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APPLE, DISNEY+, NETFLIX, SKY & PARAMOUNT DE NIRO SEASON DISNEY+ FILMS

Robert De Niro is one of the greatest actors of his generation and these are some of his finest films. Once

Upon A Time In America (right) is an epic New York gangster saga, also starring Downton Abbey’s Elizabeth McGovern. Heat is Michael Mann’s stylish, hugely influential crime drama, in which De Niro plays a career thief and Al Pacino is a detective on his case. King Of Comedy, with De Niro as a deluded wannabe comedian, was a commercial flop on its release but is now regarded as a classic and one of the key inspirations for 2019’s Joker.

From Friday

BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD PARAMOUNT+ COMEDY

The two teen idiots who starred in the animated satire on MTV in the 1990s are back for a new series. Beavis and Butt-Head are a couple of sniggering rock fans who ‘critique’ music videos and popular culture and society in general, and whose opinions are invariably crude and, we are promised, ‘stupider than ever’. All of the original episodes – more than 200 – are also available. Available now

LOCKE & KEY NETFLIX DRAMA

The final series of the dark fantasy, adapted from a series of graphic novels in which the three Locke siblings move into their father’s ancestral home after his murder and discover it is filled with magical keys. Unfortunately, an evil entity called Dodge is also desperate to acquire the keys. Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones and Jackson Robert Scott play the kids. From Wednesday

BECOMING ELIZABETH STARZPLAY DRAMA

If you think politics is cut-throat now, take a look at this terrific period drama about the future Elizabeth I’s early years. When her father dies, the teenage

Princess (Alicia von Rittberg, right) finds herself surrounded by ruthless, power-hungry courtiers. The dialogue is contemporary but the historical content largely accurate. Also stars Jessica Raine and Romola Garai.

From Sunday

CRY MACHO SKY/NOW FILM

When the superlative Gran Torino was released in 2009, Clint Eastwood was already 78 years old. He’s now

92 and, not surprisingly, it’s beginning to show. But late, late career Clint is better than no Clint at all, so it’s worth giving this a chance, as the great man (above) saddles up to play a former rodeo star who reluctantly heads to Mexico to fetch the young son of an old friend who stuck by him when times were tough. Yes, it’s payback time. Again. From Friday

UNCOUPLED NETFLIX COMEDY

Fortysomething realtor Michael plans a surprise birthday party for his older boyfriend Colin, who springs a big shock – he’s dumping Michael (How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris) after 17 years. Michael’s awkward adjustment to being newly single and ‘old’ on the New York gay scene is created by Sex And The City’s Darren Star but is less camp and funny than his earlier hit.

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DARBY AND JOAN ACORN TV DRAMA

Greta Scacchi and Bryan Brown are on fine form as an English widow and a retired policeman. The pair – along with his dog – embark on a charming eight-part trip across Australia’s outback as he helps her complete a quest.

Along the way they solve mysteries and meet up with some weird and wonderful folk. Also featuring Lincoln Lewis and Elizabeth Cullen (right). From Monday

DAY SHIFT NETFLIX FILM

Action comedy film produced by the director of the John Wick movies. Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx, above, with Zion Broadnax and Meagan Good) works as a pool cleaner in LA, but his main source of income is killing vampires. ‘They live among us. And all they are is murderers,’ he warns. Snoop Dogg plays his fellow vampirehunter. From Friday

ANNIKA ALIBI/NOW DRAMA

Nicola Walker’s (above) Oslobased detective jumps from radio to TV, relocating to Scotland and heading up a specialist Marine Homicide Unit. All six episodes of the bleak but compelling crime drama are here for streaming.

Available now

DRAMA FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL APPLE TV+ DRAMA

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, the Memorial Medical Center was quickly overwhelmed by rising floodwater, losing power as the heat soared and medical supplies dwindled. The hospital had to implement its flood evacuation plan. The problem was that there was no flood evacuation plan, and very few rescue boats and helicopters. Exhausted doctors were faced with grim ethical dilemmas and had to make terrible decisions about which patients to save. Vera Farmiga (left) stars as Dr Anna Pou in the eight-episode drama, based on a book of the same name.

It will leave you wondering how this could happen in

21st Century America.

From Friday

TOP GUN: MAVERICK SKY STORE FILM

Having swept all before it at the cinema box office, the long awaited follow-up to the action movie that defined an era – as well as made superstars of its cast – Top Gun: Maverick finally arrives on digital platforms. So if you didn’t see it on the big screen, here’s the chance to don the aviator sunglasses, fire up the old F-18 jet and trusty Kawasaki Ninja and enjoy one of the best comebacks since Lazarus. Tom Cruise (below) plays a blinder as daredevil pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, once again feeling the need for speed as he tries to train a group of ace pilots for a mission impossible.

From Monday