Screen Crusades: Weekly Streaming Guide 6.30.23

NOW STREAMING:

‘The Witcher (Season 3 – Volume 1)’ (Netflix)

Destiny brought them together. Dangerous forces are trying to tear them apart. Geralt and Yennefer fight to keep Ciri safe as war brews on the Continent. Chaos is coming. This is Henry Cavill’s final season in the lead role.

‘Run Rabbit Run’ (Netflix)

In this new original horror film, Succession star Sarah Snook plays a single mother frightened by her young daughter’s inexplicable memories of a past identity.

‘Children of the Corn’ (Shudder)

Based, once again, on the franchise-spawning short story by Stephen King, in this 2023 reboot of Children of the Corn, possessed by the spirit of a dying cornfield, an orphan decides to take revenge against the town’s adults.

‘Hijack’ (Apple TV+)

Starring Idris Elba and told in real time, Hijack is a tense thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to London over a seven-hour flight, and as authorities on the ground scramble for answers.

‘Warrior (Season 3)’ (Max)

Struggling under the pressure of an increased police presence, the Hop Wei search for a new lucrative way to survive. Meanwhile, as Leary grows frustrated with his limitations on the city council, the Long Zii gain powerful new connections.

‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Season 4)’ (Prime Video)

In the final season, CIA analyst Jack Ryan (John Krasinki) uncovers a suspicious series of bank transfers. His search for answers catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack.

‘Nimona’ (Netflix)

A knight (Sound of Metal star Riz Ahmed) framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen (Chloe Grace Moretz) to prove his innocence. But what if she’s the monster he’s sworn to destroy?

‘Ten Year Old Tom’ (Season 2)’ (Max)

A youngster puts up with the bad influences in his life including litigious parents, drug dealing bus drivers, and inappropriate band teachers.

‘Barbarian’ (Hulu)

Traveling to Detroit for a job interview, a young woman (Georgina Campbell) books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double-booked, and a strange man (Bill Skarsgård) is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the evening. Before long, mysterious sounds draw her to other parts of the house where terrifying discoveries prove there’s a lot more for her to fear than just an unexpected house guest.

‘M3GAN’ (Prime Video)

M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. Designed by brilliant toy-company roboticist Gemma, M3GAN can listen and watch and learn as she becomes friend and teacher, playmate and protector, for the child she is bonded to. As Gemma faces pressure at work to deliver a finished version of M3GAN, she suddenly becomes the unprepared caretaker of her newly orphaned 8-year-old niece, Cady. Gemma decides to pair the M3GAN prototype with Cady in an attempt to resolve both problems-a decision that will have unimaginable consequences.

CONTINUED WEEKLY EPISODES:

‘Silo’ (Apple TV+)

In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo. All episodes are now streaming.

‘The Clearing’ (Hulu)

A woman must face the demons from her past in order to stop the kidnapping and coercion of innocent children in the future. The first seven episodes are now streaming with the finale arriving next week.

‘Deadloch’ (Prime Video)

When a local man turns up dead on the beach, two vastly different detectives are thrown together to solve the case, fastidious local senior sergeant Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) and a rough-as-guts blow-in from Darwin, senior investigator Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami) along with their overeager junior constable Abby (Nina Oyama). As the town prepares to launch the annual arts, food, and culture event—Winter Festival—the trio must put their differences aside and work together to find the killer. The first seven episodes are now streaming with the finale arriving next week.

‘The Crowded Room’ (Apple TV+)

The Crowded Room follows Danny Sullivan (Tom Holland), a man who is arrested following his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979. A captivating thriller told through a series of interviews with curious interrogator Rya Goodwin (Amanda Seyfried), Danny’s life story unfolds, revealing elements of the mysterious past that shaped him, and the twists and turns that will lead him to a life-altering revelation. The first six episodes are now streaming.

‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 16)’ (Hulu)

Proof that rock bottom isn’t always as low as you can go, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia returns for a record-extending Sweet 16 Season. The Gang is ripping straight from the headlines as they yearn for the past and attempt to survive the year, navigating 2023 with 16 years of baggage and a few figures from their past rearing their heads. The first five episodes are now streaming.

‘Joe Pickett (Season 2)’ (Paramount+)

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett (Michael Dorman) discovers a hunter murdered in the mountains and realizes his is just one of a series of gruesome murders. To solve the case and catch the killer, Joe must navigate a radical anti-hunting activist, a ghoulish set of twins living off the grid, and his own tortured past. Joe and his wife, Marybeth (Julianna Guill), discover that the murdered men weren’t as innocent as they seemed, but when they dig too deep, they are forced to go on the run and fight for their very lives. The first five episodes are now streaming.

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 2)’ (Paramount+)

Captain Pike (Anson Mount), Number One (Rebecca Romijn), Spock (Ethan Peck) and the rest of the Enterprise crew are back exploring strange new worlds and boldly going where no one has gone before. The first three episodes are now streaming.

‘Secret Invasion’ (Disney+)

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) learns of a secret invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls; Fury joins his allies, and together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity. The first two episodes are now streaming.

‘The Righteous Gemstones (Season 3)’ (Max)

From Danny McBride, this critically acclaimed comedy follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. Left flailing in the wake of their patriarch Eli Gemstone’s (John Goodman) semi-retirement, Season 3 finds Jesse (McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson), and Kelvin (Adam Devine) in charge of the vast Gemstone empire. When their long-lost cousins come out of the woodwork, the siblings must work together if they want to keep the Gemstone legacy intact. An irreverent look at the lives of holy rollers, The Righteous Gemstones explores the salacious world of those who offer salvation… to the highest bidder. The first three episodes are now streaming.

