Here’s what you need to know:
- There’s two BIG docos worth your attention. The Last Dance is a compelling 10-part series about the 1997–98 season Chicago Bulls basketball team. It uses this season to examine the life of Michael Jordan, but also to look at the broader culture surrounding basketball and America. It’s great even if basketball isn’t your thing. The series is made for ESPN in the US, but airs everywhere else in the world weekly on Netflix.
The other doco worth a look is the feature doc by Spike Jonze called Beastie Boys Story. I haven’t seen it yet, but it looks great.
- It’s a big weekend for Marvel/Avengers stars. There’s a Chris Hemsworth (Thor) film called Extraction on Netflix. It is directed by Joe Russo, one half of the directing team behind Avengers: Endgame. Co-star Chris Evans (Captain America) is in the new Apple 10-part miniseries Defending Jacob, which is also now streaming.
- I really liked the new Quibi series Dummy starring Anna Kendrick. It’s a funny, earthy comedy about a woman struggling with her own identity when her boyfriends sex doll starts talking to her. A reminder that Quibi is free on your mobile phones for the next three months, so this is pretty cheap and easy to watch.
- And finally - Gangs of London is the new action drama from The Raid director Gareth Evans. It is, as one would expect from Evans, action-packed.
returning:
The House of Flowers (s3), After Life (s2)
new:
The Last Dance - ESPN/Netflix
Stars: Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, Steve Kerr
Charting the rise of the 1990's Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, one of the most notable dynasties in sports history.
Watch:
US - ESPN
The rest of the world: Netflix
Beastie Boys Story - Apple TV+
Stars: Adam Horovitz, Mike D
Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz of Beastie Boys tell you an intimate, personal story of their band, and their 40 years of friendship together.
Watch:
Apple TV+
Extraction - Netflix [Movie]
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Shivam Vichare
Tyler Rake, a fearless black market mercenary, embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career when he's enlisted to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord.
Watch:
Netflix
Dummy - Quibi
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Donal Logue, Meredith Hagner
An aspiring writer befriends her boyfriend's sex doll and the two take on the world together.
Watch:
Quibi
Defending Jacob - Apple TV+
Stars: Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, Jaeden Martell
The limited drama series is a gripping, character-driven thriller based on the 2012 New York Times best selling novel of the same name by William Landay. An assistant DA's world is shattered when his beloved son gets charged with murder.
Watch:
Apple TV+
The Secrets She Keeps - Network 10
Stars: Laura Carmichael, Jessica De Gouw, Michael Dorman
A chance encounter between two pregnant women in a supermarket just outside of Sydney.
Watch:
Australia - Network 10
Fraggle Rock: Rock On - Apple TV+
Stars: Karen Prell, John Tartaglia, Donna Kimball
The Fraggles might be apart in separate caves, but they can still find ways to have fun together.
Watch:
Apple TV+
Gangs of London - Sky
Stars: Joe Cole, Michelle Fairley
Tells the story of London being torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of the international gangs that control it and the sudden power vacuum that's created when the head of London's most powerful crime family is assassinated.
Watch:
UK - Sky
