Clockwise: Marcel the Shell With No Shoes On, Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary, Florence Pugh in Don’t Worry Darling and Justina Machado and Alejandro Hernandez in The Horror of Dolores Roach.
Clockwise: Marcel the Shell With No Shoes On, Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary, Florence Pugh in Don’t Worry Darling and Justina Machado and Alejandro Hernandez in The Horror of Dolores Roach.

Pop CultureJuly 3, 2023

New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week

Clockwise: Marcel the Shell With No Shoes On, Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary, Florence Pugh in Don’t Worry Darling and Justina Machado and Alejandro Hernandez in The Horror of Dolores Roach.
Clockwise: Marcel the Shell With No Shoes On, Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary, Florence Pugh in Don’t Worry Darling and Justina Machado and Alejandro Hernandez in The Horror of Dolores Roach.

What are you going to be watching this week? We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, Neon and TVNZ+.

The biggies

The Horror of Dolores Roach (on Prime Video from July 7)

Prime Video seems to be killing it with wild concepts recently. This one follows Dolores Roach (the excellent Justina Machado from Netflix’s One Day at a Time) who returns to a gentrified Washington Heights after a 16-year prison sentence. She reunites with an old friend, working as a masseuse from his basement, but when her already precarious situation is threatened, she goes to shocking extremes. It’s based on the Gimlet Media podcast of the same name, and trust me, you do not want to be spoiled for this one. / Sam Brooks

Then You Run (on TVNZ+ from July 8)

This thriller is based on Zoran Drvenkar’s book You (no, not the Netflix You) and follows a group of close-knit rebellious London teenagers who find themselves on the run with three kilos of heroin and deadly criminals at their heels. Things get even darker once the estranged father of one of their number is found dead. The shows promises “dark humour, bloody action and shocking twists”. / SB

Deep Fake Love (on Netflix from July 6)

“Five couples put their trust to the test in this steamy reality series, where deepfake technology blurs the line of truth and lies in a cash prize game.” If I wasn’t already sure we were in a dystopia, that premise sure convinces me. 100,000 Euros are at stake in this Spanish reality series, along with my faith in the human race. / SB

The notables

Everyone Else Burns (on Neon from July 5)

Simon Bird, best known for The Inbetweeners, stars as the patriarch of this coming-of-age sitcom about a Manchester family who are part of a puritanical Christian sect. This show has received rave reviews back home in the UK, in particular noting that it never goes for easy jokes about religion, and it’s full of heart. Kate O’Flynn, Lolly Adefope and Amy James-Kelly also star. / SB

Elementary (all seasons on TVNZ+ from July 3)

Hear me out: Elementary is a better show than Sherlock. Despite the lack of a BBC pedigree, this US adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, with Jonny Lee Miller as the titular detective and Lucy Liu as Watson always seemed truer to the spirit of the books. There are a lot of episodes to get through, but the chemistry of Miller and Liu as they wade through episode-of-the-week mysteries is more than sufficient to get you through. / SB

Duck and Goose (season two on Apple TV+ from July 7)

This animated shows for preschoolers is adapted from Tad Hill’s popular books of the same name, and follows Duck and Goose, two best friends who don’t always see “beak to beak” (cute!). Despite this, they manage to bring out the best in each other. If you’ve already worn out every episode of Bluey several times, this looks like it could be a good thing to substitute in, if you have a child, are a child, or are an adult with a childlike sense of wonder./ SB

The films

Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (on Prime Video from July 5 and Neon from July 8)

Alex Casey from our group think last year: “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is a perfect film (and not just because it is under 98 minutes long). It is sweet without ever being cloying, trades in nostalgia without ever getting into desperado Space Jam (2022) territory, and gently asks us to think about much of our modern online lives without ever feeling like preachy #lookup bullcrap. All while raising awareness for seashell carsickness? I hope the Academy is listening.”

Robots (on Prime Video from July 7)

This sci-fi romcom sees Jack Whitehall and Shailene Woodley star as a “womaniser” and “gold digger” respectively, who own physically identical robots (so… clones?). After deciding to go on a date together, they both end up sending their doubles, and lo and behold, their doubles fall in love and ditch their masters. Sounds cute! Not Marcel the Shell level cute, but somewhere thereabouts. / SB

Don’t Worry Darling (on Neon from July 4)

It wasn’t even a year ago that this film was the source of a million memes. Then it came out and people realised that it was just fine! Olivia Wilde’s sophomore film sees Florence Pugh and Harry Styles play Alice and Jack Chambers, a couple who live in an idealistic company town in 1950s California. Alas, all is not as it seems! Chances are you if you were interested in this film, at all, you’ve already seen it. But if you haven’t, get thee to a screen with a Neon subscription./ SB

Netflix

July 3

The Last Daughter

July 4

Tom Segura: Sledgehammer

The King Who Never Was

July 5

Back to 15: Season 2

WHAM!

July 6

The Lincoln Lawyer: Season 2 Part 1

Deep Fake Love

Gold Brick

Wake Up, Carlo!

My Happy Marriage

July 7

Hack My Home

Fatal Seduction

The Out-Laws

Seasons

Neon

July 3

Warrior: Season 3

Mirror Mirror

July 4

Ollie’s Pack

Don’t Worry Darling

July 5

Everyone Else Burns

Koko: A Red Dog Story

Red Dog

Red Dog: True Blue

July 6

Blaze and the Monster Machines: Season 6a

The Goldbergs: Season 10

He’s Just Not That Into You

July 7

Curious George

July 8

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

RIPD2: The Rise of the Damned

July 9

The Drover’s Wife

TVNZ+

July 3

Dogtown and Z-Boys

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Hoop Dreams

Pretending I’m Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story

Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton

Elementary: Season 1-7

Dawson’s Creek: Season 1-6

July 5

The Mormons are Coming

July 7

The House Bunny

Superbad

Click

Gridiron Gang

Take Shelter

The Book of Eli

Moon

Rachel Getting Married

Seven Years in Tibet

In the Line of Fire

July 8

Then You Run

Disney+

July 5

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire

July 7

Aquamania

Bath Day

Building a Building

Figaro and Frankie

Goofy Gymnastics

The Skeleton Dance

A Place to Fight For

The Ashley Madison Affair

Sharkano: Hawaii

Shark Eat Shark

Saved from a Shark

Return of the White Shark

Bull Shark vs Hammerhead

Bull Shark Bandits

Killer Shark vs Killer Whale

Cannibal Sharks

Prime Video

July 4

The Hunt for Karl Lagerfeld’s Millions

July 5

Meet Me in the Bathroom

Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

July 7

Robots

The Horror of Dolores Roach

Apple TV+

July 7

Duck and Goose: Season 2

Acorn

July 3

Vera: Season 12

Shudder

July 3

Day of the Dead

AMC+

July 6

Cooper’s Bar

Keep going!