The best TV and film to watch this week – from Emily in Paris to Bad Monkey
THE SUN has curated a list of all the best TV and films coming out next week.
Some of the most popular streaming giants are releasing a whole host of new content.
NETFLIX
Emily In Paris
DRAMA Available from Thursday
Ooh la la! We’re off to the City of Love once again to catch up with the romantic trials and tribulations of American abroad Emily (Lily Collins).
Anyone who saw the end of series three will know that things have got très complicated: Gabriel’s wedding to Camille was called off at the last moment because of his feelings for Emily, but to make things even trickier, Camille is pregnant with his baby.
The new series starts with Emily trying to cope with having feelings for both Gabriel and Alfie, while needing to step up at work and take more responsibility.
Featuring new characters – including Rupert Everett as an Italian interior designer – and new locations, such as Rome, it promises to be fantastique.
The first five episodes of the 10-part series arrive this week, with the second batch landing on September 12.
Worst Ex Ever
DOCUMENTARY Available from Wednesday
If you’ve ever watched the rather troubling Worst Roommate Ever on Netflix, you’ll know what to expect from this four-part documentary series, as it’s created by the same team.
Featuring compelling first-hand testimony from victims and police, animated re-enactments, recorded phone calls and even dramatic bodycam footage, Worst Ex Ever tells the truly shocking real-life stories of four people’s nightmare past relationships.
Expect tales of chilling betrayal, mental torture, violence, murder plots and deceit, as the darkest sides of love and relationships are laid bare in terrifying fashion.
It’s certainly not for the faint-hearted.
Daughters
DOCUMENTARY Available from Wednesday
A prizewinner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, this deeply affecting documentary follows four young girls – and their incarcerated fathers – as they prepare to be reunited at a special Daddy Daughter Dance event at a jail near Washington, DC, in the States.
Throughout the film, the girls – Aubrey, Santana, Raziah and Ja’Ana – talk about their hopes, their dreams and how their fathers’ absence has affected their lives.
Directed by filmmaker Natalie Rae and based on the Date With Dad program developed by social-change advocate Angela Patton, who has devoted her life to the empowerment of black girls, it’s a moving, inspiring and powerful portrait of the healing power of love and forgiveness.
The Union
FILM Available from Friday
When his high-school ex, Roxanne (Halle Berry), turns up out of the blue after 25 years, regular guy Mike (Mark Wahlberg) hopes their old spark might reignite.
It does – but not quite in the way he expects.
Roxanne is now a secret agent working for a shady government agency and she wants Mike’s help with a dangerous intelligence mission in Europe.
Suddenly thrust into a world of spies, guns, car chases and bad guys who will stop at nothing to bump him off, will this unassuming construction worker realise that he has all the tools for the job?
Crammed with action and a fun chemistry between the leads, this is decent popcorn-movie entertainment.
Inside The Mind Of A Dog
DOCUMENTARY Available now
Food, walks, chasing squirrels… Just what is going on inside your dog’s head?
This pooch-perfect dog-umentary, narrated by Rob Lowe, takes a fascinating and delightful journey into the world of man’s best friend, revealing the very latest scientific understanding of what the four-legged creatures think and feel.
“Dogs have found our way into every corner of our lives,” says Rob.
“They’re our companions, our saviours. And yet we’re only beginning to understand how their brains actually work.”
The film also charts how and why dogs and humans became so close in the first place – and reveals how dogs are able to pick up on our every emotion. A must for dog lovers everywhere.
APPLE TV+
Bad Monkey
COMEDY Available from Wednesday
Vince Vaughn returns to the small screen with his familiar style of laugh-out-loud comedy in this 10-part series based on the best-selling novel by author Carl Hiaasen.
After being “consistently reckless” and “inappropriate”, Andrew Yancy (Vince) has been dropped as a Miami detective and has landed a job as a health inspector in the Florida Keys.
In a desperate bid to get back into the Sheriff’s good books, he agrees to drive severed body parts to Miami but soon begins asking questions about the case, and he can’t help but suspect that Eve, the dead man’s wife, could have had something to do with it…
It’s a terrific mix of action, comedy and drama, and there’s a pretty impressive ensemble cast, including Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith and Rob Delaney.
