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‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ (Netflix)
The latest entry in the Texas Chainsaw saga wipes the slate clean and acts as a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original 1974 horror masterpiece. Set nearly fifty years after that initial massacre, the hulking, terrifying masked killer known as Leatherface (Mark Burnham) has been in hiding all this time, until a group of young entrepreneurs arrive in his small, decaying Texas town with plans to renovate it. These events bring the mysterious murderer back into the open once again, and his appetite for violence hasn’t gone anywhere. Hot on his trail is original survivor Sally Hardesty (Olwen Fouéré), who is hellbent on revenge.
‘Titane’ (Hulu)
Julia Ducournau's shocking and strangely moving tale of brutality, identity and automobiles is best left unexplained. Simply gather the grandparents and kids, heck, invite the whole family and settle in for an unforgettable evening. For those that want to know just a little more, Titane follows Alexia (Agathe Rousselle) who has a titanium plate in her head following a childhood accident. Alexia has a thing for cars and violence, and her journey of self-discovery brings her into the life of Vincent (Vincent Lindon), an older fire chief searching for long-missing son.
‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ (Netflix)
Twenty-one years ago, Clarence 'Coodie' Simmons met Kanye West and saw something so special that he moved from Chicago to New York City to document Ye's journey to become the next great rapper. Neither of them had any idea where just how far that journey would take them. The lives of an emerging superstar and filmmaker intertwine in this intense, intimate docuseries charting West's career, filmed over two decades. The three-part event begins this week, with the final two parts coming in the following weeks.
‘They Live in the Grey’ (Shudder)
While investigating a child abuse case, a young social worker discovers that a supernatural entity is tormenting the family. To save the parents from losing custody of their child, she must confront her fears and use her clairvoyance to stop the malevolent force. Written and directed by brothers Burlee and Abel Vang (The Tiger’s Child.) They Live in the Grey stars Michelle Krusiec (Hollywood), Ken Kirby (Good Trouble, Dynasty), Ellen Wroe (For All Mankind, Shameless), Madelyn Grace (Don’t Breathe 2).
‘The Many Saints of Newark’ (HBO Max)
David Chase’s legendary HBO series The Sopranos has maintained a legacy that seems to only grow larger by the day, so perhaps it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that Chase chose to revisit his saga about an Italian-American crime family led by Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini in an incomparable role). The Many Saints of Newark is a movie prequel to the series, with Michael Gandolfini stepping into the role his father played. Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark’s history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family’s hold over the increasingly race-torn city. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), who struggles to manage both his professional and personal responsibilities—and whose influence over his nephew will help make the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss we’ll later come to know.
‘The Feast’ (Hulu)
Directed by Lee Haven Jones, The Feast follows a young woman serving wealthy and privileged guests at a dinner party in a remote house in rural Wales. The assembled guests do not realize they are about to eat their last supper. Things begin to unravel, and the film becomes a challenging and unabashedly disgusting horror masterpiece that’s smartly conceived with plainly effective thrills.
‘The Cuphead Show!’ (Netflix)
Based on the award-winning side-scrolling video game, The Cuphead Show! follows the unique misadventures of loveable, impulsive scamp Cuphead (Tru Valentino) and his cautious but easily swayed brother Mugman (Frank Todaro).
‘The King’s Man’ (Hulu)
The third installment of Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman action franchise is a prequel to the previous films. One man must race against time to stop history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds as they get together to plot a war that could wipe out millions of people and destroy humanity.
‘Knocking’ (Shudder)
Directed by Swedish filmmaker Frida Kempff, Knocking holds an uncomplicated kind of horror premise: A woman named Molly (Cecilia Milocco) moves into a new apartment and hears a continuous knocking sound. While certainly irritating at the start, things become more and more concerning as the knocking becomes far too constant and is eventually accompanied by other, more disturbing noises. Naturally, no one else in Molly’s apartment complex seems to hear any of it, nor do they believe her idea that the sounds might mean someone needs help. The film is a near masterclass in staging a simplistic yet appropriately tense psychological thriller that continues to build onto itself.
Read full Knotfest review - 'Knocking' Delivers Sweltering and Anxiety-Inducing Thrills
‘Eat Brains Love’ (Shudder)
An ordinary lunch hour explodes in an orgy of spurting blood and flying organs when stoner Jake Stephens (Jake Cannavale) and cheerleader Amanda Blake (Angelique Rivera) suddenly gut-munch half their class in the school cafeteria. Afflicted with a zombie virus, they hit road in search of a cure while outrunning Cass (Sarah Yarkin), a telepath charged with hunting and killing the infected. Can Jake and Amanda find love while eating their way through the national sex offender registry?
