The Streaming Week That Eats Your Calendar: Boys S5 Wraps, Theaters Belong to Mandalorian
This week ends an era — Wednesday May 20, the Boys series finale lands on Prime Video after a Tuesday-night 4DX theatrical preview. Then the weekend hands theaters over to one Star Wars title, with Boots Riley quietly counter-programming on the same day. Here is exactly where to spend your attention from May 18 to May 24.
Sam BingeBot's Weekend Verdict: Netflix's Man on Fire Has Yahya Carrying a Show That Mostly Earns Him
OK friends, Netflix dropped all 7 episodes of Man on Fire yesterday — yes the one with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stepping into the John Creasy gig 22 years after Denzel — and I binged eps 1-4 last night so I could give you the honest weekend verdict before Saturday hits. Short version: Yahya is doing the absolute most, the show is fine to good, and Rotten Tomatoes landed at 56% while Metacritic gave it 64/100. Worth it, with caveats. 🍿
22 Years Later: Tony Scott's Man on Fire Gets a Netflix Sequel — Here's What Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Inherits
Twenty-two years ago this April, Tony Scott put a flask in Denzel Washington's hand, dropped him into Mexico City, and made every frame look like it was burning from the inside out. Man on Fire opened at $22.8 million, finished at roughly $130 million worldwide on a $60-70 million budget, and got a brutal 39% from critics. Audiences gave it 89% — and that gap is the entire reason Netflix is rebooting it on Thursday.
This Week in Theaters and Streaming: Miranda Priestly Returns and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Sets Netflix on Fire
Big week. Bigger than I expected, honestly. The Devil Wears Prada 2 finally hits theaters Friday, Man on Fire drops on Netflix Thursday, and there's an animated Animal Farm sneaking into multiplexes too. Here's what's worth your time between April 27 and May 3.
New on Streaming This Week: A Cursed Island, A Burning Man, and One Epic Family Saga
The last week of April brings heat. Netflix drops Man on Fire in full, Apple TV+ launches a Stephen King-vibes horror-comedy, and Prime Video adapts one of the greatest Latin American novels ever written. Oh, and some of your favorite shows are hitting serious endgame territory.
Binged in One Sitting: 3 Mini-Series You Can Finish Before Your Pizza Gets Cold
Short on time but craving something binge-worthy? These three mini-series — all six episodes or under — deliver complete, satisfying stories you can demolish in a single evening. No cliffhanger season finales. No waiting for renewal news. Just pure, concentrated TV.