Things to stream
IF YOU HAVE 90MINUTES
Bottoms Prime Video Director Emma Seligman’s take on the highschool teen comedy is raunchy, funny and positively LGBTQ+ embracing. When two girls come up with a plan to lose their virginity to cheerleaders by luring them to participate in a fight club, they and the school get far more than they bargained for. Starring real life besties Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri, it’s a smart twist on the misogynist ‘80s teen comedy.
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Dumb Money: The Game Stop Story Apple TV + The true story of a group of ordinary people who gave Wall Street a heart attack by turning the stock of video game store GameStop into hot property. It gets sharply satirical treatment in director Craig Gillespie’s enjoyable comedy starring Paul Dano, Pete Davidson and Vincent D’Onofrio.
IF YOU HAVE 2HOURS
Leave the World Behind Netflix Sam Esmail directs this star-studded thriller in which a couple, played by Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke, find their holiday getaway taking a nasty turn after a visit from a stranger (Mahershala Ali) who bears news of a mysterious cyberattack that’s about to turn the world and their lives inside out.
IF YOU HAVE 2HOURS
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial Apple TV+ John Lennon’s murder shocked the world. Featuring interviews with friends and colleagues of Lennon and Yoko Ono, witnesses, NYPD detectives who worked on the case, lawyers and journalists, this threepart docuseries, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, makes a valiant attempt to unravel the mysteries of what happened on the night of December 8 1980 and what may have motivated the terrible actions of Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman.
IF YOU HAVE 7 HOURS
Classified Netflix Kagiso Lediga’s new Netflix original is a mix of YA and espionage intrigue that follows the adventures of American teen Ella, who, after getting into trouble during a Black Lives Matter protest, is sent by her mother to spend some time with her dad in South Africa. When she realises that her dreams of escaping back to the US won’t be easily realised and that her stepmother may be more than just a diplomat at the US Embassy, Ella’s teenage life takes a not-so-normal, adventurous turn.