‘Swagger (Season 2)’ (Apple TV+)

From NBA star Kevin Durant, filmmaker Reggie Rock Bythewood, and the team behind Friday Night Lights. A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he’s going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger. The first two episodes are now streaming.

Also streaming now:

Netflix – ‘The Imitation Game’, ‘The Price of Glory’, ‘Delete’, ‘Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate’, ‘Hoarders (Season 13)’, ‘Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators’, ‘Alone (Season 9)’, ‘Annihilation’, ‘Is It Cake, Too? (Season 2)’

Hulu – ‘Claim to Fame (Season 2)’, ‘Guns Akimbo’, ‘Burial’, ‘Linoleum’, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’

Shudder – ‘Home Video’

Max – ‘Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham’, ‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’

Prime Video – ‘Project Almanac’, ‘The Gambler’, ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’, ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’, ‘What If’

Paramount+ – ‘Beavis and Butt-Head Classics’, ‘Bruce Springsteen – Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run’, ‘Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Live in New York City’, ‘Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert’

Disney+ – ‘Home Improvement’, ‘Home in the Wild’

COMING NEXT WEEK:

Netflix – ‘Bridesmaids’, ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’, ‘Jumanji’, ‘The Karate Kid Trilogy’, ‘Kick-Ass’, ‘Liar Liar’, ‘Pride & Prejudice’, ‘Prom Night (2008)’, ‘Rush Hour Trilogy’, ‘Snow White & the Huntsman’, ‘The Squid and the Whale’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’, ‘Thank You for Your Service’, ‘Titanic’, ‘Warm Bodies’, ‘White House Down’, ‘Unknown: The Lost Pyramid’, ‘The King Who Never Was’, ‘The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (Season 2)’, ‘WHAM!’, ‘The Lincoln Lawyer (Season 2 – Volume 1)’, ‘Fatal Seduction’, ‘The Out-Laws’

Hulu – ‘CSI: Miami (Season 5)’, ‘Survivor (Season 42)’, ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’, ‘Alien Quadrilogy’, ‘Alita: Battle Angel’, ‘All the Right Moves’, ‘Bachelor Party’, ‘Bandidas’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘Bruno’, ‘Burlesque’, ‘Chloe’, ‘Clive Barker’s The Plague’, ‘Death on the Nile’, ‘Deja Vu’, ‘Die Hard’, ‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’, ‘Elysium’, ‘Ford v Ferrari’, ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’, ‘Fun With Dick and Jane’, ‘Get Him to the Greek’, ‘Here Comes the Boom’, ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’, ‘The Hulk’, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’, ‘King Kong’, ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / The Return of the King’, ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’, ‘Queen of the Damned’, ‘Real Steel’, Red Tails’, ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’, ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’, ‘See How They Run’, ‘Step Brothers’, ‘Support the Girls’, ‘The Walk’, ‘Whiplash’, ‘The Quiet Girl’, ‘Shark Week’

Shudder – ‘Day of the Dead’, ‘Etheria Film Festival’

Max – ‘300’, ‘17 Again’, ‘Barbershop’, ‘Caddyshack’, ‘Clash of the Titans’, ‘Cujo’, ‘Deep Blue Sea’, ‘Dracula II: Ascension’, ‘Dunkirk’, ‘Fast Color’, ‘Good Will Hunting’, ‘Hotel Artemis’, ‘Immortals’, ‘Jonah Hex’, ‘King Kong’, ‘Lethal Weapon Franchise’, ‘Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior’; ‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’, ‘The Meg’, ‘Mortal Kombat’, ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Rampage’, ‘Shoplifters’, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 90s Trilogy’, ‘Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny’, ‘The Animatrix’, ‘The Blind Side’, ‘The Descent’, ‘The Skeleton Twins’, ‘Thirteen Ghosts’, ‘TMNT’, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’, ‘V for Vendetta’,  ‘Wes Cracen Presents: Dracula 2000’, ‘Wes Craven Presents: Dracula III: Legacy’, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’, ‘Shaun White: The Last Run’, ‘My Adventures with Superman’

Prime Video – ‘A Star is Born’, ‘Battle: Los Angeles’, ‘Battleship’, ‘Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey’, ‘Chaplin’, ‘Cool Hand Luke’, ‘Cry Macho’, ‘Flags of Our Fathers’, ‘Free Willy’, ‘Gladiator’, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’, ‘Legally Blonde’, ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events’, ‘Men in Black Trilogy’, ‘No Country for Old Men’, ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, ‘Rocky Balboa’, ‘Saturday Night Fever’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Scarface’, ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’, ‘The Amityville Horror’, ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’, ‘The Fighter’, ‘The Iron Giant’, ‘The Other Guys’, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, ‘The Truman Show’, ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’, ‘The Portable Door’

Paramount+ – ‘3:10 to Yuma’, ‘Aftersun’, ‘Charlotte’s Web’, ‘Chinatown’, ‘Collateral’, ‘Death Wish’, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, ‘G.I. Jane’, ‘Interview with the Vampire’, ‘Jack Reacher’, ‘Jackass Number Two’, ‘Pet Sematary’, ‘Red Eye’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘The Godfather Part II’, ‘xXx’, ‘xXx: State of the Union’

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