thriller by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman. Brothers Jake Friedkin (Jude Law) and Vince Friedkin (Jason Bateman) started New York City’s Black Rabbit, a restaurant and VIP lounge. However, Jake becomes the dominant figure in the restaurant once Vince goes off the grid. Years later, Vince returns to the business, and trouble soon follows. Now stuck in the city’s criminal underworld, Jake and Vince will have to put aside their differences and form an uneasy alliance to get out of this hole. Stream Black Rabbit on Netflix.
Class is back in session in Gen V, the spinoff series to The Boys. At Godolkin University School of Crimefighting, young superheroes (“supes”) learn everything there is to know about the job. The supes compete to potentially earn a spot in The Seven. In season 2, the war between humans and superheroes escalates with the arrival of Dean Cipher (Hamish Linklater), the new dean at Godolkin University who prioritizes Supes over normal people. As Homelander (Anthony Starr) rules America, the crew at Godolkin learn about a secret program that threatens the world’s future. Stream Gen V season 2 on Prime Video.
Sylvester Stallone continues to build his empire in Oklahoma in Tulsa King season 3. After 25 years in prison, mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone) is sent to Tulsa to establish criminal operations. Dwight has built an impressive empire over the two seasons. Now, he must protect what he created against the powerful and wealthy Dumire family. Season 3 marks the arrival of Samuel L. Jackson, whose Russell Lee Washington Jr. will be the subject of the spinoff NOLA King. Tulsa King has been renewed for a fourth season. Stream Tulsa King season 3 on Paramount+.
If you missed The Office, then The Paper is the show for you. The Peacock mockumentary series is a follow-up and spinoff to The Office. Greg Daniels, who created The Office, is the co-creator and co-showrunner of The Paper. The documentary crew that filmed Dunder Mifflin has found their new subjects: the staff of the Toledo Truth-Teller, a declining Midwestern newspaper. Looking to turn things around is the ambitious new editor, Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson). All 10 episodes are now available to watch. Stream The Paper season 1 on Peacock.
Task is setting up to be the next great HBO drama. Created by Mare of Easttown’s Brad Ingelsby, Task examines crime from two perspectives: the cops and the criminals. Tom (Mark Ruffalo), a veteran FBI agent, leads a task force to investigate a series of violent robberies in the Philadelphia area. Behind the crimes is Robbie (Tom Pelphrey), an unassuming family man with a troubled past. Task premieres on September 7. The rest of the episodes will be released weekly. Stream Task on HBO Max.
The podcasting trio with an affinity for true crime returns for a fifth season of Only Murders in the Building. Wherever Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) go, death follows. This time, it comes for their beloved doorman (Teddy Coluca). Refusing to believe it’s an accident, the trio begins their investigation, which leads them to three of the richest people in the world (Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, and Christoph Waltz). Only Murders in the Building premieres with three episodes on September 9. The remaining episodes will be released weekly. Stream Only Murders in the Building season 5 on Hulu.
After a three-year break, Jenna Ortega returns to the halls of Nevermore Academy in Wednesday season 2. Wednesday Addams (Ortega) is back in school, where, once again, she’s called upon to solve another murder mystery. It’s a family affair at Nevermore, as Wednesday’s brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez), is now a student. Plus, Wednesday’s parents, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez Addams (Luis Guzmán), find themselves on campus even more this season. All eight episodes of season 2 are now on Netflix. Stream Wednesday season 2 on Netflix.
In The Terminal List, Taylor Kitsch portrayed Ben Edwards, a CIA operative who previously served in the Navy SEALs alongside James Reece (Chris Pratt). Seven years before making his fateful decision in The Terminal List, Ben’s origin story is explored in Dark Wolf. During Ben’s final days with the SEALs, a mission goes awry, leading him to take on covert assignments with the CIA. As he’ll soon learn, the CIA is loose with its rules, meaning the rules of engagement are flexible. Will Ben submit to these dark thoughts if it means taking the law into his hands? Stream The Terminal List: Dark Wolf on Prime Video.
John Cena returns as the foul-mouthed antihero in Peacemaker season 2. Chris Smith (Cena) now has a new enemy to worry about in the new director of ARGUS, Rick Flag, Sr. (Frank Grillo), the father of Rick Flag Jr., the man Peacemaker killed in The Suicide Squad. Meanwhile, Chris follows a door into an alternate universe, one where his life is better. Anything can happen in the multiverse, so Chris must be prepared. New episodes will release weekly until the season finale on October 9, 2025. Stream Peacemaker season 2 on HBO Max.
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox revisits one of the most famous murder cases of the last 20 years. Meredith Kercher, an exchange student, is found dead in her house in Italy. The police charge Meredith’s roommate, Amanda Knox (Grace Van Patten), and Amanda’s Italian boyfriend with murder. Amanda maintained her innocence for years as she sat in an Italian prison. The Hulu show examines Amanda’s fight for freedom and how she overcame a corrupt justice system and a slanted media to find peace. Stream The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox on Hulu.
The era of superhero dominance may or may not be coming to an end, but it’s certainly transformed. Marvel is no longer as dominant as it once was, and we’re not getting six of seven superhero movies every year anymore. While there are plenty of reasons to have nostalgia for the peak of Marvel’s powers, there are also some projects that only exist because they were able to ride that superhero wave. One such show is Legion, which is loosely adapted from a comic book storyline and features a lead character that only die-hard comic fans know about. The three-season series follows David Haller, a man who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a child, and who has slowly come to realize that the voices in his head might be real. Here are three reasons you should watch it on Hulu.
2024 hasn’t been a particularly memorable year for movies. Only a few truly great films have hit theaters over the past nine months, and a number of those movies, like Furiosa, haven’t had the kind of impact among general viewers that many of their supporters hoped they would. Generally speaking, it’s been an unremarkable year for moviegoers with only a handful of films emerging as the kind of rare, distinct spectacles that demand to be seen. One of those movies, Alex Garland’s Civil War, electrified and polarized critics when it was released in April. The film, a dystopian thriller set in a near-future America that has been divided into two warring factions, surprised and disappointed certain viewers with its unexpectedly apolitical approach to its deliberately button-pushing story. Without the baggage of any specific political points of view present to weigh it down, though, Civil War gets to stand on its own terms as an unflinching, utterly gripping war epic.
