hulu this week
“Under the Bridge”
Dive into a twisting, turning crime story when the biographical crime drama “Under the Bridge,” based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey, premieres Wednesday,april 17, on Hulu. Based on a true story, the limited series follows the case of 14-year-old Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta, “The Ghost,” 2023), who went to join her friends at a party and never returned home.as the case unfolds through the eyes of Godfrey, portrayed in the series by Riley Keough (“Daisy Jones & The Six”), and Cam Bentland (Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” 2023), a local police officer, the story digs deep into the hidden world of the group of teenagers accused of Reena’s murder.adapted for the screen by Quinn Shephard (“Not Okay,” 2022), “Under the Bridge” also stars Chloe Guidry (“The Last Tycoon”), Javon “Wanna”walton (“The Umbrella Academy”), Izzy G .(“B Positive ”), aiy ana Good fellow (“The Outlaws”), Ezra Faro que Khan (“Doctor Strange ,” 2016),Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”), Matt Craven (“A Few Good Men,” 1992), Michael Buei (“Bombshell,” 2019),Anoop Desai (“What We Do in the Shadows”) and Ella Dixon (“The Bad Seed Returns,” 2022).
“Blacklight” (2022)
Liam Neeson (“Schindler’s List,” 1993) dives into a new character with a particular set of skills acquired over a very long career in “Blacklight,” which makes its debut on Hulu Thursday,april 18. Neeson plays Travis Block, an elite fixer for the FBI who is just looking to retire in peace. However, when Block is alerted to an FBI plot to kill innocent civilians by a journalist (Emmy Raver-lampman, “The Umbrella Academy”), Block confronts the head of the FBI, Gabriel Robinson (Aidan Quinn, “Legends of the Fall,”
Lily Gladstone in “Under the Bridge”
1994). Unfortunately, Robinson doesn’t take to kindly to Block’s assertions, causing the FBI to add Block to their hit list. “Blacklight” also stars Taylor John Smith (“Sharp Objects”), Claire van der Boom (“Red Hill,” 2010),Yael Stone (“Orange Is the New Black”),tim Draxl (“A Few Best Men,” 2011), Georgia Flood (“Wentworth”), Melanie Jarnson (“Mortal Kombat,” 2021),Andrew Shaw (“RDFS”), Caroline
Brazier (“Rake”), Clara Helms (“Foreshadow,” 2013) and newcomers Zac Lemons and Gabriella Sengos. Directed by Mark Williams (“Honest Thief,” 2020) and co-written by Williams, Nick May and Brandon Reavis, the film is executive produced by Domenic Benvenuto (“Ricky Stanicky,” 2024), Craig Chapman (“Chef,” 2014), Zhe Chen (“The Wandering Earth II,” 2023), James Michael Cummings (“Workaholics”), Craig Mcmahon (“Three Thousand Years of Longing,” 2022),Tom Ortenberg (“Spotlight,” 2015), Clay Pecorin (“To Catch a Killer,” 2023), Paul Saleba (“The Underdog,” 2004) and Lisa Wilson (“The Ice Road,” 2021).
“A Kind of Murder” (2016)
Nothing is ever as it seems in mystery thriller “A Kind of Murder,” available to stream Monday,april 15 on Hulu. Based on “The Blunder” by Patricia Highsmith, who’s known as the creator of the infamous Tom Ripley, “A Kind of Murder” follows successful New York architect Walter Stackhouse (Patrick Wilson, “The Phantom of the Opera,” 2004). Despite his seemingly perfect life with his wife, Clara (Jessica Biel,“the Illusionist,” 2006),Walter has an extramarital affair with Elle Briess (Haley Bennett, “Swallow,” 2019), a woman he meets at a party. So, when Clara turns up dead, Walter is suspected of murder. But can he find the true killer and clear his name before it’s too late? In addition to Wilson, Biel and Bennett, “A Kind of Murder” also stars Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men”) as Det. Lawrence Corby, Eddie Marsan (“The World’s End,” 2013) as Mitchell “Marty” Kimmel, Jon Osbeck (“A League of Their Own”) as Jon Carr, Radek Lord (“The Resident”) as Tony Ricco, Michael Douglas Hall (“The Public,” 2018) as Mr. De Vries and Christine Dye (“Mom and Dad,” 2017) as Claudia. Directed by Andy Goddard (“Set Fire to the Stars,” 2014), “A Kind of Murder” marks Susan Boyd’s screenwriting debut.