Four to watch this week...
Trevor The Musical (Cert
12, 114 mins, streaming from June 24 exclusively on Disney+
Thirteen-year-old Trevor Nelson (Holden William Hagelberger) feels like a square peg in the round hole of 1981 Lakeview Junior High.
He is disconnected from his Ronald Reagan-fixated parents (Jarrod Zimmerman, Sally Wilfert) and navigates the pitfalls of adolescence alongside misfit best friend Walter (Aryan Simhadri), who has a crush on classmate Cathy (Alyssa Emily Marvin).
Alas, she is smitten with Trevor and has slavishly watched “every Tony Awards with him since 1976”, blissfully blinkered to Trevor’s endless love for the imaginary Diana Ross (Yasmeen Sulieman) who sings to him in his bedroom.
When school jock Pinky (Sammy Dell) innocently kindles the first sparks of Trevor’s sexual awakening, the teenager faces intolerance and derision from his peers. Filmed in January 2022 at Stage 42 Theatre in New York City, Trevor: The Musical is a live recording of director Marc Bruni’s off-Broadway production inspired by an Oscar-winning short film.
Loot (10 episodes, starts streaming from June 24 exclusively on Apple TV+)
Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph headlines a 10-part workplace comedy created by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard that explores celebrity in a cancel culture era powered by social media and snap judgements. Filthy rich
Molly Novak (Maya Rudolph) owns private jets and a sprawling mansion, including a walkin wardrobe equivalent in size to some people’s entire apartments.
After 20 years of marriage to her husband John (Adam Scott), Molly discovers he has betrayed her with a younger woman, Hailey (Dylan Gelula).
She demands a divorce as tabloids dub the scorned billionaire wife “the most famous cheated-on woman on the planet”.
Mired in a media storm, Molly learns she has a charity foundation run by Sofia Salinas (Michaela Jae Rodriguez) and pledges to give back to others in the company of her trusty assistant Nicholas (Joel Kim Booster), accountant Arthur (Nat Faxon) and ebullient cousin Howard (Ron Funches).
The first three episodes premiere this week and subsequent instalments debut on Fridays.
Atlanta – Season 3 (10 episodes, starts streaming from June 29 exclusively on Disney+)
Created by lead actor Donald Glover, comedy drama Atlanta has amassed a mantelpiece full of trophies including Emmy Awards and Golden Globes.
The third and penultimate season begins this week, continuing the haphazard journeys of rapper Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) and his manager and cousin, Earnest “Earn” Marks (Glover).
A special episode inspired by a shocking real-life crime kicks off proceedings before before Paper Boi and Earn head to Amsterdam for a concert as part of a European tour.
Alfred’s assistant Darius X (LaKeith Stanfield) is involved in a bizarre funeral and one member of the crew faces time in police custody unless they can post bail.
The One That Got Away (10 episodes, streaming from June 24 exclusively on Prime Video)
This 10-part Prime Video dating series hosted by singer/ songwriter Betty Who invites six singletons to entrust their romantic fortunes to a mystical portal, which can miraculously bring people from their past back for a second chance at love. In the same vein as Love Island, the hopefuls allow cameras to witness their reunions to see if sparks fly.
One by one, more people from the sextet’s pasts enter through the portal, sparking fierce rivalries and reopening old wounds.