Yes, it’s that time again, the weekend, and time to review the best new movies and television shows added online this week, to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. And there are some exciting new adds this week, so let’s get started.
HULU
Hulu has Memory of a Killer, the 2026 crime drama limited series. Adapted from the Belgian movie The Alzheimer Case, this series finds Angelo Ledda(Patrick Dempsey!) finding his memory going, with a history of Alzheimer‘s running in the family. Which is troubling enough for the regular suburban dad Angelo pretends to be. But he’s also a hired killer, and his double life is getting harder to keep track of, as are his weapons and targets. And the danger to his life grows if the knowledge of his disease spreads to his colleagues in the business. Odeya Rush, Richard Harmon, Michael Imperioli and Daniel David Stewart also star, and there are 3 episodes available now, with 7 more to come. And this series gets a 7/10 on IMDb, but a 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, probably because the show’s a bit formulaic. Still, Kelly Lawler of USA Today says “without actors as talented and charming as Dempsey and Imperioli, it would be entirely forgettable. Their powerful, charismatic presence, however, suggest this is worth sticking with beyond the two-night premiere.” You decide. Luckily, Hulu has also added Mr. Big Stuff, a 2024 British comedy series. This finds the life of Glen(Ryan Sampson), a mild-mannered suburban carpet seller, thrown into disarray when his estranged brother Lee(Danny Dyer) shows up on his doorstep. With Glen‘s wedding only a few months off, his brother’s presence is the last thing he needs but when Lee kidnaps Ian, Glen‘s boss, the chaos ramps up. But the trouble is only beginning for Glen, as gangsters are after his brother, and they will stop at nothing to get him. Harriet Webb, Adrian Scarborough, Geoff Bell and Fatiha El-Ghorri also star, and there are 6 episodes available for streaming now. And Danny Dyer won the Male Performance in a Comedy at the 2025 BAFTA Awards, and this series gets a 6.6/10 on IMDb, and James Croot of The Post NZ said “with its flashes of very adult humour and bad behaviour, Mr Bigstuff is not for the faint-hearted – or easily offended – but for those keen a comedy with a bit of character and flair, this might just hit the spot.” So it’s on my list. Hulu also offers Olimpia, a 2019 Mexican drama. This tells the story of the National Autonomous University student uprising of 1968, using the art of rotoscoping, or hand-painting live action film. It chronicles three students taking part in the protests that began with the students empowered by their movement. But ended in massacre when the government brought in the Mexican army. Mariana Azcárate, Mariana Azcárate, Rafa Farías and Valentina Buzzurro also star, and José Manuel Cravioto and Gabriel Mariño co-directed. And this movie won the Best Feature Length Animated Film at the 2020 Ariel Awards, and gets an amazing 7.1/10 on IMDb. And Elizabeth Limón of En Filme said “50 years of the 1968 events, Olimpia brings a new perspective to what occurred.” And I’m watching. And, finally, Hulu has November Story, a 2021 Hindu thriller series. Here, the acclaimed crime novelist Ganeshan(G. M. Kumar) finds himself at the scene of a murder, with no idea what happened. His daughter, and caregiver, Anuradha(Tamannaah Bhatia) tries to cover up the murder at first, but then finds police officer Sudalai (Aruldoss) closing in on her father as a suspect. So Anuradha herself has to find the real killer, before it’s too late. Pasupathy, Namita Krishnamurthy and Myna Nandhini also star, and there are 7 episodes available form bingeing now. And this series was nominated for Best Web Series at the 2022 International Iconic Awards, and gets a whopping 7.6/10 on IMDb. And Aswin Bharadwaj of Lensmen Reviews said “engaging thrill ride,” so I’m tuning in . And I love a mystery.
NETFLIX
Netflix has an exciting add this week with Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, a 2025 drama. Based on Alexandra Fuller‘s memoir of the same name, this tells the story of 8-year-old Bobo(Lexi Venter) growing up in white-ruled Rhodesia(now Zimbabwe), with her parents. And while her mother, Nicola(Embeth Davidtz) calls the native revolutionaries who fight for freedom, “terrorists”, Bobo sees the other side, from her loving nanny Sarah (Zikhona Bali). But as Zimbabwe‘s independence grows near, the white settlers promise violence on their own part, arming themselves to the teeth. And as Zimbabwe‘s freedom arrives, Nicola begins to fall apart, fearing the end of her elitist world. Andreas Damm, Anina Reed and Shilubana N Fumani also star, and Embeth Davidtz directs here, for the first time. And this movie was nominated for multiple awards in 2025, and Lexi Venter won the New Voices/New Visions Special Jury Mention at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival for her work here. And it gets an impressive 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian called it “a powerful, immersively detailed film, with three outstanding performances.” And I’m definitely tuning in. Netflix also offers 96 Minutes, a 2025 Taiwanese thriller. Here, Song Kang-ren (Austin Lin) is travelling with his fiancée Huang Xin(Vivian Sung) on a bullet train from Taipei to Kaohsiung, when they learn there is a bomb on their train. Luckily, Kang-ren is a bomb defusion expert, and Xin is a police detective. But they find that defusing one bomb will only trigger another explosive on their train, an intricate puzzle that could get everyone on board killed. Po-Hung Lin,Lee Lee-zen and Bo-Chieh Wang also star, while Tzu-Hsuan Hung directed. And this thriller gets a 6.6/10 on IMDb, and Whang Yee Ling of The Straits Times (Singapore) says “this high-octane locomotive thriller is on track to be a multiplex success.’ So I’m tuning in. Netflix has also added Secret Mall Apartment, a 2024 documentary. This doc tells of a group of eight artists in Rhode Island, who built a secret apartment in the Providence Place mall. Inspired by a commercial, they decided to build the place as a project, and live there for a week. As they ferreted out the underutilized space, and claimed it as their own, they chronicled it all on tiny video cameras. And though they expected their stay to be only seven days, they ended up staying for four years. Until they were discovered, with the artist and teacher who led the project, Michael Townsend, ending up banned from the mall to this day. And director Jeremy Workman tells the story with great hum =or and some suspense, too. And this movie won tons of awards, including the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature at the 2024 Independent Film Festival of Boston and Renegade Feature Documentary Award at the 2025 Sydney Underground Film Festival. And it gets an astonishing 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post said “thanks to its thoughtful protagonists and filmmaker Jeremy Workman, what starts out as a quirky human interest story becomes a profoundly humane portrait of creativity and community.” So I’m tuning in. Netflix also offers Champion, a 2025 Indian historical drama. This takes place in 1947 India, with Michael C. Williams(Roshan Meka) intent on becoming a football(soccer) star in England. But he needs money to travel to London to play there, so he begins to smuggle guns into Hyderabad, which is besieged by violence, at the hands of the militant groups Nazim and Razakars. But as he lingers, Michael gets involved with the fight for freedom, and a local beauty, Tallapudi Chandrakala(Anaswara Rajan). And the question becomes will he fight for his fellow countrymen, or go to find fame and fortune in a foreign land? Kalyan Chakravarthy, Archana, Ranvir Shorey, and Santhosh Prathap also star, and Pradeep Advaitham directs. And it gets a 6.7/10 on IMDb, and Divya Shree of the Times of India says “despite minor rhythm and narrative lapses, Champion remains a compelling watch that honours it’s period backdrop and central themes of courage and resistance.” So I’m watching. And, finally, Netflix has added A Letter to My Youth, a 2025 Indonesian drama. This finds an adult man, Kefas(Fendy Chow), looking back on his childhood in an orphanage , where the teenaged Kefas(Theo Camillo Taslim), is having a hard time fitting in. And he is constantly getting in trouble with the people who run the place, including the older custodian, Simon Ferdinan(Agus Wibowo). But soon, the pair form a bond based on shared experiences , as Simon was once an orphan himself. And slowly, their relationships lifts them both to a better place, and helps them heal. Aqila Herby, Cleo Haura, and Halim Latuconsina also star, and Sim F. directs. And this movie gets an amazing 7/10 on IMDb, and Anjali Sharma of the Midgard Times says it “offers a thoughtful, tender experience that stays with you, not through dramatic spectacle, but through small, honest moments of connection.”
AMAZON
Amazon has just one title added this week, with The Wrecking Crew, a 2025 action comedy. Here, two estranged half-brothers, ex-cop Jonny (Jason Momoa) and ex-Navy Seal, James Hale (Dave Bautista), are forced to reconcile when their father, Walter is killed by a hit and run driver. But Walter was a PI, and his sons begin to wonder if his death was not accidental. So they investigate together, turning Honolulu upside down as they search for clues, and they find evidence of a conspiracy. And end up with on the wrong side of the yakusa, with a price on their heads. Temuera Morrison, Claes Bang, Morena Baccarin and Roimata Fox also star, while Ángel Manuel Soto directs. And this movie gets a respectable 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Leslie Felperin of the Guardian says the “whole package is an easily digested guilty pleasure.” So it’s on my list. Amazon also offers Good Posture, a 2020 drama. This movie finds recent college grad Lilian(Grace Van Patten) at loose ends, not knowing what to do next. Her widowed dad is wealthy but distant, and finally a fight with her boyfriend, Nate (Gary Richardson) throws Lilian for a loop. When one of her dad’s generous friends, Julia Price (Emily Mortimer!), starts making demands of Lilian in exchange for a free, if small, apartment, Lilian is shocked and displeased. But she begins to waken to a new life, especially after meeting Julia‘s dog-walker (Timm Sharp). Ebon Moss-Bachrach, John Early and Dola Rashad also star, and Dolly Wells directs, along with writing the script, here. And this movie gets an smashing 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Stephanie Archer of
Film Inquiry called it “an endearing coming-of-age story, it is delivered with sincere wit and genuine emotion, giving viewers not one, but two characters to fall in love with.” So I’m watching. And, finally, Amazon offers Under the Microscope, a 2024 Chinese historical drama series. This takes place during the Ming dynasty, when mathematical genius Shuai Jia Mo(Zhang Ruoyun) discovers that Jinhua county residents have been unfairly shouldering all the taxes So he and his friend, Feng Baoyu (Fei Qimeng), decide to register a formal complaint with the government. But that cause big trouble, with the government, and with citizens of other counties, that don’t want to pay the tax. And Shuai has difficulty dealing with people, so Feng helps, and they enlist the aid of a lawyer. But they go on to find more errors, and more trouble. Wayne Wang, Stephy Qi and Gang Wu also star, and there are 14 episodes available for streaming now. And this series has won multiple awards , including Best Strong Actor for Wayne Wang, and Quality Actor of the Year for Ruoyun Zhang at the Weibo Awards Ceremony, and Outstanding TV Series at the Zhejiang TV Peony Award. And this series gets an impressive 7.2/10 on IMDb, and Jan Lee of the Strait Times calls it bingeworthy, adding”” it makes tax accounting engaging”..and “riveting.” So I’m tuning in.
So sit back and binge this weekend, on classics, old and new, on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. Enjoy!
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