The Weekend Binge: 'Wicked' is Here! Ellen Pompeo Returns To TV, Oscar Winner 'Anora' Streams, Shonda Rhimes Back in The White House with 'The Residence' and More...
It's the weekend, let's binge!
Here we go! It’s another weekend of excellent streaming! I can’t believe it is FINALLY HERE! WICKED IS NOW STREAMING. This movie is just glorious (in my fangirl opinion) and so happy it’s now holding space on our TVs.
Also uploading this weekend is a sort-of Grey’s Anatomy where-are-they-now? streams including Ellen Pompeo in Hulu’s Good American Family and Shonda Rhimes’ new series The Residence on Netflix.
Hit It, Then Quit It - Heretic
I saw this film in the theater but rewatched it again when it started streaming on Max earlier this month. I love horror movies, but this one goes off the rails way too soon for me. However, I really enjoyed the first twenty or so minutes of the film, where Hugh Grant’s character explains the origins of religion to the two Mormon missionary girls in the opening scenes. The script does a great job of creating tension with just dialogue and several key props like a scented candle, a tiny window, and a light switch timer. Hugh Grant is also superb as a creepy hermit. However, when the actual horror part of the film starts, it’s time to stop the stream because it gets quite ridiculous after that.
Tiffany’s Weekend Watchlist
WICKED!!!
The Residence
Sing Sing
Severance: Season 2
The White Lotus: New Episode
Yellowjackets: New Episode
Here’s Everything New Streaming This Weekend
The Residence
From Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Bridgerton, Scandal) comes a new limited series that takes us inside the White House’s staff residence and the lives of the workers who share space with the First Family. It’s a screwball whodunnit comedy starring Uzo Aduba, Bronson Pinchot, Jane Curtin, and Giancarlo Esposito. Streaming Time: 8 episodes. 🍷 Pairs well with: Petite Secondes Pinot Noir, Willamette
Also on Netflix - Go!, Little Siberia, Revelations, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Bet Your Life, The Twister: Caught in the Storm, The Outrun, Love and Hip-Hop New York: Seasons 3-4, Bert Kreischer: Lucky, CocoMelon Lane: Season 4, Inside: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season 1
Netflix Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
Adolescence / Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
The Residence / The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Bert Kreischer: Lucky / Kraven: The Hunter
Temptation Island / Despicable Me 4
Running Point / The Electric State
Good American Family: Series Premiere
Grey’s Anatomy’s Ellen Pompeo stars in this drama based on a true story of a Midwestern couple who adopts what they believe is a little girl with dwarfism, but as they raise her alongside their three biological children, they are faced with a battle that ends up in a courtroom and in the tabloids. Streaming Time: 8 episodes, first two episodes now streaming. New episodes every Wednesday. 🍷Pairs well with: Albino Armani, Pinot Grigio.
Anora : Tiffany’s Review
I came in with super high hopes for this film as it practically swept the Oscars. Director Sean Baker has officially received more Academy Awards than Martin Scorsese. Wait, what? I’ll keep this review short. At one point in the film, a character (and I can’t tell you which one as every character shouts over the other) says: “This is a never-ending nightmare.” Yeah, this is exactly what I thought of this movie. It was nearly unbearable to watch. The script, the acting, everything was eye-roll-worthy.
Also on Hulu - O’Dessa, Hyper Knife, Tokyo Revengers: Season 2, Gannibal: Season 2, Exhibiting Forgiveness, Inner Portrait, Scamanda, Fire Aid: Benefit Concert, The Wizards of Waverly Place, Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits
Hulu’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
The Kardashians
Good American Family
The Rookie
Abbott Elementary
Anora
Tyler Perry’s Duplicity
A high-powered attorney faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the shooting of her best friend’s husband. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 49 minutes. 🍷Pairs well with: Seghesio Zinfandel, Sonoma.
Also on Prime Video - Last One Laughing UK
Happy Face: Series Premiere
A true crime series that tells the story of Melissa Jesperson-Moore, who at the age of 15 discovered that her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, was the serial murderer known as the Happy Face killer. Stars Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid. Streaming Time: 8 episodes. First two episodes now streaming. New episodes every Thursday. 🍷Pairs well with: Tensley Syrah, Santa Barbara.
Also on Paramount+ - Rumours, March Madness: Live Sports
Paramount+’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
Yellowjackets
1923
NCIS
Criminal Minds: Evolution
Happy Face
Wicked
I absolutely love this movie and everyone who loves musicals and loves The Wizard of Oz should watch it. In the words of Mary Poppins, it’s “Practically Perfect in Every Way.” That’s it. The End. Streaming Time: 2 hours, 40 minutes. Pairs well with: 🍾 Montaudon Brut Rose Champagne
Also on Peacock - Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo with Jane Goodall, Wicked: Sing-a-long, Oppy 100: A Live Celebration, Jurassic World: Dominion (Extended Version), The Hunting Party
Peacock’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (Movies/TV)
Wicked / Yellowstone
Plane / Law & Order: SVU
Wild Robot / Long Bright River
Sing 2 / Summer House
Twilight: Breaking Dawn / Chicago Med
Be@rBrick
Apple’s Top 5 Weekend Watchlist
Severance
Dope Thief
Ted Lasso
Surface
Mystic Quest
Never Let Go
Halle Berry stars in this horror/thriller about a family that has been haunted by an evil spirit for years. The plot thickens when one of the children questions if the evil is real. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 41 minutes. 🍷Pairs well with: Renato Ratti Barolo Marcenasco
Also on STARZ - Killer’s Game
Sing, Sing
Colman Domingo leads with an Oscar-nominated performance in this dramatic film about Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit. He finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in a story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 47 minutes. 🍷Pairs well with: Prototype Cabernet Sauvignon
Also on Max - Kobe: The Making of a Legend, March Madness: Live Sports, A Decent Man, House of Knives: Season 1 (Food Network), TNT Sports Conversations: Season 1 (TNT), A Clean Sheet: The Return of Gabe Landeskog (TNT), A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read (ID), Tiny Toons Looniversity: Season 2, Girl Meets Farm: Season 14 (Food Network)
Max’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
The Pitt / Heretic
The White Lotus / The Parenting
The Trial of Karen Read / Assassin’s Creed
The Righteous Gemstones / MIB: Men in Black
Harley Quinn / White Chicks: Unrated
Bloody Axe Wound: Film Premiere (Shudder)
Another chiller from Shudder, but this time it’s a dark comedy horror. Abbie Bladecut’s family business, a video store, has thrived by disposing of teenagers to mimic horror movies. As the first female slasher, she battles gender bias while realizing the harsh realities behind the mass murders. Co-stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 23 minutes. 🍷Pairs well with: Ghost Pines Cabernet
Also on AMC+ - Darwin: Film Premiere (ALLBLK), Love After Lockup: Season 6 (ALLBLK), Falling For Figaro
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures: Season 2
Disney+’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
Moana 2
Daredevil: Born Again
Win or Lose
Snow White: A Special Look
Good American Family