Welcome to Boston.com weekly streaming guide. Every week, we recommend five must-see movies and TV shows available on streaming platforms including: Netflix, Hulu, amazon prime, disney plus, HBO MaxPeacock, Paramount+, and more.
While many of our recommendations are for new shows, others are for lesser-known releases you may have missed or classics that are set to drop from the streaming service at the end of the month.
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“We are all strangers”
The field of films vying for Oscar nominations in 2024 was especially thick this year, leaving great films like “All of Us Strangers,” which arrives on Hulu this week, empty-handed. The Gen Start. Initially closed off to each other, the men discover that they are bonded by more than physical attraction, including past trauma.
How to watch: “All of Us Strangers” is currently streaming on Hulu.
“Dune”
Are you planning to see Dune: Part 2 when it hits theaters next weekend? (You should, it’s a great movie.) First up, Denis Villeneuve’s (Arrival) gorgeous, expansive, hypnotic Be sure to watch the 2021 original. Otherwise, you will be completely lost. Frank Herbert’s film adaptation of his 1965 science fiction masterpiece introduces viewers to the futuristic desert world of Arrakis. There, the Atreides family, Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac), Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), and his son Paul (Timothée Chalamet) face fierce resistance. They are attacked from all sides as rulers of the Earth and its rich sources of “spice”. Even from the comfort of your own couch, Villeneuve’s blockbuster feels truly epic in scope and ambition, on par with space-based epics like Star Wars: A New Hope. I also feel grateful for works like “Lawrence of Arabia.” Partly inspired by Herbert’s novel.
How to watch: “Dune” is now streaming on Max.
“Priscilla”
A year after Austin Butler was nominated for an Oscar for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) has been given his turn to play the King of Rock and Roll in Sofia Coppola’s biopic. It’s here. But as the film’s title suggests, “Priscilla” focuses on the perspective of Priscilla Presley (Cailee Spaeney, “Pacific Rim Uprising”). She meets Elvis at a party and realizes that the singer is completely different from his on-stage persona. “Priscilla” follows a couple’s journey from courtship to marriage and divorce, offering a new perspective on the life of a pop culture icon who became more of an icon than a person.
How to watch: “Priscilla” is currently available on Max.
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“Jenny Slate: A Seasoned Professional”
As Jenny Slate returns to the stand-up stage as a new mother, the Milton native finds herself with a new perspective on life – although she hasn’t done much since breaking out in the 2000s. She tells jokes about motherhood with the same immature, slightly goofy energy. Slate’s musings on her motherhood include her suddenly growing up, “Double D Milky She Psycho She Natural,” the beauty of her birth, and her husband and writer Ben Shattuck. It involves relationships that have changed significantly.
How to watch: “Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional” is now available on Prime Video.
“Louder Milk”
As the Netflix effect has shown time and time again, great series can sit for years on another platform and become a hit the moment they debut on the most popular streaming platform. That’s the story of Peter Farrelly’s Loudermilk. The show sat under the radar for three seasons on Amazon Prime Video, but it quickly hit the top 10 on Netflix when it debuted last month. The show follows Sam Loudermilk (Ron Livingston, “Office Space”), a substance abuse counselor and recovering alcoholic. Despite his job, Sam’s life is in turmoil and he has only one true friend: his sponsor Ben (Will Sasso). That begins to change little by little when he becomes a kind of father figure to a young girl (Anja Savcic) who collapses on a sofa with a drug problem.
How to watch: “Loudermilk” is available on Netflix.
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