We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+.
Big Mistakes (Netflix, April 9)
Created by Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek) and Rachel Sennott (Bottoms, I Love LA), Big Mistakes stars Levy as Nicky, a queer pastor and unlikely jewel thief. After a misguided theft for his dying grandmother goes horribly wrong, he and his sister Morgan (Taylor Ortega) are blackmailed into working for organised crime. Described as a “comedic exploration of small-f family dynamics, generational trauma and why we stand by the people who make us craziest,” this crime comedy is one to watch if you’re a fan of Breaking Bad and Ozark.
The Boys (Prime Video, April 8)
Based on the comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the dark superhero satire The Boys is coming to an end with its fifth and final season. Details are scarce about what’s in store for the Vought-employed Supes (or superhumans), but what we do know is that the United States remains controlled by the homicidal Homelander and that a synthetic pathogen that can kill Supes has been discovered. Now, it’s up to Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher to dispense with the pathogen and to save the country. A “welcome respite from Marvel overkill,” season five of The Boys is bound to be bloody and brilliant.
The Testaments (Disney+, April 8)
Based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, The Testaments is set four years after the ending of The Handmaid’s Tale, shifting focus from the handmaids to their successors. Set at Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, this coming-of-age tale is led by One Battle After Another’s Chase Infiniti who plays Agnes MacKenzie, a pious teenager who must grapple with the bleak future that awaits her. Just like its predecessor, The Testaments will be chillingly relevant.
Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair (Disney+, April 10)
Set 20 years after the end of the original series, Frankie Muniz, Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson and Justin Berfield return to the Nolastname home for Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair. Malcolm, having distanced himself from his family’s chaos, now lives a happy life with his daughter and girlfriend, but he’s brought back into their tumultuous whirlwind when Hal and Lois demand his presence for their 40th wedding anniversary party. Sure to be a nostalgia hit filled with side-splitting antics.
Outcome (Apple TV, April 10)
Directed and co-written by Superbad star Jonah Hill, Outcome follows Keanu Reeves as beloved Hollywood actor Reef Hawk. After taking a break from acting and getting sober for five years, he must “dive into the depths of his hidden demons” and make amends with those he has wronged when a mysterious video threatens to shatter his entire image. Also featuring Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, Drew Barrymore, and Martin Scorsese, the offbeat Outcome is unmissable.
2000 Meters to Andriivka (AroVision, April 8)
The follow-up to the Oscar-winning 20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov returns to helm the harrowing 2000 Meters to Andriivka. This gut-wrenching documentary follows Chernov and a Ukrainian platoon as they attempt to liberate Andriivka, a strategically important village held by Russian forces. Largely capturing the bloodbath through the point of view ofUkrainian soldiers and their helmet cameras, this immersive, boots-on-the-ground documentary “offers a groundbreaking view of the horror and pity of war.” An agonisingly stark reminder of the cost and absurdity of this brutal conflict, 2000 Meters to Andriivka is essential viewing.
The rest
Netflix
Sheng Wang: Purple (April 7)
Untold: Chess Mates (April 7)
Trust Me: The False Prophet (April 8)
Big Mistakes (April 9)
Bandi (April 9)
18th Rose (April 9)
Turn of the Tide S3 (April 10)
Thrash (April 10)
Immortals (April 10)
The Truman Show (April 10)
At Home With the Furys S2 (April 12)
TVNZ+
National Security (April 6)
Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini (April 6)
Bricks on Track (April 6)
Elysium (April 7)
Worlds Apart (April 8)
Voltaire in Love (April 8)
The Great British Sewing Bee S11 (April 9)
The Great British Bake Off S16 (April 9)
The Miniature Wife (April 10)
Chateau DIY S8 (April 10)
Grand Designs NZ S9 (April 12)
Buzz’s Epic Little Missions S2 (April 12)
Mr Hugo’s Little Library (April 12)
Cats & Dogs (April 12)
The Bourne Legacy (April 12)
Bad Behaviour (April 12)
ThreeNow
Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie (April 7)
MĀORI+
In the Zone (April 6)
Dreambuilders (April 10)
Pork pie (April 10)
Go! (April 11)
The Great Gatsby (April 11)
Neon
Life After Life (April 6)
Fight or Flight (April 6)
Reef School (April 7)
Shimmer & Shine (April 7)
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S2 (April 7)
Katie’s Kurī S1 (April 7)
Tākaro Tribe S1-S2 (April 7)
Sands of Iwo Jima (April 7)
Superman (April 8)
Becker S1-S6 (April 9)
The Guns of Navarone (April 9)
Prime Video
Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun (April 6)
13 Going on 30 (April 7)
The Boys S5 (April 8)
Fist of the North Star (April 11)
Disney+
The Testaments (April 8)
Hey A.J.! (April 8)
Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair (April 10)
RoboGobo S2 (April 10)
Perfect Crown (April 11)
Apple TV
Outcome (April 10)
DocPlay
André is an Idiot (April 9)
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (April 9)
Hayu
The Real Housewives of Atlanta S17 (April 6)
AroVision
Mistress Dispeller (April 8)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (April 8)
Vermiglio (April 8)
2000 Meters to Andriivka (April 8)
The Bride! (April 8)
Ick (April 8)
