What to stream this weekend: Euphoria, Our Friend
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Our Friend and Lifetime explores the lives and careers of Salt-N-Pepa this weekend.
In addition, Netflix offers a new take on Nickelodeon s
Winx Club, Apple TV+ explores a dark side of filmmaking in
Losing Alice and glassblowers compete against each other in the second season of
Blown Away.
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Here s a rundown on some of the films and television shows set to be released this weekend.
Film The White Tiger Netflix
Adarsh Gourav, Priyanka Chopra and Rajkummar Rao star in this drama, which comes to Netflix on Friday. Ramin Bahrani directs the drama about India s class struggles, as seen through the eyes of a young man born into poverty.
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Russell Tovey stars in a Hulu miniseries from Luther creator Neil Cross about a man keeping a dark secret from his wife.
It’s easy enough to imagine the skeleton of Hulu s new maybe-supernatural thriller
The Sister reconfigured just slightly into a compact B-movie. With a shorter running time, writer Neil Cross’ featureless protagonist (played by Russell Tovey of HBO s
Looking and
Years and Years), director Niall MacCormick’s more-generic-than-aspirin atmospherics and their indifference-inducing twists might’ve seemed less glaring. But stretched out over four hourlong installments, their tale feels droopy and drab.
Initially offered as a Halloween treat on the U.K.’s ITV,
Bloodlands from
Line of Duty s Jed Mercurio, which concluded on Sunday, March 15th.
Nesbitt plays Police Service of Northern Ireland detective Tom Brannick who reinvestigates an infamous cold case. The drama unfolds when a car containing a possible suicide note is pulled from Strangford Lough, which puts Nesbitt on the hunt for a deadly assassin.
The thriller was written by Chris Brandon and directed by Pete Travis, with Mercurio serving as executive producer.
The BBC has confirmed that
Bloodlands will return for season two, with Nesbitt reprising his role as DCI Brannick.
Bloodlands is available to stream on BBC iPlayer now.