Screen Crusades: Weekly Streaming Guide 4.19.24

Screen Crusades: Weekly Streaming Guide 4.19.24

- By Nicolas Delgadillo

Underground horror hit Late Night With the Devil finally arrives on streaming as well as Part Two of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon series, and so much more this week.

NOW STREAMING:

‘Late Night with the Devil’ (Shudder)

In 1977 a live television broadcast goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms. What unfolds next is shocking. Check out our full review of this latest horror hit: 'Late Night with the Devil' is Delightfully Gruesome and Original – Knotfest

‘Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver’ (Netflix)

Part Two of Zack Snyder's latest action epic continues the saga of Kora and the surviving warriors as they prepare to sacrifice everything, fighting alongside the brave people of Veldt, to defend a once peaceful village, a newfound homeland for those who have lost their own in the fight against the Motherworld. On the eve of their battle the warriors must face the truths of their own pasts, each revealing why they fight. As the full force of the Realm bears down on the burgeoning rebellion, unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge, and legends are made.

‘The Sympathizer’ (Max)

Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong.

'The Stranger' (Hulu)

New to Los Angeles, rideshare driver Clare picks up Carl from a home deep in the Hollywood Hills. What begins as a routine ride turns into Clare's worst nightmare: a twelve-hour fight for survival through the city's seedy underbelly. Carl is not the passenger Clare thought he was, and Clare is note easy prey.

‘CTRL+ALT+DESIRE’ (Paramount+)

Addiction, obsession, cam girls and murder. On the surface the Amatos were your typical all-American family, until they weren’t. In August 2019, Grant Amato was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder of his mother, father, and brother.

‘Under the Bridge’ (Hulu)

Under the Bridge is based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year old Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta) who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Through the eyes of Godfrey (Riley Keough) and a local police officer (Lily Gladstone), the series takes us into the hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder — revealing startling truths about the unlikely killer.

‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ (Max)

This travel series follows Conan O'Brien as he visits new friends he made through his podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend and engages in in-depth discussions with viewers from all around the nation and the globe.

'Our Living World' (Netflix)

Narrated by Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett, this docuseries spans the globe to showcase the extraordinary creatures and ecosystems, great and small, that work together to help restore and sustain Our Living World.

‘An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th’ (Max)

he Road to April 19th explores the surge in anti-government ideals and political violence in the 1980s, leading to the Oklahoma City bombing and continuing today.

‘Black Sails’ (Netflix)

This smash hit television series follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island." The entire series is now streaming on Netflix.

CONTINUED WEEKLY EPISODES:

‘Abbot Elementary (Season 3)’ (Hulu)

A group of dedicated teachers are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed. The touching and hilarious sitcom is back for a third season, with the first ten episodes now streaming.

‘Ninja Kamui’ (Max)

Former ninja, Joe Higan, escaped his clan and is hiding from his violent past in rural America; one night, he is ambushed by a team of assassins from his former organization who exact a bloody retribution on Joe for betraying their code. The first ten episodes are now streaming.

‘Shōgun’ (Hulu)

Based on James Clavell’s novel, FX’s Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village. The first nine episodes are now streaming.

‘Manhunt’ (Apple TV+)

A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This is the astonishing story of the high-stakes hunt for John Wilkes Booth. All episodes are now streaming.

‘X-Men ‘97’ (Disney+)

In this reimagining of the classic cartoon, a band of mutants use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them; they're challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future. The first six episodes are now streaming.

‘Palm Royale’ (Apple TV+)

Palm Royale is a true underdog story that follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavors to break into Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, “Palm Royale” asks the same question that still baffles us today: “How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?” Set during the powder keg year of 1969, Palm Royale is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong. The first seven episodes are now streaming.

‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ (Paramount+)

A Gentleman in Moscow follows Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor), who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, finds that his gilded past has placed him on the wrong side of history. Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in a grand Moscow hotel and threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. The first four episodes are now streaming.

‘Sugar’ (Apple TV+)

Colin Farrell stars as John Sugar, an American private investigator on the heels of the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Siegel, the beloved granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel. As Sugar tries to determine what happened to Olivia, he will also unearth Siegel family secrets; some very recent, others long-buried. The first four episodes are now streaming.

‘American Horror Story: Delicate (Part 2)’ (Hulu)

After multiple failed attempts of IVF, actress Anna Victoria Alcott wants nothing more than to start a family. As the buzz around her recent film grows, she fears that something may be targeting her - and her pursuit of motherhood. The first eight episodes are now streaming with the finale streaming next week.

‘Star Trek: Discovery (Season 5)’ (Paramount+)

The fifth and final season will find Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well… dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it. The first four episodes are now streaming.

‘Loot (Season 2)’ (Apple TV+)

Loot returns a year after Molly Wells (Maya Rudolph) settles her very public divorce from tech billionaire John Novak (Adam Scott), and we find her thriving in her role as the head of her philanthropic organization, the Wells Foundation. Focused mainly on her charity work, Molly has sworn off any new relationships with men. The first four episodes are now streaming.

‘Franklin’ (Apple TV+)

Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America,” Franklin explores the thrilling story of the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career. In December 1776, Franklin is world famous for his electrical experiments, but his passion and power are put to the test when — as the fate of American independence hangs in the balance — he embarks on a secret mission to France. The first four episodes are now streaming.

Also streaming now:

Netflix - ‘Ripe for the Picking’, ‘Killing Eve’, ‘MOB PSYCHO 100’, ‘Overlord’, ‘Anna’, ‘Knocked Up’, ‘The Grimm Variations’

Hulu - ‘Alone’, ‘A Kind of Murder’, ‘See You in Another Life’, ‘Blacklight’

Shudder - ‘The Tunnel’, ‘The Tunnel: The Other Side of Darkness’

Max - ‘Homefront’, ‘Men’

COMING NEXT WEEK:

Netflix - ‘Freud’s Last Session’, ‘Duran Duran: There’s Something You Should Know’, ‘Shaman King: Flowers’, ‘Ahead of the Curve’, ‘Anyone But You’, ‘Brigands: The Quest for Gold’, ‘Deliver Me’, ‘King Richard’, ‘TLC Forever’, ‘City Hunter’, ‘Dead Boy Detectives’, ‘Miller’s Girl’, ‘Face to Face’, ‘The Doomsday Cult of Antares de la Luz’, ‘Goodbye Earth’, ‘Real Estate Sisters’, ‘The Asunta Case’

Hulu - ‘High Hopes’, ‘The Marijuana Revolution’, ‘Hip-Hop and the White House’, ‘Little Women’, ‘Secrets of the Octopus’, ‘The Meg’, ‘Wonderful World’, ‘Barber’, ‘Boy in the Walls’, ‘Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story’

Shudder - ‘The House of the Devil’, ‘The Innkeepers’, ‘The Changeling’, ‘Final Cut’, ‘13th Floor’

Max - ‘The Jinx - Part Two’, ‘Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths’, ‘The Losers’, ‘We’re Here (Season 4)’

Prime Video - ‘Spectre’, ‘THEM: The Scare’

Paramount+ - ‘Knuckles’, ‘The Painter’

Disney+ - ‘Tiger’, ‘Tigers on the Rise’

Apple TV+ - ‘The Big Door Prize (Season 2)’

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