The Weekend Binge: Back in the Kitchen with 'The Bear' 🐻 , Squid Game's New Season, Mariska Hargitay Pays Tribute in 'My Mom Jayne', Another Marvel Series, South African 🇿🇦Wine of the Weekend
And....we're back!
Okay guys, I took a break. I know. Where have all the weekend binges been? They’re here, busy streaming, busy sipping good wine. And so it’s a return. What has everyone been streaming that you’re loving?
This weekend, Hulu dropped all episodes of the fourth season of one of my favorite FX series — The Bear. I haven’t started streaming yet, but I can’t wait to dive in! Also, this weekend we have fresh-off-the-film-festival-circuit Mariska Hargitay’s documentary about her famous mother, Jayne Mansfield, whom she lost at the age of just three with My Mom Jayne. Keep scrolling for a wine I’m loving after a wine tasting I co-hosted of South African wines.
The Bear: Season 4
My Mom Jayne
Giada in My Kitchen
And Just Like That: New Episode
The Gilded Age: New Episode
☑️ Weekend Rec: Have you streamed the new documentary on Hulu — Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything? It’s just 1 hour and 35 minutes long and tells the story of how Barbara Walters was the first mold for the female television journalists of today. It’s an intimate look at not only her life, but also a historical look at television journalism and how it influenced politics and celebrity.
Here’s Everything New Streaming This Weekend
Squid Game: Season 3
The story of hundreds of cash-strapped players who accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games with deadly high stakes. The new season starts when No-eul infiltrates a dangerous operation with a risky plan. A new game is announced — hide-and-seek, where one group holds a key and the other a knife. Streaming Time: 6 episodes.
Pair with 🍷 : Jinro Chamisul Fresh Soju
Also New On Netflix - Pokémon Horizons: Season 2 - The Search for Laqua: Part 3, The Ultimatum: Queer Love - Season 2, Steph Tolev: Filth Queen, Trainwreck: Poop Cruise Volume 1
Netflix’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
The Waterfront / Trainwreck: Poop Cruise
Ginny & Georgia / Krop: Demon Hunters
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders / Intern
The Ultimatum: Queer Love / Plane
Sirens / Despicable Me 4
FX’s The Bear: Season 4
They are churning out these seasons like fast food orders AND every single episode is now streaming. Expect cameos this time from Jamie Lee Curtis, Rob Reiner, Gillian Jacobs, Robert Townsend, Gary Janetti, Will Poulter, Josh Hartnett, Brie Larson, John Mulaney, and Sarah Paulson. Streaming Time: 10 episodes.
Pair with 🍷 🐻 : Dr. Heidemanns Eiswein Polar Bear, Germany.
Also New On Hulu - Barbra Walters: Tell Me Everything, Survive, F*ck Marry Kill, The Bachelor: Seasons 27 & 28
Hulu’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
The Bear
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
General Hospital
Gordon Ramsey’s Secret Service
MasterChef
The Accountant 2
Ben Affleck returns as Christian Wolff in this action crime drama where Wolff uses his brilliant mind and illegal methods to reconstruct the unsolved puzzle of a Treasury chief’s murder. Streaming Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: Colosi Nero d’Avola,Red Wine Sicily Italy
Also New On Prime Video - Giada in My Kitchen, Marry My Husband, Countdown, Head Over Heels
Prime Video’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
We Were Liars
Countdown
The Better Sister
The Accountant 2
The Chosen: : Season 5
Noah’s Arc: The Movie
A film adaptation of the 2005 series, a gay couple expecting twins must shift gears when each is offered their dream job, forcing one of them to assume the traditional stay-at-home parental role. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: NOA Areni Dry Red, Armenia
Also New On Paramount+ - The Last Cowboy: Season 5, Ice Airport Alaska: Season 5
Paramount+’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
Criminal Minds: Evolution / Novocaine
The Chi / Extract
Spongebob Squarepants / Masterminds
NCIS / Paw Patrol: The Movie
RuPaul’ Drag Race: All Stars / Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman in the Yard
In this psychological horror, a mysterious woman repeatedly appears in a family’s front yard, often delivering chilling warnings and unsettling messages, leaving them to question her identity, motives and the potential danger she might pose. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 28 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: Silver Ghost Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Also New On Peacock - Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together
Peacock’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
Love Island USA / Despicable Me 3
Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together / Happy Gilmore
Law & Order SVU / Trolls: Band Together
Poker Face / Dog Man
Days of Our Lives / How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Smoke
A crime drama series starring Taron Egerton (Rocketman) about a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator follow in the footsteps of two serial arsonists. Streaming Time: 9 episodes. First two episodes now streaming.
