Looking for something to watch over the weekend on Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO, or Hulu? Check out our list of the best new shows and movies on various streaming services, including the beautiful but wrenching documentary Minding the Gap, the brutal Leaving Neverland, and more.
Streaming entertainment is bigger than ever, and with so many streaming services adding new shows and movies every week, it can be nearly impossible to sort through the good and the bad. If you need something to watch and don’t want to wade through the digital muck that washes up on the internet’s shores, follow our picks below for the best new shows and movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Amazon, and other services.
On the list this week: Crushing documentaries, a melancholy update to a childhood favorite, and more.
Like the 1991 film Hook, Christopher Robin imagines what it would be like if a character from a beloved children’s work — in this case, Christopher Robin, the plucky child from the Winnie the Pooh stories — were to grow up, leaving their adventuring days behind. The film begins with Christopher’s last day in the Hundred Acre Wood, bidding farewell to his animal friends, including honey-loving slacker bear Winnie the Pooh (Jim Cummings). Fast forward through the decades, past boarding school and family tragedy and a tour of duty in World War II, and Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) is an adult with a wife named Evelyn (Hayley Atwell) and a daughter named Madeline (Bronte Carmichael), as well as an office job that keeps him away from both of them. When a deadline forces him to skip out on a weekend away with the family, a worn Christopher receives a visit from his old friend Pooh, who needs help finding the other animals in the Hundred Acre Wood.
