7 New Shows and Movies You Can Watch This Weekend on Netflix, Apple, and Disney Plus (March 31-April 2)
April brings a bunch of new shows and movies to watch this weekend NetflixApple TV Plus Disney Plus And another peak broadcast services.
Movies dominate the weekend list. Tetris is the incredible yet true story of how the video game was introduced to the world. Murder Mystery 2 brings together Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston for more detective kidnappings. For romantic comedy fans, Prom Pact and Rye Lane should make your hearts flutter.
On the TV side, whimsical drama The Big Door Prize explores the idea of fate, while Rob Lowe and son John Owen Lowe team up on precarious workplace comedy. The sci-fi epic Power imagines a world where girls are a force to be reckoned with.
Here’s our guide on what to watch this weekend.
Tetris (Apple TV Plus)
This is not an adaptation of the popular classic video game, so don’t expect an action-adventure movie where characters dodge giant blocks falling around them. Instead, this is a biographical drama based on the true story of how Tetris became a global phenomenon.
When game publisher Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) first tried Tetris at the Consumer Electronics Show in 1988, he was immediately dumbfounded. Hoping to have it distributed worldwide, Henk heads to the Soviet Union to speak with creator Alexei Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov). But Cold War tensions, British media moguls and shady dealmakers loom as obstacles for the game to reach the masses. Verify Tetris review for our full take.
streaming now Apple TV Plus (Opens in a new tab)
Murder Mystery 2 (Netflix)
Adam Sandler is who he is and does what he does. The movies he makes for Netflix are still very popular, and they range in quality from Good (Hustle) to… well, Ridiculous 6. The First Murder Mystery falls somewhere in the middle. Do you need a supplement? Probably not, but Sandler and co-star Jennifer Aniston clearly have great comedic chemistry.
Since the events of the first film, married couple Nick and Audrey Spitz have become full-time detectives with their own agency. When their friend, the Maharaja, is kidnapped at his lavish wedding, Spitz becomes embroiled in an international conspiracy.
streaming now Netflix (Opens in a new tab)
Big Door Award (Apple TV Plus)
Based on the book by MO Walsh, this drama takes a page from Twilight Zone. The surreal premise: A vending machine mysteriously appears one day in a small-town grocery store, promising to reveal anyone’s “true life potential” (in exchange for $2, their fingerprints and social security number).
History teacher Dusty Hubbard (Chris O’Dowd) sees the machine called the Morpho on his 40th birthday. He is generally content with his wife Cass (Gabrielle Denise) and daughter Trina (Juliette Amara). As more of his neighbors choose to get their Morpho Destiny Cards, Dusty can’t resist the siren’s call for knowledge. But the words on his card throw him for a loop. There’s a reason Pandora’s Box won’t open.
streaming now Apple TV Plus (Opens in a new tab)
Uneasy (Netflix)
Hollywood is a family business. Rob Lowe and John Owen Lowe are the latest parent/child pair to work together on this workplace comedy. The elder Louie is Ellis Dragon, a brilliant but narcissistic biotech mogul who is in an emotional downfall after the death of his wife. His son, Jackson, is a professional flutist who could not be less ambitious.
However, he may be the key to saving his father’s company. Chief financial officer Anna (Sian Clifford) enlists Jackson’s help in calming volatile Ellis. While their personalities may be close to polar opposites, father and son may prove to be the perfect team.
streaming now Netflix (Opens in a new tab)
Force (Prime Video)
Naomi Alderman’s feminist sci-fi tale is getting a series starring Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, and Josh Charles. The world changes forever when teenage girls develop the ability to shoot electricity from their fingers. Those who have the least power in society now have the most.
Margot Cleary-Lopez (Colette) is the mayor of Seattle and mother of Joss (Auli’i Cravalho), who struggles to control her newfound ability. London girl Roxy (Rhea Zmitrowich) seeks approval from her mobster father, while displaced American orphan Allie (Haley Busch) finds peace and acceptance in a convent. In Nigeria, videographer Tunde (Toheeb Jimoh) is documenting this phenomenon on his YouTube channel.
streaming now Prime Video (Opens in a new tab)
Charter Prom (Disney Plus)
A welcome dose of ’80s nostalgia enhances this quirky little rom-com. Prom looms large in the life of a high school freshman, appearing memorably in scenes from She’s All That, 10 Things I Hate and Pretty in Pink, among others.
However, the prom is actually the last thing on Mandy Yang’s (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) mind. While promotions have been rolling around, she is focused on her dream of going to Harvard. After being placed on the waiting list, Mandy decides to do whatever it takes to win acceptance — even if it means asking for help from popular player Graham Lansing (Blake Draper), whose father is a powerhouse senator and Harvard alum.
streaming now Disney Plus (Opens in a new tab)
Ray Lane (Hulu)
For more adult romantic comedies, turn to Ray Lane. Two strangers meet sweetly after being brutalized. At an art gallery, Yass (Vivien O’Brah) hears Dom (David Johnson) crying in the bathroom stall next to hers. They share their tales of romantic woe, then go out for a walk and talk in the boroughs of South London.
It’s All Before Sunrise, and like this movie, the leads share an obvious chemistry. The characters are mismatched: Yas is a free-spirited fashion designer, Dom is a nervous accountant. But, as you know, opposites attract.
streaming now Hulu (Opens in a new tab)
What are you watching this weekend
Riverdale season 7 (CW)
Archie and the gang are transported back to the 1950s.
streaming now CW.com (Opens in a new tab)
Doogie Kamealoha, MD Season 2 (Disney Plus)
Lahila is torn between her boyfriend Walter and the new bad boy on the island.
streaming now Disney Plus (Opens in a new tab)
Die Hart 2 (Roku Channel)
Kevin tries something new to become the greatest action star of all time: avant-garde cinema.
streaming now Roku Channel (Opens in a new tab)
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