Streaming Wednesday:
Carrie — Some fans have taken exception to the casting of lead actress Summer H. Howell in this latest adaptation of Stephen King’s legendary debut novel, claiming she doesn’t match King’s description of Carrie White as pimply and overweight. But series creator Mike Flanagan says he’s more interested in exploring the ways in which today’s teen culture can ostracize just about any kid. Particularly the ones you could actually see yourself nailing. (Prime Video)
Inside the Circle — The lifelong friendship between four young Mexicans is threatened by the contents of a mysterious blackmail video. As opposed to a mysterious Black male video, which is what I’m assuming kept Lindsey Graham in line all those years. (Netflix)
Less of a Stranger — The life of talented and troubled Polish musician Jan Borysewicz gets the biopic treatment in a story that dramatizes the personal toll he suffered as leader of the seminal communist-era band Lady Pank. Coming next: Katseye in The Pussy Riot Story, going into production as soon as they can decide which of them gets to play the riot. (Netflix)
Real Men 2 — A year in the making, the second season of the Italian comedy (itself based on a Spanish series) finds our quartet of befuddled middle-agers still adapting to the customs and mores of post-patriarchal Rome. I know, I just choked laughing at that phrase too. It’s like “post-heteronormative Leesburg.” (Netflix)
Who Is Martin Mull? — The late Bob Saget co-directed this documentary tribute to his likewise-deceased friend Mull, who in addition to being a revered comic actor and musician also found legitimate success on the gallery circuit as a painter. You mean when I’m 80, I’m going to have to listen to Adam Sandler sing the praises of Rob Schneider the bedazzler? (Netflix)
Streaming Thursday:
Below — Josh Hartnett plays a fisherman who has to defend his small Newfoundland town from the attacks of an undersea predator. In the process, he may finally come to terms with his father’s death, which happened two decades ago but has haunted him ever since. Yeah, I always find I come to my best epiphanies about life, family and loss when I’m trying to land the Creature From the Black Lagoon like a big-mouth bass. (Netflix)
The Kardashians — In Season 8, Kim reveals she’s suffering from esophagitis and Kendall confesses she wouldn’t rule out having sex with Cara Delevingne. Well, it’s nice to know we have something in common: I’ve had trouble with my esophagus too. (Hulu)
Streaming Friday:
Animals — Ben Affleck wrote, directed and stars in a timely crime thriller about a cash-strapped politician who has to compromise his principles to come up with the ransom for his kidnapped son. Don’t forget, Ben: There’s always money in the charter schools. tic tic (Netflix)
Avatar: Seven Havens — Now that we’ve already met the Last Airbender, it’s time for an Earthbender to assume mastery of the four elements. Meanwhile, the Last Firebender has to sit home by the phone, in case Lionel Richie gets well enough to take them out on tour again. (Paramount+)
Haunted Hotel — The Freeling family encounters fresh complications to running the Undervale in Season 2. Not only is dealing with the usual cadre of demons and deceased murderers a consistent bite in the ass, but you try getting a county commission to raise the tourist development tax from six souls a day to 10. (Netflix)
Rage Part 2 — The great Maribel Verdú is among the stars as the black-comedy anthology returns to explore women’s best options for surviving today’s brutal cultural economy. Hmmm, let’s see … sell feet pics or just murder every dude with a podcast? (HBO Max)
Take Charge of My Heart — Sparks literally fly in a quirky South Korean romance about a young guy whose faulty artificial heart depends on the touch of a young woman with fantastic electrical powers. But that’s nothing; I once knew a chick whose heart ran entirely on clean, beautiful coal. (Netflix)
V/H/S Mixtape — A new music video directed by Ghost’s Tobias Forge highlights the ninth installment in the found-footage franchise. Forge’s contribution is said to be an old-school, five-minute death metal clip with a storyline and everything. Even better, if you watch it backward, a burned Swedish church gets rebuilt from the ground up. (Shudder and AMC+)
Streaming Sunday:
The Pet Cemetery Murders — A New Orleans true-crime case is the basis of a three-episode docuseries that probes a tradition of murder and corruption that might reach back centuries. In the Big Easy? Really? It’s struck me as such a gentle place ever since I first saw Lisa Bonet dancing naked with a chicken. (HBO Max)
Streaming Tuesday:
Michael Che: Shot in Minnesota — In his third Netflix special, Che discusses topics like the miracle of Colin Jost marrying Scarlett Johansson. You know, stuff he doesn’t get to cover in his regular job. (Netflix)
Tyson — Starting today, we’ll get to watch a four-part documentary that chronicles the unprecedented career and tumultuous life of boxing’s Mike Tyson, who has taught all of America to fear his every move and utterance. If Jake Paul says it’s OK! (Netflix)
This article appears in Oct. 7-13, 2026.