DISNEY+
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
ANIMATION Available from Wednesday
We’re back with the Jedi younglings for the second series of this brilliant animation that’s perfect for little kids – and big ones too.
Set 200 years before the movie The Phantom Menace, during the High Republic era, it follows Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay and Nubs as they attempt to learn the way of the Force, while helping out across the galaxy.
There are bigger and better adventures this time round as the young Jedi reunite with old friends and make new ones as they journey to different planets and face new rivals, including The Ganguls, who are expanding their pirate ranks.
Thankfully, there’s plenty of help on hand with Master Zia’s new Padawan, Wes Vinik, and his astromech R0-M1.
Solar Opposites
ANIMATION Available from Monday
If you’re a fan of adult comedies like Futurama and Rick And Morty, then this hilarious animation following a family of aliens living in America needs to be added to your must-watch list.
The season four finale seemed to put an end to this popular comedy as aliens Terry (Thomas Middleditch), Korvo (Dan Stevens), Yumyulack and Jesse seemingly gave up on Earth for good, but all was not as it seemed, and a Valentine’s Day special saw Terry and Korvo tie the knot.
As series five kicks off, the newlyweds are back on Earth enjoying marital bliss while trying to focus on family values.
Meanwhile, Yumyulack and Jesse are struggling to fit in with their classmates at school.
Get ready for more mischief and mayhem.
Grand Cayman: Secrets In Paradise
REALITY Available from Wednesday
Fancy being transported to the sunny, picturesque Cayman Islands for a perfect slice of escapism that’s sure to satisfy reality TV fans?
This 10-part reality series provides a one-way ticket as we follow the lavish and dramatic personal and professional lives of the locals, expats and super-rich residents who are lucky enough to call it home, including actor Armie Hammer’s ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers and former Victoria’s Secret Angel Selita Ebanks.
While the setting is pure bliss, their lives are anything but, with accusations of infidelity, backstabbing, bickering and secret pregnancies, it makes the likes of Selling Sunset and The Real Housewives look peaceful.
DISCOVERY+
The Grindr Killer Scandal: A Faking It Special
TRUE CRIME Available from Friday
From June 2014 to September 2015, Stephen Port – also known as The Grindr Killer – murdered and raped four men in his flat in Barking, East London.
In November 2016, he was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of all four murders and a string of other sexual offences against young men, and the crimes of the British serial killer rocked the nation as questions were asked about the police’s misconduct in the case.
This latest Faking It special sees The Watcher, The Listener and The Profiler examine Port’s horrific crimes through police interviews, a 999 call, a sham letter and fake online identities as they reveal catastrophic failings during the investigation.
PARAMOUNT+
Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
ANIMATION Available from Saturday
Yes, we know, it’s another remake of a classic, but thankfully the action-packed adventures of pizza-loving turtles Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo still provide plenty of entertainment.
This latest animation is a spin-off from the 2023 movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and follows the brothers as they help save New York City from new enemies, while juggling the highs and lows that come with teenage life.
Actor and comedian Pete Davidson guest-stars as rich kid Rod, who adores Mutants, while gifted inventor Bishop will do everything in her power to rid the city of them.
It certainly ticks all the boxes when it comes to a decent animation for the kids.
The Bureau
THRILLER Available from Thursday
Looking for a juicy new series to really sink your teeth into?
Paramount+ has the answer as the streaming service is dropping all five seasons of this captivating French espionage thriller.
Within the French secret service lies The Office of Legends, aka The Bureau – a special branch of undercover agents who take on false identities and travel to hot zones across the globe to find potential moles.
But as you’d expect, completing their missions and living their lives under the radar is far from easy.
With 50 episodes available to binge, make sure you clear your schedule and get ready for plenty of twists and turns.
WOW Presents Plus
RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars
TALENT Available from Friday
Over the past 15 years, we’ve had a lot of Drag Race spin-offs – from series all across the world to All Stars and even Secret Celebrity Drag Race – but this new addition to the franchise is the first-ever Global All Stars.
Twelve iconic queens represent their home countries and battle it out for a huge US$200,000 jackpot and a place in the coveted Drag Race Hall of Fame.
The fabulous line-up includes USA’s Alyssa Edwards, Australia’s Kween Kong, Germany’s Tessa Testicle and Britain’s very own Kitty Scott-Claus.
So who will be Queen of the Mothertucking World?