We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+
If you like New Zealanders in surprising roles: Cocaine Bear (Netflix, September 24)
If you like your movies silly and splattery, last year’s cult hit Cocaine Bear is coming to Netflix this week. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, the film is inspired by the true story of an American black bear who ingested 34 kilograms of cocaine dumped by drug smugglers. In reality, the bear sadly died. In Cocaine Bear, the bear goes on a killing spree, and everyone from Felicity from Felicity to Tyler from Modern Family are in the firing line. Cocaine Bear also has a pretty surprising local angle: the titular Cocaine Bear is played by a New Zealander.
If you like an odd couple rom com: Nobody Wants This (Netflix, September 26)
Inspired by the experience of creator Erin Foster, who converted to Judaism a when she married her Jewish husband, there’s certainly a parallel between Nobody Wants this and local comedy Kid Sister. When brash podcaster Joanne (Kristin Bell) meets rabbi Noah (Adam Brody) at a party, they seem like the least compatible people on Earth. But life finds a way in rom coms, and soon they are on a roller coaster romance filled with many social and cultural faux pas. The Guardian said it was “slick and bingeable, and full of snappy, sassy dialogue.”
If you like spooky small town horror: From S3 (TVNZ+, Sep 23)
For those with strong stomachs and a penchant for the horrifying, From returns to TVNZ+ this week. Featuring horrible creatures who come at night and the horrors of human desperation by day, critics are calling S3 of From a return to form: “With gripping characters, powerful mysteries, and a dark storyline filled with memorable, horrific moments, From season 3 offers its most compelling narrative since season one,” wrote Screen Rant.
If you like wealthy Australian melodrama: Made In Bondi (Hayu, September 24)
Sydney is the latest territory to enter the fires first forged by Made in Chelsea way back in 2011. Made in Bondi dives headfirst into a world of “opulence, romance, and endless drama” where the people are tanned and the tears flow like Dom Perignon. Early reviews called the series “insufferable” and claimed that it made them “want to dig my eyes out with a spoon.” Sounds like one for fans of trashy, captivating and bizarre Australian opulence a la Byron Baes.
If you’re scared of AI and need Oprah: An Oprah Special: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Us (Sep 27, Disney+)
You know the rubber is hitting the road when Oprah bloody Winfrey gets involved. “I’ve been living on this planet for seven decades. I’ve seen a lot of things change. But about a year ago, I saw the first change I didn’t fully comprehend,” she says in the teaser trailer for her upcoming special. “Artificial intelligence is here, and life for all of us is about to be very different.” In a one-hour special speaking with a range of experts and commentators, Oprah promises to get to the bottom of what is going on with AI, and what is coming for us all (a free cruise, hopefully).
The rest
Netflix
Hitman Agent 47 (September 23)
Ellen Degeneres For Your Approval (September 24)
Dear Sa-Chan (September 24)
Divorce (September 25)
Jailbreak Love on the Run (September 25)
Mr McMahon (September 25)
We Were Kings (September 25)
Scream (September 26)
Everything Calls for Salvation S2 (September 26)
A True Gentleman (September 26)
Bangkok Breaking Heaven and Hell (September 26)o
An Invisible Victim (September 26)
Do You See What I see (September 27)
Gyeong Seong Creature (September 27)
Res Ball (September 27)
Ruben Guthrie (September 27)
Will and Harper (September 27)
Where the Crawdads Sing (September 28)
Mummies (September 29)
TVNZ+
Love Island UK S6 (September 24)
Bohemian Rhapsody (September 24)
Marilyn Manson: Unmasked (September 27)
The Dog House Australia (September 28)
On Thin Ice: Putin vs Greenpeace (September 29)
ThreeNow
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace (S1-2) (September 25)
Wipeout USA (S5) (September 27)
The Good Doctor (S5) (September 28)
Dance Moms S9 (September 28)
Neon
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (September 24)
Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose S1 (September 25)
Rescue: Hi-Surf S1 (September 26)
Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom (September 26)
Lethal Weapon 2, 3 and 4 (September 26)
Darcey & Stacey S1-3 (September 27)
The Equalizer (September 27)
The Equalizer 2 (September 27)
The Tomorrow War (September 29)
Prime Video
Killer Heat (Sep 26)
Hotel Artemis (Movie) 25/09/2024
Killer Heat (Movie) 26/09/2024
Previously Saved Version (Movie) 27/09/2024
Disney+
Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal (Sep 24)
Mama Cake (Sep 25)
At Witt’s End: The Hunter for a Killer (Sep 25)
Kindergarten: The Musical (Sep 25)
Macross 7 (25)
Volta Priscila (25)
Fly (25)
Inside Out 2 (Sep 25)
Ayla & the Mirrors (Sep 27)
She Taught Love (Sep 27)
Little Miss Innocent (Sep 28)
Social Studies (Sep 28)
Apple TV+
Midnight Family (Sep 25)
Acorn/AMC+/Shudder
Oddity (Shudder, AMC+, September 27)