CONTINUED WEEKLY EPISODES:
Peacemaker (HBO Max)
A spin-off for John Cena’s popular jingoist character from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad last year, Peacemaker puts Cena front and center. The series goes into the origins of Christopher Smith AKA Peacemaker, a hero and villain dedicated to achieving peace at any cost. Gunn wrote all eight episodes and directed five of them, so his signature sense of humor is all over it. It’s wacky, shocking, smart, and a ton of fun. All eight episodes of the first season are now streaming, with a second season already confirmed.
Euphoria (HBO Max)
This HBO teen drama about love, violence, identity, sex, and drugs returns for a second season to continue the misadventures of Rue (Zendaya), Jules (Hunter Schafer), Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), Nate (Jacob Elordi), and others. The first six episodes of season 2 are now streaming.
‘The Righteous Gemstones’ (HBO Max)
This impeccable and hilarious HBO comedy from Danny McBride follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. It stars McBride, John Goodman, Edi Patterson, Adam DeVine, and more. The family seeks to expand their empire of mega churches, no matter who gets crushed along the way. The first seven episodes of season 2 are now streaming.
‘The Afterparty’ (AppleTV+)
Christopher Miller and creative partner Phil Lord have become the go-to duo for wildly imaginative, genre-bending meta flair, making everything from 21 Jump Street to The Lego Movie to producing hits like Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. Their latest endeavor is The Afterparty, a murder mystery series. When a high school reunion’s afterparty ends in a death, everyone is a suspect. A detective (Tiffany Haddish) grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story – culminating in the shocking truth. The first six episodes are now streaming.
‘Pam & Tommy’ (Hulu)
This series follows the true story of the tumultuous, steamy and dysfunctional relationship between two superstars – Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee – following the release of their infamous honeymoon sex tape. Paving the way for a slew of other celebrity sex tapes that would follow with the rise of the internet, the scandal blew up the two to new levels of fame – for better and worse. Lily James stars as Pamela the Baywatch star with Sebastian Stan as Tommy Lee the Mötley Crüe rockstar, alongside Seth Rogen playing porn actor turned electrician Rand Gauthier, the man who stole the tape and blackmailed the couple. The series also stars Nick Offerman as porn producer Uncle Miltie, who mass-produced the tape in order to sell it online, as well as Taylor Schilling playing Erica Gauthier. The first five episodes are now streaming.
Also streaming now:
Netflix - ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’, ‘One Piece: Episode of Alabasta – The Desert Princess and the Pirates’, ‘One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom’, ‘Blackhat’, ‘Last Man Down’, ‘Erax’, ‘Forgive Us Our Trespasses’, ‘Heart Shot’, ‘Wu Assassins: Fistful of Vengeance’, ‘Downfall: The Case of Boeing’, ‘Space Force (Season 2)’
Hulu - ‘The Space Between’, ‘District B13’, ‘Cheer Squad Secrets’, ‘Fireheart’, ‘Hammer of the Gods, ‘The Shape of Water’, ‘Who is Killing the Cheerleaders?’, ‘A House on the Bayou’
Shudder - ‘Corporate Animals’, ‘I Am a Ghost’, ‘Silent Retreat’, ‘Spring’, ‘Eat Brains Love’, ‘The Wretched’, ‘31’, ‘Hagazussa’, ‘A Night of Horror’, ‘XX’
HBO Max - ‘Dream Raiders’
Disney+ - ‘Science of Stupid’, ‘Lost Treasures of Egypt (Season 3)’
AppleTV+ - ‘Lincoln’s Dilemma’, ‘Severance’
COMING NEXT WEEK:
Netflix - ‘Don’t Kill Me’, ‘Halloween (2007)’, ‘Cat Burglar’, ‘RACE: Bubba Wallace’, ‘Restless’, ‘Vikings: Valhalla’
Hulu - ‘How It Ends’, ‘The Last Rite’, ‘No Exit’
Shudder - ‘Hellbender’, ‘Dawn of the Beast’, ‘Dogs’, ‘Detention’, ‘Come to Daddy’, ‘Bloodline’, ‘Undergods’, ‘The Lesson’
HBO Max - ‘Free Guy’, ‘Robot Chicken (Season 11A)’, ‘The French Dispatch’
Amazon Prime Video - ‘The Protégé’
Disney+ - ‘Free Guy’, ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’
