From highly-anticipated movies to all-new TV shows, there’s plenty to watch this weekend.
Sure, everybody’s raving about Squid Game, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only thing worth tuning into this weekend. In fact, the next few days prove a surprisingly busy period for new movies, in particular, which makes a refreshing change from the time commitment demanded by lengthy TV shows of late. There’s The Many Saints of Newark on HBO Max, for instance, which marks a long-awaited return to the world of The Sopranos, as well as The Guilty on Netflix and the surprisingly enjoyable Free Guy on Disney Plus. Hell, there’s even Diana: The Musical, if all-singing-all-dancing incarnations of real-life royals are your thing. Below, we round up eight of the biggest additions coming to streamers this weekend in the US and the UK – from highly-anticipated movies to all-new talk shows. Arriving on HBO Max after a number of pandemic-induced delays, The Many Saints of Newark whisks audiences back to the world of David Chase’s hit HBO series, The Sopranos, for a prequel story set in the late 1960s. In this movie, to nobody’s surprise, Tony Soprano finds himself and his family caught up in the midst of a violent gang war. Inheriting the role of a much younger Tony is Michael Gandolfini, son of the late James Gandolfini, who starred in the original 2000s series. This one was written by Chase himself and directed by Alan Taylor, and features the likes of Alessandro Nivola, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Leslie Odom Jr. and, of course, Ray Liotta (is a gangster movie even a gangster movie without him?). You’ll need the $14.99 ad-free HBO Max tier to watch it in the US. UK audiences can watch The Many Saints of Newark in theaters now. Now available to stream on HBO Max for 30 days in the US A same-name adaptation of the award-winning Danish drama, The Guilty stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a 911 call center operator who faces a race against time to save a kidnapped woman on the other side of the line. Netflix reportedly paid $30 million to acquire this one, which comes from director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto (True Detective).
