Screen Crusades: Weekly Streaming Guide 7.7.23

NOW STREAMING:

‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’ (Prime Video)

After an unjust 16-year prison sentence, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.

‘The Lincoln Lawyer (Season 2 Volume 1)’ (Netflix)

LA’s Hottest Defense Attorney is Back for Season 2! The Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), an iconoclastic idealist, runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln, as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles. Based on the series of bestselling novels by renowned author Michael Connelly, the second season is based on the fourth book in The Lincoln Lawyer series, The Fifth Witness. Part 2 launches August 3 only on Netflix.

‘Etheria Film Festival’ (Shudder)

The world’s most respected film festival showcase of new horror, science fiction, and fantasy films directed by women, Etheria Film Festival is back with its 2023 Official Showcase Lineup and streaming exclusively on Shudder through the month of July.

‘WHAM!’ (Netflix)

With unprecedented access to both George and Andrew’s personal archive including never-before-seen footage, and previously unheard interviews, WHAM! charts in their own words the four year journey from teenage school friends to global superstars.

‘The Out-Laws’ (Netflix)

Owen Browning (Adam Devine) is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Nina Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin) who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.

‘My Adventures with Superman’ (Max)

Clark Kent (Jack Quaid) builds his secret Superman identity and embraces his role as the hero of Metropolis, while sharing adventures and falling in love with Lois (Alice Lee), a journalist, who also takes Jimmy Olsen (Ishmel Sahid) under her wing.

‘Fatal Seduction’ (Netflix)

A married professor named Nandi (Kgomotso Christopher) is pulled into a passionate affair with a younger man that uncovers a path of tragedy and betrayal from those closest to her.

‘Aftersun’ (Paramount+)

Twenty years after their last holiday at a fading vacation resort, Sophie (Frankie Corio) reflects on the rare time spent with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). At 11-years-old, as the world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Sophie’s recollections become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t, in Charlotte Wells’ superb and searingly emotional debut film. Mescal was nominated for an Oscar for his performance.

‘The Quiet Girl’ (Hulu)

The Quiet Girl is a delicate drama that follows a shy nine-year-old (Catherine Clinch) who has been separated from her immediate family and left in the care of two distant relatives for the summer. After sun-dappled days spent milking cows, peeling potatoes and fetching water from the well, the Initially uncommunicative child soon opens up to her foster parents. Textural and tender, this award-winning film shows that home is where you feel loved. This film was also nominated at the Oscars for Best International Feature Film.

CONTINUED WEEKLY EPISODES:

‘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. All episodes are now streaming.

‘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. All episodes are now streaming.

‘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 seven 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 six 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 six 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 four 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 three 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 four 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 three episodes are now streaming.

‘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. The first three episodes are now streaming.

‘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. The first four episodes are now streaming.

‘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. The first four episodes are now streaming. 

Also streaming now:

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)’

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’, ‘Shark Week’

Shudder – ‘Day of the Dead’

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 Craven Presents: Dracula 2000’, ‘Wes Craven Presents: Dracula III: Legacy’, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’, ‘Shaun White: The Last Run’

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 Portable Door’

Paramount+ – ‘3:10 to Yuma’, ‘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’

COMING NEXT WEEK:

Netflix – ‘65’, ‘The Tutor’, ‘Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead’, ‘Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie’, ‘Unknown: Killer Robots’, ‘Vivarium’, ‘Quarterback’, ‘Burn the House Down’, ‘Devil’s Advocate’, ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’, ‘Sonic Prime (Season 2)’, ‘Survival of the Thickest’, ‘Bird Box Barcelona’, ‘Five Star Chef’

Hulu – ‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (Season 2)’, ‘12 Strong’, ‘Betrayal: The Perfect Husband’, ‘The Jewel Thief’, ‘Court Cam (Season 4)’, ‘Pretty Problems’, ‘Imagine Dragons Live in Vegas’, ‘What We Do in the Shadows (Season 5)’, ‘A Little White Lie’, ‘Vesper’

Shudder – ‘The Boogey Man’, ‘The Devonsville Terror’, ‘The Last Drive-In (Season 5 Week 9)’, ‘Quicksand’

Max – ‘Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (Season 2)’, ‘Full Circle’, ‘Gray Matter’, ‘Project Greenlight’, ‘La Narcosatanica’, ‘Time Zone’

Prime Video – ‘The King’s Speech’

Disney+ – ‘UFOs: Investigating the Unknown’, ‘Never Say Never’

Apple TV+ – ‘The Afterparty (Season 2)’, ‘Foundation (Season 2)’

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