STREAMING THIS WEEK
WHAT’S NEW ON HULU “Only Murders in the Building” Season 2
Dig into a new case with the highly anticipated Season 2 release of “Only Murders in the Building,” making its way to Hulu Tuesday, June 28. Starring Selena Gomez (“A Rainy Day in New York,” 2019), Steve Martin (“The Pink Panther,” 2006) and Martin Short (“Innerspace,” 1987) as Mabel, Charles and Oliver, an unlikely trio of amateur sleuths brought together in the first season by their mutual love of the same true crime podcast.When a murder happened to take place in the high-end New York City building where they all live, the true crime aficionados took it upon themselves to create their very own podcast as they try to solve the murder themselves. While Season 1 ended on quite a cliffhanger (and another murder in the building), Season 2 kicks off with Mabel, Charles and Oliver trying to keep themselves out of hot water as they look into their newest case. Created by Martin and John Hoffman of “Grace and Frankie”, “Only Murders in the Building” Season 2 is directed by Jamie Babbit (“Silicon Valley”) and Cherien Dabis (“Ramy”). The series is written by Hoffman, Martin, Joshua Allen Griffith (“Mrs.America”), “The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence” playwright Madeleine George, “Ohio” author Stephen Markley and “The Field Guide to the North American Teenager” author Ben Philippe. Vanessa Aspillaga (“Morning Glory,” 2010), Kirk Kelly (“Do No Harm”),Ariel Shafir (“M’larky”), Cara Delevingne (“Suicide Squad,” 2016), Michael Rapaport (“Atypical”), Jayne Houdyshell (“Little Women,” 2019), Jackie Hoffman (“Garden State,” 2004) and Michael Cyril Creighton (“Dexter: New Blood”) also star.
“The Princess” (2022)
Classic fairytales get turned on their heads in the new fantasy action movie “The Princess,” premiering on Hulu Friday, July 1. Strong-willed and beautiful, the film’s protagonist princess’s (played by Joey King, “The Act”) not-quite-fairytale begins when she refuses to marry cruel sociopath Julius (Dominic Cooper, “That Dirty Black Bag”), to whom she is betrothed. Kidnapped and locked away in a tower for her refusal, the princess fights her way back to save her family and the kingdom from a scorned and vindictive Julius, who is intent on taking her father’s throne by any means necessary. Directed by Le-Van Kiet (“The Requin,” 2022), “The Princess” is written by Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton of “Blood Soldiers: Interrogation” (2011). The film’s cast is rounded out by Veronica Ngo (“The Old Guard,” 2020), Ivo Arakov (“Frenchy,” 2010), Martin Taskov (“Her Pen Pal,” 2021), Mitko Angelov (“Brothers”) and Vasil Toshev (“Stoyan,” 2021).
WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX “Beauty” (2022)
Come along for the ride with the new romantic drama film “Beauty,” available Wednesday, June 29, on Netflix. From award-winning writer and producer Lena Waithe (“Twenties”) and director Andrew Dosunmu (“Mother of George,” 2013), this coming-of-age story follows a talented young singer named Beauty (Gracie Marie Bradley, “Pearl,” 2020), who is on the brink of a successful career with her supportive and devoted girlfriend, Jasmine (Aleyse Shannon, “Leverage: Redemption”), by her side. It isn’t long, however, until Beauty is met with the harsh realities of pop stardom and she struggles to remain authentic to herself and to her art in the face of fame and fortune.The film’s outstanding ensemble cast includes Niecy Nash (“Claws”), Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”), Sharon Stone (“Casino,” 1995), Kyle Bary (“Our Kind of People”), Michael Ward (“Top Boy”), Sarah Stavrou (“White Men Can’t Jump,” 1992) and James Urbaniak (“American Splendor,” 2003).
WHAT’S NEW ON DISNEY+ “Baymax!” - Season 1
Everyone’s favorite friendly inflatable robot is back in the new computer-animated series “Baymax!,” premiering on Disney+ Wednesday, June 29.A sequel series to the 2014 hit film “Big Hero 6,” Baymax (voiced by Scott Adsit, “30 Rock”) is working outside the superhero team to fulfill his program’s purpose of helping others. As he takes on health-care jobs around the city of San Fransokyo, Baymax ends up on a series of adorable and hilarious adventures in an attempt to improve the lives of everyone he meets. Created and written by “Big Hero 6” director Don Hall, “Baymax!” is directed by Dan
Abraham (“Once Upon a Snowman,” 2020), Mark Kennedy (“Zootopia,” 2016), Lissa Treiman (“Wreck-It Ralph,” 2012) and Dean Wellins (“Raya and the Last Dragon,” 2021). Ryan Potter (“Titans”), Maya Rudolph (“Saturday Night Live”), Emily Kuroda (“Gilmore Girls”), Lilimar (“Bella and the Bulldogs”), Zeno Robinson (“Pokémon”) amd Jaboukie Young-White (“Fairfax”) also voice star in the series.
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME “The Terminal List” - Season 1
Get to the bottom of a new mystery with Prime’s newest action-thriller series “The Terminal List,” premiering on the streamer Friday, July 1. Chris Pratt (“Guardians of the Galaxy,” 2014) leads the series as Cmdr. James Reece, a Navy SEAL who’s just returned home after his entire platoon was ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Determined to discover why his platoon was attacked, Reece’s mission becomes all the more urgent when he learns new dark forces are working against him and endangering his loved ones. Based on the novel of the same name by Jack Carr, “The Terminal List” is adapted for the screen by David DiGilio (“Strange Angel”) and directed by Frederick E.O.Toye (“The Boys”), Sylvain White (“The Rookie”), M.J. Bassett (“Solomon Kane,” 2009),Antoine Fuqua (“The Magnificent Seven,” 2016),Tucker Gates (“Ray Donovan”) and Ellen Kuras (“The Umbrella Academy”).The series cast is rounded out by Jared Shaw (“The Tomorrow War,” 2021), Constance Wu (“Crazy Rich Asians,” 2018),Taylor Kitsch (“Friday Night Lights”), Riley Keough (“Mad Max: Fury Road,” 2015),Arlo Mertz (“Mank,” 2020), Jeanne Tripplehorn (“The Gilded Age”), LaMonica Garrett (“1883”),Tyner Rushing (“Under the Banner of Heaven”) and Nick Chinlund (“Training Day,” 2001).