We hardly watch traditional TV anymore. Streaming video services like Apple TV+ (try for free), Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video are more important than ever. But local providers such as Videoland, CineMember and Ziggo also have plenty to offer. More series are added every week and it is nice if you know which series, films and documentaries really stand out. We have therefore made a selection.
New on Apple TV+: Loot
If you've never heard of Maya Rudolph, you might be wondering why she landed the lead role in this Apple TV+ series. She plays an older woman who at first glance does not immediately look like a typical influencer and trophy wife with puffy lips and an entourage of personal assistants. But it soon becomes clear why Apple chose Rudolph: she is a sought-after comedian in her own country and her funny acting makes you want to keep watching after the first episodes.
Maya Rudolph plays Molly Novak, a divorcée of a tech billionaire, played by Adam Scott (who we already know as the protagonist of the Apple TV+ series Severance – which gives an alienating impression). When Molly finds out her husband has cheated on her, she files for divorce and gets $87 billion. We see how Molly goes to work to do something with the money through her own charitable foundation. The first three episodes can be seen now and the rest will follow each week on Friday.
If you like comedy, you can also watch the third season of Trying on Apple TV+ in a few weeks. And those who are more into prison drama can already look forward to Black Bird, which can be seen from 6 July.
Watch: Loot
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
On display at: Disney+
To restore a world where everything changes, Strange seeks help from his ally Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme, and the mightiest Scarlet Witch of the Avengers, Wanda. But a terrible threat looms over humanity and the entire universe that can no longer be dealt with by their power alone. Even more surprising, the greatest threat in the universe looks exactly like Doctor Strange…
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Man vs. Bee
Available on: Netflix
A man (Rowan Atkinson, of Mr. Bean fame) is at war with a bee while living in a luxurious mansion. Who will win, and what irreparable damage will be done?
The Man from Toronto
On display at: Netflix
A change of identity forces a bumbling entrepreneur to team up with a notorious hit man, 'The Toronto Man', in the hopes of staying alive.
Angry Birds: Summer Madness (S01)< /h3>
Available on: Netflix
Sparks and feathers fly as teenage birds Red, Chuck, Bomb and Stella spend a wild summer at Camp Sprokkelhout with their feathered friends.
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Mind about Murder (S01 )
On display on: HBO Max
Mind Over Murder tells the bizarre and psychologically complex story of six people convicted of the murder of a 68-year-old grandmother, Helen Wilson, in Beatrice, Nebraska in 1985.
Chloe (S01)
On display at: Amazon Prime Video
Becky still lives with her mother and works as a temp. She compares herself to the perfect lives on Instagram and compulsively goes back to one account: Chloe's (Gilbert's). Becky obsessively watches her seemingly flawless life via social media. But when Chloe dies suddenly, Becky's need to figure out how and why leads to taking on a new identity and an “coincidental” encounters Chloe's best friend, Livia (Bennett-Warner), and infiltrates Chloe's group of close friends. Her alter-ego Sasha makes Becky a powerful, transgressive heroine; a popular, well-connected “someone” with a life, and loves, that are far more exciting and addictive than the “nobody” which she is like Becky. However, the pretense soon clouds and confuses reality, and Becky threatens to lose herself completely in the game she's playing.
Tafkal Live
To be seen at: Videoland
Ruben Nicolai, Tijl Beckand, Ruben van der Meer, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge and Patrick Lodiers: they are synonymous with improvisation and tax fraud, but they don't tour with the latter. As The Artists Formerly Known As Lamas (TAFKAL), they have been playing nationwide since March 2022. No show is the same, but this one in The Hague happened to be very good!
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Des Hommes
< p>On display at: Ziggo
Not entirely uncontroversial: a film with Putin sympathizer Gérard Depardieu, who nowadays goes through life as a Russian. They were called up to Algeria at the time of the “events” in 1960. Two years later Bernard, Rabut, Février and others returned to France. They are scarred for life, but are silent about what has happened to them.
The feast is outside (NL)
On display at: Cinemember
Based on the bestseller by Arthur Japin, who was inspired for his book by the story of singer Karin Bloemen. The main character Sonne (played by Abbey Hoes) is a successful singer-songwriter with the image of a cheerful, hip girl. All of this suddenly changes when her sister dies. Sonne puts everything on hold, cancels her tour and starts taking care of her niece. When Sonne and her father end up in court, her fans' many questions are answered. The dark affairs that have transpired within the family are publicly exposed…
Kid
On display at: Cinemember
In a sad environment in the Belgian Kempen, Kid and his older brother Billy grow up with their single mother. The boys' father has run off, leaving the mother in huge debt, leaving her constantly harassed by all sorts of grim types. When she is brutally murdered, the two brothers are forced to live with their aunt and uncle. Kid struggles to cope with the loss of his mother. Beautiful arthouse film by the Belgian director Fien Troch, who knows how to touch and move!
Moonfall
On display at: Pathé Home
The moon collides with something mysterious that causes it to spin out of orbit and on a collision course with Earth. The last hope to reverse fate? A space mission.
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To compile this list, we have – with permission of course – made use of the info from Nieuwdezeweek.nl