What’s new for home viewing on Video on Demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney +, HBO Max, and other streaming services.
Best streams of the week
“The more they fall” (2021, R) takes inspiration from real characters from the Old West to tell a fictional drama about African American cowboys. Jonathan Majors plays the outlaw leader who reunites his gang to take down an old enemy (Idris Elba). It’s a classic western with contemporary music and a star cast that includes Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, and LaKeith Stanfield. (Netflix)
The biographical drama “The Electric Life of Louis Wain” (2021, PG-13) stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the eccentric British artist who rose to fame in the 1880s for his playful and almost psychedelic paintings of cats. Claire Foy and Andrea Riseborough co-starred. Aired two weeks after its theatrical release. (Amazon Prime video)
Tom Hanks plays a robotics engineer in a post-apocalyptic future who creates a robot (Caleb Landry Jones) to care for his dog in “Bullfinch” (2021, PG-13). The sci-fi drama follows the three on an odyssey through the American desert. (Apple TV +)
“Dalgliesh” (unrated) stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic detective and poet Adam Dalgliesh in a new British mystery series based on the PD James novels and set in 1970s England. Two episodes available, new episodes Monday. (Tele acorn)
Pay-Per-View / Video on demand
Mysterious man (Winston Duke) interviews souls to determine which one will have a chance to be reborn on Earth in metaphysical drama “Nine days” (2021, R). Also on DVD.
Netflix
Keira Knightley is a songwriter and Mark Ruffalo a music producer who helps her develop her sound in “Restart” (2013, R).
Christmas movies start with romantic comedy “Love hard” (2021, TV-14) with Nina Dobrev and Darren Barnet. Too early?
International television: “Gloria” (Portugal, TV-MA, with subtitles) is a spy drama set amid the machinations of Portugal’s 1968 Cold War.
True crime: “Catch killers” (TV-MA) shines a light on the investigators behind the infamous serial killer cases.
Amazon Prime Video
The Eight-Episode Reality Series “Tampa Baes” (TV-MA) follows a group of young lesbian friends at a gay hotspot on the Florida coast.
Hulu
The four-part series “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi: Holiday Edition” (TV-14) examines traditions through the lens of a different culture and immigrant city.
HBO Max
“Class leader” (TV-G) reboots the 1980s sitcom with Isabella Gomez as the inspirational teacher to a group of overwhelmed high school students.
Apple TV +
Scientist taps brains of the dead in limited series “Dr. Brain” (South Korea, 2021, TV-MA, with subtitles) by filmmaker Kim Jee-woon. New episodes on Friday.
Kids’ stuff: Jack McBrayer hosts “Hello Jack! The Kindness Show” (TV-Y).
Other flows
Elijah Wood plays the FBI analyst who interviewed Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby) after his conviction in “No man of God” (2021, not rated). (AMC +)
Judge Judy Sheindlin takes her daytime reality court series streaming “Jude Justice” (unclassified). New shows with real cases debut every day of the week. Free with ads. (IMDbTV)
New on disc this week
“Nine days”, “Pig”
Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His streaming movie and TV reviews can be found at streamondemandathome.com.
