The Weekend Binge: Big Streams With Nolan's 'Fallout', Robert Downey, Jr in 'The Sympathizer', Straight From Theaters: Argylle, Bob Marley: One Love, And A Sauvignon Blanc-based Vermouth For 🍸
It's the weekend, let's binge
Alright, Alright, Alright. It’s another weekend binge filled with new series and films to stream? Will you have time to stream them all? Ready, Get Set…Stream!
Do you have Paramount+ with Showtime? You should probably consider trying a free trial. In addition to all the hit CBS series, live sports and other live events, you can also stream the exciting catalog of series and movies from Showtime and of course The Masters this weekend streaming live.
Also new from theaters is the movie starring Chip the Cat (aka supermodel Claudia Schiffer’s cat), Argylle. The movie was a box office flop and got very mixed reviews — maybe they just screened the movie for the dogs?
Here’s Everything New Streaming This Weekend:
Strange Way of Life
A short film from visionary director Pedro Almodovar starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal. It’s a period western drama about a friendship that rekindles after twenty-five years, but there’s more to this visit than just a reunion. Streaming Time: 31 minutes. Forecast: ⛅️
Also New On Netflix: Neil Brennan: Crazy Good, Anthracite: Secrets of the Sect, The Hijacking of Flight 601, Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, What Jennifer Did, As The Crow Flies: Season 3, Heartbreak High: Season 2, Midsummer Night, The Bricklayer, A Journey, Amar Singh Chamkila, Good Times, Love, Divided, Stolen
The Greatest Hits
A romantic dramedy about the connection between music and memory and how they can transport us. Stars Bohemian Rhapsody’s Lucy Boynton and The Politician’s David Corenswet. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 34 minutes. Forecast: ⛅️
Also New On Hulu: Ishura: Season 1, Blood Free: Premiere, Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise, The Incredible Dr. Pol: Season 24, Sand-Land: The Series (Dubbed), Curtain Call: Season 1, Cold Case Files: The Rifkin Murders, Scraps: Season 1, #TextMeWhenYouGetHome: Season 2, Trapped in the Farmhouse, The Channel, The Crown in Crisis
Fallout
From the mind behind Westworld (Jonathan Nolan aka Christopher Nolan’s brother) comes a new series set in a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles that has seen its fate in nuclear decimation. Now Angelenos live underground in bunkers and must protect themselves from radiation and mutants. Stars Yellowjackets’ Ella Purnell and And Just Like That’s Sarita Choudhury. Streaming Time: 8 episodes. Forecast: ☀️
Also New On Prime Video: Exorcist: Believer, NWSL
Bob Marley: One Love
A film based on the life of reggae icon Bob Marley who overcame adversity to create some of the most revolutionary music in history. Stars Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders) and James Norton (Little Women). Streaming Time: 1 hour, 47 minutes. Forecast:
Also New On Paramount+ with Showtime: The Challenge All Stars - Season 4, The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden - The Greatest Area Run of All Time
Note: Bob Marley: One Love is also streaming on MGM+
Drive-Away Dolls
The Maid’s Margaret Qualley and Booksmart’s Beanie Feldstein star in this buddy comedy about two friends who embark on a road trip to Tallahassee when things go quickly wrong when they cross paths with a criminal gang. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes. Forecast: 🌥️
Also New On Peacock: 15th Anniversary - Parks & Recreation
The Sympathizer
Robert Downey, Jr. stars in this spy comedy adapted from the bestselling novel about a plant who was embedded in South Vietnam army during the end of the Vietnam War and then flees to the United States where he finds residence in a refugee community and he continues to spy and report back to the Viet Cong. Streaming Sunday.
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Also New On Max: Brandy Melville and the Cult of Fast Fashion, Mud Madness, Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, Bail Jumpers, Massacre of the Mormons, Jessica Big Little World: Season 1, Ready to Love: Season 9, 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing
Argylle
An introverted author writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate and realizes the plot of the new book she’s writing starts to mirror real events happening in real time. Streaming Time: 2 hours, 19 minutes. Forecast: ☁️
Also New On Apple TV+: Franklin
Hope Street - Season 3
A crime drama series about the arrival of DC Leila Hussain, a big city girl with a troubled past who comes to a sleepy Northern Irish seaside town. Streaming Time: 36 episodes total. Forecast: ☀️
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Kid Streams:
Bluey Special “The Sign” (Disney+)
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (Netflix)
Dora (Paramount+)
Spirit Rangers: Season 3 (Netflix)
Meekah: Season 2 (Netflix)
Sip & Stream: A Martini Made With NV Martellotto Semi-Secco Bianco Vermouth x A Fish Called Wanda
A Fish Called Wanda from 1988 is one of those dark comedies I haven’t watched in forever. I remember seeing this at the theaters with my grandparents. We all laughed throughout the entire film and I always wonder would the movie still be funny to me now?
The movie, which takes place in London, stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and John Cleese as people who team up on a jewel heist and try to double-cross one another for the big prize. Cleese not only stars in the film but was also the executive producer and writer.
Fun Facts About A Fish Called Wanda:
John Cleese’s character name in the film is “Archie Leach” which is Cary Grant’s real name.
Archie Leach’s daughter Portia was played by John Cleese’s real-life daughter Cynthia.
Jamie Lee Curtis was listed as “Jamie Lee Schwartz” on all the call sheets because Cleese found it amusing that her father Tony Curtis’ real name was Bernard Schwartz.
The fish that Kevin Kline ate in the film were made from Jell-O, even though Kline offered to eat live fish, but the filmmakers wouldn’t let him.
Kevin Kline won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
A Fish Called Wanda is streaming on MGM+ . Streaming Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes.
I feel like this movie would go quite well with a martini, but to keep it in the wine family, I love this vermouth where the base wine is a late harvest Sauvignon Blanc from Happy Canyon. It has a satisfying blend of botanicals, herbs, citrus rinds, and cinchona folded into a high proof grape distilled spirit. It’s great with a martini, with just a twist of lemon, or add it to soda water for a refreshing spritz.
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Happy Streaming! 🍷 📺