What To Watch Online This Month
The Independent
Starring Brian Cox (Succession), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen and Slim), John Cena (The Suicide Squad) and Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), The Independent is the story of budding investigative journalist Eli, who uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the very foundations of Washington DC. It’s the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election campaign in US history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or finally break the country’s two-party gridlock with its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it’s made, Eli gets an opportunity to work with her idol, veteran Washington political columnist Nick Booker. As they pursue a story about budget cuts, and follow the money, she and Booker uncover a financial conspiracy that places the fate of the election, the country and democracy in their hands.
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Sharper
No one is who they seem in upcoming Apple TV+ film Sharper, a neo-noir thriller of secrets and lies set among New York City's bedrooms, boardrooms and bars. Characters compete for riches and power in a high stakes game of ambition, greed, lust and jealousy that will keep audiences guessing up until the final moment. Stars Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton, Darren Goldstein and the always excellent John Lithgow.
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The Reluctant Traveller
The Reluctant Traveller is a globetrotting travel series hosted by Emmy award winner Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek). Its eight episodes follow Levy as he visits some of the world’s most beautiful and intriguing destinations in Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Portugal, South Africa and the United States, exploring remarkable hotels and the places and cultures surrounding them. Self-confessedly not your typical travel show host – he’s not usually adventurous or well-versed in globe-trotting – Levy agrees the time is finally right for him to broaden his horizons. Packing his suitcase with some trepidation, he hopes his experiences might lead to a whole new chapter in life, even if that means confronting some long-held fears.
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The Man Who Stole The Scream
This is the remarkable story of the theft of one of the most iconic paintings in history. Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ was stolen during the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway in an outrageously bold art heist that triggered a thrilling cat-and-mouse caper, involving the Norwegian authorities, the global media and Scotland Yard’s specialist Art Squad. Only one man was ever convicted of the crime – former professional footballer Pål Enger. Why did he do it and what really happened? Was his motive money, fame or an obsession that’s haunted him since he first saw the painting as a child on a school trip? Mischievous and profoundly moving, this is an extraordinary Scandi noir-style psychological crime doc.
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Hello Tomorrow!
Hello Tomorrow! is an Apple Original dramedy starring Billy Crudup. Set in a retro-future world, the series centres around a group of travelling salesmen hawking lunar timeshares. Crudup stars as Jack, a salesman of great talent and ambition, whose unshakeable faith in a brighter tomorrow inspires his co-workers, revitalises his desperate customers, but threatens to leave him dangerously lost in the very dream that sustains him. The ensemble cast includes Haneefah Wood, Alison Pill, Nicholas Podany, Dewshane Williams, Hank Azaria, Matthew Maher and Jacki Weaver.
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Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal
The Murdaughs were one of South Carolina’s most prominent families, but the death of teenager Mallory Beach in a drunken boating accident sparked the unravelling of their legacy. When Paul Murdaugh – the alleged driver of the boat – and his mother Maggie are found brutally murdered, a century of corruption, power and cover-ups in the Low Country is brought to light. The three-part series will feature first-hand accounts from those on the boat that fateful night, many of whom have not spoken about the crash or double murder of Maggie and Paul until now.
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Liaison
Liaison is a six-episode thriller series starring César award-winner Vincent Cassel and Eva Green – and is the first French and English language Apple Original series. A high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, it combines action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.
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Drive To Survive – Series 5
With unprecedented access, the newest series of Netflix’s mammoth sports doc will once again take fans behind the scene to witness first-hand how the drivers and teams battled it out for the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship. The series will offer never-before-seen footage and interviews from the sport’s biggest names.
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Perfect Match
Perfect Match brings the most famously single stars of Netflix’s unscripted series (Love Is Blind, The Ultimatum, Too Hot To Handle, The Mole and more) to a tropical paradise in an attempt to find love. As they compete to form relationships, the most compatible couples will play matchmaker, breaking up other couples and sending them on dates with brand-new singles they’ll invite to the villa. Will they create better matches, or will they create chaos? In this over-the-top journey of strategy and dating hosted by Nick Lachey, only one couple will be crowned the Perfect Match.
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Bill Russell: Legend
The remarkable life and legacy of an NBA superstar and civil rights icon is captured in the documentary Bill Russell: Legend. This two-part film from award-winning director Sam Pollard features the last interview with Bill prior to his death in 2022 as well as access to his sprawling personal archives. On the court, Russell went on to lead each and every one of his basketball teams to championships: two back-to-back NCAA titles, a gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, and 11 championship titles in his 13-year career as a Boston Celtic (his last two as the first Black head coach in NBA history). Off the court Russell was a force in the fight for human rights – marching with Martin Luther King Jr., leading boycotts in the NBA over racist practices and speaking out against segregation. Narrated by actors Jeffrey Wright and Corey Stoll, it features exclusive interviews with the icon’s family, friends and fellow players.
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Fleishman Is In Trouble
Fleishman Is In Trouble is the story of recently divorced 41-year-old Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife Rachel (Claire Danes) disappears, leaving him with 11-year-old Hannah and nine-year-old Solly and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. As he balances parenting, the return of old friends Libby (Lizzy Caplan) and Seth (Adam Brody), a potential promotion at the hospital that is a long time coming — and all the eligible women that Manhattan has to offer — he realises he’ll never be able to figure out what happened to Rachel until he can finally face what happened to their marriage in the first place.
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