What to stream: Anyone But You, The Big Door Prize, Knuckles
Here’s a collection of notable movies and series available to stream this week.
Movies
• The Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell romantic comedy Anyone But You is now available to rent on digital platforms. The movie is about two young singles after a magical one-night stand ends in miscommunication and hurt feelings, who then find themselves both in a small family wedding party and staying in the same house. It’s loosely based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Reviews were mixed and the box office started out tame, but it became a slow burn sleeper hit in theatres, earning more than $218 million US worldwide. If you’ve been holding out to see what the fuss was about, now is your low stakes chance.
And afterwards, if you need a rom-com palate cleanser, You’ve Got Mail is also currently streaming on Starz.
• Another stealth box-office hit, everyone’s favourite dancing demon doll M3GAN is streaming on Prime Video. Is it great cinema? Probably not, but everyone who watches it seems to have a fun time (in spite of themselves).
Entertainment Weekly’s Leah Greenblatt wrote in her review that, “This is not the morose, carnage-soaked horror of dank basements and clammy night terrors; most of the movie happens in bright daylight, every maniacal head tilt, ungodly hip swivel, and murderby-gardening-tool calibrated for screams that end not with a gasp but a giggle. M3GAN came to play, and possibly reboot her motherboard for a sequel. Are you not entertained?” — Lindsey Bahr
Series
• The Big Door Prize, a sweet, silly dramedy about the residents of a small town turned upside down by the arrival of a machine that reveals a person’s true calling, returns for a second season on Apple TV+. Starring Chris O’Dowd as a local high school teacher, The Big Door Prize is based on a book by M.O. Walsh and was one of the Associated Press’s TV shows worth watching in 2023. Season two of The Big Door Prize debuted Wednesday. Season one is also still available on the streamer.
• Two teen ghost detectives who appear in DC comic books star in their own series called Dead Boy Detectives. The story follows Edwin and Charles, two long-dead teens who spend their afterlife still on Earth and investigating paranormal cases. They’re assisted by a living teen named Crystal Palace who is a clairvoyant. Dead Boy Detectives also features Lukas Gage in an over-the-top, comedic role of the Cat King. The Summer I Turned Pretty actor David Iacono plays a demon. Streaming on Netflix. • Idris Elba and Adam Pally reprise their Sonic the Hedgehog characters for the new animated series Knuckles on Paramount+. Elba plays Knuckles, an Echidna with super strength, who is adjusting after moving to Earth at the end of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Pally is Wade Whipple, a not-so-bright deputy sheriff. Knuckles is part of Paramount’s efforts to expand the popular Sonic brand. Ben Schwartz and Tika Sumpter also reprise roles from the films. All six-episodes of Knuckles stream Friday.