6 new TV shows and movies on Disney Plus, Netflix and HBO Max to watch this weekend

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six new TV shows and movies on Disney Plus, Netflix and HBO Max to watch this weekend

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Leap arrives this weekend and with it, fresh new TV shows and movies hit major streaming services. The big players — Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max and Hulu — all have something new to offering for your at-home entertainment, including still another face-off between Marvel and DC.

Yes, two long-awaited projects from the comics giants are here: the Justice League Snyder Cutting and the series Falcon and the Wintertime Soldier. That they're both dropping well-nigh on top of each other is likely to fuel the fan fire between Marvel-ites and DC-heads.

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If you lot're not into superheroes, there's plenty of other peachy options. The third season of NatGeo's Genius puts the spotlight on the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. A much-needed comedy special from Nate Bargatze drops on Netflix, while Stanley Tucci wraps upwardly his dreamy Italian run a risk. And the indie rom-com/surreal thriller Happily teams up 2 of our favorite actors.

Here are our picks for what to sentry this weekend.

The Falcon and the Wintertime Soldier

Episode 1 starts streaming Fri, March 19 on Disney Plus
The "buddy cop bear witness" pairing Captain America'south besties, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), was meant to exist Curiosity's first Disney Plus series. It looks and feels like an MCU picture, just cutting up into episodes and streaming on a smaller screen. Instead, the pandemic pushed the already-completed WandaVision into pole position. Volition Falcon and Winter Soldier seem a little less interesting because it's coming on the heels of that genre-mashing puzzle-box success? Perhaps. But it could likewise serve as a refreshing change of step, the kind of action-packed popcorn fare we've all been starved of these many months. TGIF is rapidly transforming into "give thanks goodness it's Marvel dark." Check out our Falcon and The Winter Soldier episode 1 review to learn more.

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Streaming now on HBO Max
Behold, the Snyder Cutting in all its (four-hour-long) glory! The fans stormed social media for it, and what the fans desire, they often get — though in this example, they may have gotten more than than they wished for. Snyder fans will be happy that the director got to carry out his initial vision for Justice League, which includes more of, well, everything. While Warner Bros has declared the Snyder Cut isn't canon, its release could have a neat bear upon on the future of the DC Extended Universe. And at the concluding, it cements HBO Max'southward dominant place in the streaming mural. Check out our Zack Snyder'south Justice League review to acquire more.

Genius: Aretha

Part i airs Sunday, March 21 at 9 p.one thousand. ET on NatGeo
All 4 parts start streaming next 24-hour interval on Hulu
NatGeo'south anthology biographical series kicked off by delving into the listen of Albert Einstein, then painting a portrait of Pablo Picasso. At present, it's paying some R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin (played by Cynthia Erivo). The viii-episode biopic, divided into iv parts, chronicles how the daughter of a preacher man became an icon. Similar previous seasons, the bear witness toggles between flashbacks to young Aretha (Shaian Jordan) belting out hymns in her begetter's church and the developed singer navigating the music industry, racism and sexim in the '60s and '70s. The product design is top-notch, but it's Erivo's uncanny performance that brings Aretha live again.

Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American

Streaming now on Netflix
Peckish stand up-up comedy? Yes, same. The pandemic has decimated live amusement events — no more than concerts, plays or comedy gigs. Some performers accept gone the route of Zoom, while others fled outdoors. Comedian Nate Bargatze chose the latter to motion picture this special, then he naturally opens it with a bunch of Covid-related materia. More often than not, though, Bargatze delivers his usual dryly funny observations near the foibles of regular shmoes just like himself — and every joke, even the ones that don't quite work, feels like a gift. Laughter truly is the best medicine.

Happily

Starts streaming Friday, March xix on VOD
This dark romantic comedy borrows a page from The Twilight Zone to tear downwardly the facade of the "perfect couple." Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé play Tom and Janet, who are still blissfully happy — and horny — after 14 years of matrimony. Their friends in less idyllic relationships detect them insufferable. Then, a mysterious stranger (Stephen Root) shows up to offer Tom and Janet a serum that will plough them into a "normal couple." From there, things take a dark turn as all the friends gather for a weekend getaway, where Tom and Janet realize the stranger isn't the just person trying to wreck their marriage.

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

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Season 1 finale airs Sunday, March 21 at 9 p.chiliad. ET on CNN
When you can't travel to Italy, the adjacent best affair is watching Stanley Tucci do it. Tucci became a quarantine sex symbol thanks, in part, to an attracting video of the actor making a cocktail. He graduated to a lushly-filmed docu-series nearly his trip through Italy, from the Amalfi Declension in the premiere episode to Sicily in the finale. Along the style, he's met with chefs, historians, winemakers and local experts. And, of course, he's eaten very, very well. We can only dream of the day we can follow in his footsteps.

What to spotter this weekend: ICYMI

Terminal week dropped gems you might accept let slip past y'all. Here'due south what you shouldn't skip:

Performance Varsity Blues ( Netflix )
The headline-generating higher admissions bribery scandal gets the documentary and re-creation treatment from the producer of Tiger Male monarch. And so, you know it's juicy.

Generation ( HBO Max )
A sort of cousin to HBO's Euphoria, this HBO Max original follows hashtag-happy teens who are coming of age in the social media era. They deal with all sorts of issues, including sexuality and bullying.

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Kelly is a senior writer roofing streaming media for Tom'due south Guide, and then basically, she watches Boob tube for a living. Previously, she was a freelance entertainment writer for Yahoo, Vulture, Boob tube Guide and other outlets. When she's not watching Boob tube and movies for piece of work, she's watching them for fun, seeing alive music, writing songs, knitting and gardening.

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