Thanksgiving is still a week away, but this weekend is packed with new movies and TV shows streaming on Netflix, Max, Hulu, and other top streaming services
"The Crown" Season 6 Part 1 opens with the tragedy everyone has been waiting for (and dreading): the death of Princess Diana; two highly anticipated films debut: "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off," an animated version of the action-romcom, and "Monarch"
On the film side, the best holiday movies are Christmas "Ever" and "Dashing Through the Snow" will get you in the spirit of the season Here are some new shows and movies to watch this weekend
One of Netflix's biggest hit series is to air separate seasons, and Netflix has done just that with "Stranger Things," "The Witcher," "You," and now "The Crown" The first half of Season 6 will focus on the final days of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) Divorced from Prince Charles (Dominic West), she embarks on a romance with Dodi Fayed (played by Khalid Abdallah) Although technically no longer royalty, Diana is hounded by the paparazzi at every turn The constant stares make her uneasy, and they are passed on to her sons, teenage Prince William (Rufus Campa) and Prince Harry (Flynn Edwards) When it all comes to a tragic end in a Paris tunnel, Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton) faces an ordeal that threatens the future of the monarchy
Available on Netflix
The Monsterverse may be new, but the main characters of Godzilla and King Kong have been around for decades The main characters of Godzilla and King Kong have been around for decades, usually viewed in movie theaters, and are coming to television in this new series
After the events of 2014's GODZILLA Godzilla, which shocked the world by destroying San Francisco and revealing the existence of the monster, school teacher Kate (Anna Sawai) goes to Japan to learn about her late father's connection to a shadowy organization known as the Monarchs She sets off on a journey Clues eventually lead her to army officer Lee Shaw (played in two different eras by father-son duo Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell) and a long-buried secret
Available on Apple TV Plus
Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs the World is one of the most entertaining yet underrated films of the last few decades A mashup of action, adventure, comedy, and romance, it has a great cast stacked with young talent (Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Anna Kendrick) were used in the cast
That cast returned to voice the characters in this animated adaptation of the original graphic novel As in the film, Scott meets Ramona Flowers, the woman of his dreams, but learns that he must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her
Available on Netflix
This limited series of murder mysteries is inspired by Agatha Christie and Christie-inspired filmmakers like Rian Johnson and Kenneth Branagh These whodunits always feature a detective, and this time it's Darby Hart (Emma Collison), a tech-savvy Gen Z hacker She and her eight friends are invited to a retreat by a reclusive billionaire (Clive Owen), but when one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must use her deductive powers to find the killer before he strikes again
Available on Hulu
Culinary icon Julia Child returns in this fun and delicious chronicle of her bizarre life Now that her revolutionary cooking show is on television, Julia (Sarah Lancashire) and her loving husband Paul (David Hyde Pierce) must navigate her newfound fame and changing power relationships They enjoy relaxing and soaking up the sun in Paris and on the French Riviera, but upon their return, they realize that Julia's success has changed everything
Streaming on Max
Following Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Hawaii, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service heads Down Under in the latest installment of the highly successful Procedures franchise The spinoff was intended for an Australian audience only, but a strike by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA prompted CBS to import it into the United States As international tensions rise in the Indo-Pacific, an American NCIS agent and a member of the Australian Federal Police join a multinational task force to curb naval crime
Available on Paramount Plus A biopic of Bayard Rustin, the man behind the 1963 March on Washington, when Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I Have a Dream" speech However, Rustin was relegated to a footnote in history, mostly because he was homosexual Colman Domingo's impassioned performance as this activist will garner much praise during awards season The film shows how Rustin conceived and planned the largest nonviolent protest movement in the United States, joining forces with civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King (Amr Ameen), A Philip Randolph (Glynn Turman), and Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr (Jeffrey Wright), and how he planned it
Watch on Netflix beginning November 17
Life is great for Jackie (Brandi) She seems to have it all: a handsome husband, a beautiful home, and she details it in her annual holiday newsletter It makes her old college friend Charlotte (Heather Graham) seem like a lump of coal When Charlotte "accidentally" shows up at Jackie's house a few days before Christmas with her husband (Jason Biggs) and children, Charlotte learns the truth behind the perfect charade But Charlotte soon learns that holly trees are not always lush on the other side
Watch on Netflix starting November 16
This heartwarming holiday story stars Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as a social worker for the Atlanta Police Department Eddie turned his back on Christmas several years ago due to childhood trauma At the request of his estranged wife Allison (Teyonah Parris), he takes his 9-year-old daughter Charlotte (Madison Skye Validum) to work on Christmas Eve, where they meet a mysterious man in a red suit named Nick (Lil Rel Howery) Soon Eddie and his daughter are taken on a mysterious adventure that may restore their faith in Christmas
Available on Disney Plus
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