From messy billionaire divorces and deadly assassins to cowboy lawmen patrolling Montana, this weekend’s streaming lineup offers plenty of options across Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Hulu, Disney+ and other platforms.
The latest releases include adaptations of classic American literature, new horror films, returning dramas and several series premieres. One of the biggest events is the season finale of Lanterns, while a number of new movies are also arriving on streaming services and in theaters.
Here are some of the shows and films worth keeping an eye on this weekend.
East of Eden
Florence Pugh stars as Cathy Ames in this new adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, which follows the Trask and Hamilton families through generations of rivalry, betrayal and troubled relationships in California’s Salinas Valley.
Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist play brothers Adam and Charles Trask, while Ciarán Hinds and Martha Plimpton also star. The series was created and written by Zoe Kazan, whose grandfather, director Elia Kazan, directed the 1955 film adaptation starring James Dean.
The series currently holds an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
One of the most notable changes from Steinbeck’s novel is the way Cathy is portrayed. Rather than presenting her simply as an embodiment of evil, the series gives the character a more complex moral framework and treats her as something closer to an antihero.
That reinterpretation could prove controversial among fans of the original novel, where Cathy is famously described as having a “malformed soul.” The new adaptation instead attempts to humanize her, potentially changing the way audiences understand one of Steinbeck’s most disturbing characters.
War
A billionaire’s divorce becomes the center of a lucrative legal battle between two rival London law firms in War, a new drama from George Kay, the creator of Lupin and Hijack.
Dominic West stars as technology entrepreneur Morgan Henderson, whose marriage to actress Carla Duval, played by Sienna Miller, is falling apart. Phoebe Fox, James McArdle and Nina Sosanya play the lawyers caught up in the increasingly bitter dispute.
The eight-episode first season currently has an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The series combines the breakdown of a high-profile marriage with professional rivalries, secrets and betrayals within the two law firms. While the premise may recall The War of the Roses, the new series takes the idea in a very different direction.
The opening episode largely sets up the conflict to come, but introduces a major divorce and several twists that suggest the legal and personal battles will quickly become more complicated.
Dominic West’s transformation from Jimmy McNulty in The Wire into a polished British technology billionaire may also take some getting used to for longtime viewers.
Landman: A Yellowstone Story
Luke Grimes returns as Kayce Dutton in the second season of the Yellowstone spinoff, which combines the franchise’s Montana setting with a crime-procedural format.
Kayce now works with a Montana-based U.S. Marshals unit, putting both his military background and cowboy skills to work. Logan Marshall-Green, Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos and Tatanka Means join him, while Brecken Merrill returns as Tate.
Spencer Hudnut serves as showrunner, with Taylor Sheridan as executive producer.
The second season begins with Kayce trying to rescue his son from a hostage situation linked to a criminal land grab — a familiar predicament for the Dutton family.
There is no Rotten Tomatoes score yet for the second season.
For fans of Yellowstone, the appeal is straightforward: more Montana, more crime and more Kayce Dutton. The spinoff is more of a police procedural than the original series, with less emphasis on the Dutton family’s long-running power struggle, but its first season proved highly successful.
The Price
Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as Jackie Price, a former drug smuggler who has spent two decades hiding behind a seemingly comfortable life as a dealer in expensive art.
Her quiet existence is shattered when she discovers that seven assassins have been hired to kill her. Rather than wait for them to come after her, Jackie decides to hunt them down herself.
Daniel Ings, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Ron Perlman also star.
The series comes from Gangs of London writer Tom Butterworth and Killing Eve director Damon Thomas. It is based on The Price You Pay by Aidan Truhen, the pseudonym of Nick Harkaway, the son of celebrated British spy novelist John le Carré.
The series currently has a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Other Bennet
Alan Cumming and David Morrissey star as longtime Manchester neighbors Leo and Clive, whose relationship gradually turns into a dangerous feud.
Written by Russell T. Davies and directed by Peter Hoar, the five-part British drama explores how suspicion, prejudice and radicalization can transform an apparently ordinary neighborhood.
Elizabeth Berrington, Pooky Quesnel and Paul Rhys also appear in the cast.
The series was previously released in Britain and makes its U.S. debut this weekend. It currently holds an impressive 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The combination of Cumming and Morrissey is one of the show’s biggest attractions. Cumming, now widely recognized by international audiences for The Traitors, gets the opportunity to take on a considerably more dramatic role, while Morrissey is known for performances including the Governor in The Walking Dead and DCS Ian St Clair in Sherwood.
The trailer suggests that disagreements over social issues gradually spiral into something far more serious. What initially appears to be a fairly ordinary neighborhood story quickly takes a much darker turn.
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