Pair with 🍷: Josh Cellars Hearth Cabernet Sauvignon, California
Apple TV+’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
Stick
Murderbot
The Buccaneers
Ted Lasso
Your Friends & Neighbors
My Mom Jayne
You probably know her as Detective Olivia Benson on the VERY long-running popular series Law & Order: SVU, but her Hollywood roots run deeper as the daughter of legendary screen siren Jayne Mansfield. This documentary, directed by Hargitay, explores the life and legacy of her mother who died tragically in a car accident at just 34 years old. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: Bottega Oro Rosa Sparkling Rosé, Lombardy Italy
Also New On HBO Max - Somebody’s Son: Season 1 (OWN), Family or Fiancé: Season 4 (OWN), Pati: Seasons 1 & 2, House Hunters: Season 242 (HGTV), Rehab Addict: Season 10 (HGTV), Mean Girl Murders: Season 3 (ID), Match Me Abroad: Season 2 (TLC), Enigma
HBO Max’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
And Just Like That / Minecraft: The Movie
The Gilded Age / Minecraft Block Party
Duster / Cleaner
Chespirito / The Hunger Games
1000-lb Roomies / The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Dirty Angels
This action thriller, starring Penny Dreaful’s Eva Green, centers on a group of female soldiers who disguise themselves as medics to rescue a group of teenagers caught between ISIS and the forces of the Taliban. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 44 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: Clos D’Angel Cellar Cabernet, Chile
Butchers of L.A.: Series Premiere (Sundance)
This documentary tells the horrifying crimes of Kearney, Bonin, and Kraft. While the three serial killers operated independently, their overlapping methods and victim profiles confounded law enforcement, creating years of uncertainty over just who was responsible for which of the murders. Through in-depth interviews, archival footage and expert analysis, the series meticulously details the over 130 killings, exposing the dark side of Los Angeles like never before. Streaming Time: 44 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: 19 Crimes Shiraz, Australia
Also New On AMC+ - Nautilus: Series Premiere
Ironheart: 3-Episode Premiere
A genius teenage inventor, Riri Williams, creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man in this superhero action adventure from Marvel. Streaming Time: 6 episodes. First three episodes now streaming.
Pair with 🍷: True Heroes Malbec
Disney+’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
Ironheart
Disney’s Snow White
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
Captain America: Brave New World
The Sandlot (1993)
A Working Man
Jason Statham in aother conspiracy thriller? Did you know one-person army action is an actual genre of film? Statham stars as Levon Cade who leaves his professional life behind to work construction and be a good dad to his daughter, but when a local girl vanishes he’s asked to return to the skills that made him a shadow figure to fight counter-terrorism. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 56 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: Antica Cantina di Calosso Roero Arneis White Blend, Piedmont Italy
Not A Box (Apple TV+)
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Toons Movie (HBO Max)
The Patrick Star Show: New Season (Paramount+)
Bernard Series Old Vine Chenin Blanc, South Africa. 🍷
I had the pleasure of co-hosting a wine tasting recently at a local wine bar and it was a spectacular selection of South African wines. Among my favorites were a Chenin Blanc. The wine boasts lively tropical fruit flavors and has a touch of honey and oak on the finish which was lovely. A bottle retails around $30, but it’s worth the (not-your-everyday-wine-price-point) to splurge for a great white wine to enjoy this summer.
Get your bottle. 🍷 🇿🇦