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 Jonah Hill’s coming-of-age film Mid90s, the bloody vampire action of Blade, 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: Mid90s, BlacKkKlansman, and more.
Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is a stylish period piece about a young kid trying to find a sense of belonging in Los Angeles circa the mid-1990s. The film follows Stevie (Sunny Suljic), a 13-year-old boy who lives with his single mother, Dabney (Katherine Waterston), and his older brother, Ian (Lucas Hedges). Stevie admires his brother, even though Ian frequently beats him up, and longing for male camaraderie, Stevie seeks out a group of local skaters who don’t give a damn about society’s rules. Rolling with the hellions, Stevie embraces drugs, alcohol, and the pain of falling off his board. Hill filmed Mid90s in Academy ratio (4:3), which gives the film a nostalgic quality that fits its themes, and while the film has its rough edges (to be expected of a director’s first film), it’s a promising debut.
