From returning faves to some new ones, here’s the best fresh viewing coming your way.
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
The excruciating, surreal, and loud comedy of Tim Robinson returns for a third season of meme-generating preposterous scenarios, full of characters losing their shit trying to maintain increasingly absurd or indefensible positions. This season’s guests include the likes of Jason Schwartzman, Tim Meadows, Patti Harrison, Tim Heidecker, Fred Armisen, Ayo Edebiri, Will Forte, and Conner O’Malley.
White House Plumbers
The true story of the Watergate scandal is told from the perspective of the bungling operatives at its centre. Blending satire, slapstick, and drama, and skewering the current political landscape, it’s helped immeasurably by a cast headed by Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux, writes Steve Newall in his feature for Flicks.
The Indiana Jones movies
Dust off Doctor Jones ahead of Harrison Ford’s final outing as Indy next month—all four Indiana Jones movies are coming to Disney+. There’s no better time to reacquaint yourself with the highs (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and lows (cough, Crystal Skull) of the adventuring archaeologist.
Deadloch
New comedy-mystery series Deadloch sees two vastly different detectives—played by Kate Box and Madeleine Sami—thrown together to solve a murder in a sleepy seaside Australian hamlet. “She’s a lovable cunt, and sometimes… a not so lovable cunt,” Sami said of her character in an interview with Amelia Berry for Flicks, sharing more on playing such a loose unit, one that’s more than just a gender-flip of a classic cop archetype.
Manifest
The final episodes of Manifest land on Netflix, resolving this supernatural drama about the passengers and crew of a commercial airliner who suddenly reappeared after being presumed dead for five and a half years—but for whom no time had passed at all.
Medellín
French action comedy sees a team put together for a dangerous mission—to rescue its leader’s brother, who’s held captive by a dangerous cartel in Medellín, Colombia. Their plan? Kidnap the cartel leader’s son and propose a trade…
