The Weekend Binge: Golden Globes, Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches 🔮, Colin Firth in 'Lockerbie', Netflix’s New Mystery, and Wine Pairings 🍷
It's the first weekend of 2025, let's binge!
Welcome 2025! Have you recovered from New Year’s Eve Yet? Working on Dry January, or…not so much? This weekend is a bit light on the streams, so it’s a good time to catch up on those gems of 2024 that you didn’t quite get to. The Golden Globes are streaming on Sunday, so you might want to check out the nominees to see if there’s anything you’ve missed.
A Quick Look at Some of the Nominees and Where to Stream:
Best Motion Picture Drama: Conclave (Peacock), Dune: Part Two (Max, Netflix)
Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy: Challengers (Prime Video, MGM+), Emilia Perez (Netflix), The Substance (Mubi)
Best TV Series - Drama: The Diplomat (Netflix), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Prime Video), Shogun (Hulu), Slow Horses (Apple TV+), Squid Game (Netflix), The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy: Abbott Elementary (Hulu), The Bear (Hulu), Hacks (Max), Nobody Wants This (Netflix), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), The Gentlemen (Netflix)
Best TV Series - Limited or Anthology: Baby Reindeer (Netflix), Disclaimer (Apple TV+), Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix), Ripley (Netflix), The Penguin (Max), True Detective: Night Country (Max)
This weekend, I’ll be hovering over my cauldron, checking out the new season of Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. Forever the best Darcy, Colin Firth stars in a new thriller based on a true story. What’s on your watchlist this weekend?
Tiffany’s Weekend Watchlist
Lockerbie: A Search For The Truth (Peacock)
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches: Season 2 (AMC+)
The 2025 Golden Globes (Paramount+)
Here’s Everything New Streaming This Weekend
Missing You
Mystery/thriller writer Harlan Coben is having a glow-up on the streaming platforms. Missing You is an adaptation of his novel about Detective Kat Donovan, whose world unravels when she finds her estranged fiancé on a dating app which then leads her to reopen her father’s unsolved murder. Streaming Time: 5 episodes. 🍷 Pair with a glass of Primitivo.
Also New On Netflix - When The Stars Gossip, Bandidos: Season 2, Love is Blind: Germany, Selling the City, Umjoloz: My Beginning, My End!, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Cunk on Life, Stranded With My Mother-In-Law: Season 2, Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants To Live Forever, The Love Scam, Number 24, Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-Ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall, Aviicii: I Am Tim, Aviicii: My Last Show, Dune: Part Two, Horizon: Chapter 1
Netflix’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
Squid Game / Carry-On
Missing You / The Heart of the Sea
Virgin River / Interstellar
Your Friend, Nate Bergatze / Horizon: Chapter 1
No Good Deed / The Spongebob Movie
Animal Control: Season 3
This comedy starring Joel McHale is heading into its third season as the Animal Control team has to contain a sudden zoo break while dealing with their own personal problems like break-ups and gorillas going viral on social media. Streaming Time: First episode now streaming. New episodes every Thursday. 🍷 Pair with a glass of dry Chardonnay.
Also New On Hulu - The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Animal Control: Season 3, Going Dutch: Series Premiere, Mother’s Instinct, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, American Pickers: Season 25, Beyond the Headlines: The Tanya Kach Story with Elizabeth Smart, The Butcher: Season 1, Dark Side of the 90s: Season 3, The City’s Just Not That Into Me: Season 1, The Unbelievable with Dan Ackroyd, Kids Diana Show: Let’s Celebrate Together, Papa Jake: Epic Box Forts, A Little White Lie, The Ritual Killer
Hulu’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
Amber Alert
Nightbitch
The Town
General Hospital
John Wick
The Rig: Season 2
A group of workers on a remote Scottish oil rig are due to return to the mainland when a mysterious fog enshrouds them and supernatural forces take over. Stars Game of Throne’s Iain Glen and Schitt’s Creek’s Emily Hampshire. Streaming Time: Total - 12 Episodes. 🍷 Pair with a glass of Mourvèdre.
The 2025 Golden Globes Awards Ceremony
This year’s Golden Globes will be hosted by IT-comedian-of-the-moment, Nikki Glaser. She recently made waves with her practically perfect roast of former NFL Quarterback Tom Brady. Presenters include Jennifer Coolidge, Colin Farrell, and Andrew Garfield. Streaming Time: 3 hours! 🍷 Pair with a glass (or bottle) of Veuve Clicquot Champagne.
Also New On Paramount+ - Murder Company, Slingshot
Paramount+’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
Landman / Dear Santa
NCIS / Transformers One
SpongeBob Squarepants / Sonic 2
Lioness / Bad Santa
Tulsa King / Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Lockerbie: A Search For Truth
Colin Firth stars in this historical drama about the true story of Pan Am Flight 103 that exploded over Lockerbie 38 minutes after takeoff on December 21, 1988, killing 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground. After Dr. Jim Swire (Firth) loses his daughter, Flora, he is on a mission to seek justice. Streaming Time: 5 episodes. 🍷 Pair with a glass of Red Blend or Chianti.
Also New On Peacock - After the Sky Fell on Lockerbie, Inside Look: Nosferatu
The Front Room
Brandy stars in this horror-thriller about a newly pregnant couple who are forced to take in an ailing, estranged stepmother. The elderly woman’s erratic behavior and mysterious past unveils dark secrets the threaten to unravel the couple’s lives. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 34 minutes. 🍷Pair with a glass of Malbec.
Also New On Max - Craig of the Creek: Season 6, Mecum Top 10: Season 10, Totally Spies: Season 7, Belle Collective: Season 5, Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation: Season 10, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives: Season 49, Expedition Files: Season 1, Isadora Moon: Season 1, My 600-lb Life: Season 13
Max’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
Creature Commandos / Juror #2
The Sex Lives of College Girls / Den of Thieves
Dune Prophecy / Joker: Folie a Deux
Bookie / Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Hard Knocks: The AFC North / The Iron Claw
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches: Season 2
This atmospheric dark fantasy set in the Anne Rice universe of witches and vampires, follows a neurosurgeon who discovers she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. The White Lotus’ Alexandria Daddario stars as Rowan Fielding who must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations. Season 2 Premieres Sunday. Streaming Time: Full Series: 16 episodes total. New episodes every Sunday. 🍷 Pair with a glass of Pinot Noir.
Also New On AMC+ - Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, Skincare, The Graham Norton Show: Season 32, Darby & Joan: Season 2 (Acorn TV), Horror’s Greatest: Season 2, Conspirators
The Wasp
Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer star in this dark psychological thriller about two friends who meet again after not speaking for years. One presents a very unexpected proposition that could change their lives forever. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 36 minutes. 🍷 Pair with a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon.
And New On Britbox This Weekend!
Vera: Season 14
This popular cozy mystery series has been captivating audiences since 2011. Oscar-winning actress and Home Alone 2 Pigeon Lady Brenda Blethyn stars as DCI Vera Stanhope, a detective with caustic wit and singular charm. She leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the beautiful Northumberland landscape. Streaming Time: 56 episodes total. 🍷 Pair with a glass of Pinot Grigio.
Happy Streaming! 📺 🍷