Screen Crusades: Weekly Streaming Guide 5.24.24

Screen Crusades: Weekly Streaming Guide 5.24.24

- By Nicolas Delgadillo

Evil begins its final season on Paramount+, the story of Lollapalooza is revealed on Hulu and so much more across streaming this week

NOW STREAMING:

‘Evil (Season 4)’ (Paramount+)

Evil is a psychological mystery that examines the origins of evil along the dividing line between science and religion. A skeptical female psychologist joins a priest-in-training and a contractor as they investigate the Church’s backlog of unexplained mysteries, including supposed miracles, demonic possessions and hauntings. Is there a logical explanation, or is something truly supernatural at work? The final season has now begun.

‘The Blue Angels’ (Prime Video)

Soar with The Blue Angels in a brand-new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage that chronicles a year with the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron—from selection through the challenging training and demanding show season—showcasing the extraordinary teamwork, passion, and pride that fuels America’s best, the Blue Angels.

‘Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza’ (Paramount+)

In the summer of 1991, the Lollapalooza music festival was born. What started as a farewell tour for the band Jane’s Addiction rose from the underground to launch a cultural movement and change music forever. LOLLA: THE STORY OF LOLLAPALOOZA, a 3-part documentary, depicts the exciting and strangely symbiotic 30+ year relationship between the iconic festival and Perry Farrell.

‘Atlas’ (Netflix)

Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

‘STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.’ (Max)

In 1960s, Memphis, Tenn., a set of interracial collaborators make music on their own terms, forming Stax Records, one of America's most influential creators of Black music.

‘The Beach Boys’ (Hulu)

“The Beach Boys” is a celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream, captivating fans for generations and generations to come.

‘Ferrari’ (Hulu)

It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory he and his wife, Laura built from nothing ten years earlier. Their volatile marriage has been battered by the loss of their son, Dino a year earlier. Ferrari struggles to acknowledge his son Piero with Lina Lardi. Meanwhile, his drivers' passion to win pushes them to the edge as they launch into the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.

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 all episodes now streaming.

‘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 nine episodes are now streaming with the finale arriving next week.

‘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 nine episodes are now streaming with the finale arriving next week.

‘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 first six episodes are now streaming with the finale arriving next week.

‘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. The first seven episodes are now streaming with the finale arriving next week.

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

Based on M.O. Walsh’s novel, The Big Door Prize season two follows the residents of Deerfield as the Morpho machine readies them for the mysterious “next stage.” As everyone’s potentials are exchanged for visions, new relationships form and new questions are asked. The first seven episodes are now streaming.

‘The Veil’ (Hulu)

Starring Elisabeth Moss, FX’s The Veil is a spy thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, the CIA and French DGSE must work together to avert potential disaster. The first five episodes are now streaming with the finale arriving next week.

‘Hacks (Season 3)’ (Max)

A dark mentorship forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comic, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old comedy writer. The first eight episodes are now streaming with the finale arriving next week.

‘Acapulco (Season 3)’ (Apple TV+)

In season three of Acapulco, it’s time to reconcile past mistakes and exciting new beginnings. In the present story, older Maximo (Eugenio Derbez) finds himself returning to a Las Colinas he no longer recognizes. While in 1985, younger Maximo (Enrique Arrizon) continues his climb up the ladder of success while potentially jeopardizing all the relationships he’s worked so hard to build. The first five episodes are now streaming.

'Dark Matter' (Apple TV+)

Joel Edgerton plays Jason Dessen, a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself. The first four episodes are now streaming.

‘Smiling Friends (Season 2)’ (Max)

If you know you know. The second season of Adult Swim's latest cult sensation has officially kicked off with a new batch of episodes now streaming exclusively on Max. The first three episodes are now streaming.

Also streaming now:

Netflix - ‘A Simple Favor’, ‘4 Kings II’, ‘Wildfire’, ‘Toughest Forces on Earth’, ‘Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf’, ‘Illusions for Sale: The Rise and Fall of Generation Zoe’, ‘Tires’, ‘Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow’, ‘Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’, ‘Mulligan (Part 2)’

Hulu - ‘The Ape Star’, ‘The Seeding’, ‘Sentinel’

Shudder - ‘Down’, ‘The Lift’, ‘The Strangler’, ‘Deathdream’

Max - ‘Hell on Earth; The Verónica Case’

Prime Video - ‘The 1% Club’

COMING NEXT WEEK:

Netflix - ‘Burnt’, ‘Bionic’, ‘Colors of Evil: Red’, ‘Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult’, ‘Patrick Melrose’, ‘The Life You Wanted’, ‘Eric’, ‘Geek Girl’, ‘Scavengers Reign’

Hulu - ‘Fantasy Island’, ‘Camden’, ‘The Quiz with Balls’, ‘The Promised Land’, ‘Sympathy for the Devil’, ‘T.I.M.’

Shudder - ‘Graduation Day’, ‘Stopmotion’

Max - ‘Batman v Superman’, ‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’

Prime Video - ‘Bombshell’, ‘The Boys in the Boat’, ‘Die Hart 2: Die Harter’, ‘The Outlaws (Season 3)’

Paramount+ - ‘Pyramid Game’, ‘Black Christmas’

Disney+ - ‘Jim Henson: Idea Man’

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