6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Dec 6-8)
Dec. 5, 2024From starstudded rom-coms on Apple TV to a new Star Wars series on Disney Plus, here’s what you should be watching this weekend
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With December now in full swing, there’s never been a better time to cozy up in front of the TV and start making your way through your watchlist. There are plenty of new movies and shows to get stuck into on thebest streaming services, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video,DisneyPlus, Max, and Apple TV Plus. But, to simplify things, we’ve narrowed down the best titles from each streamer to hit play on right now.
This weekend, you can catch Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson’s NASA rom-com Fly Me to the Moon on Apple TV Plus, as well as new Star Wars and DC TV shows courtesy of Skeleton Crew and and Creature Commandos. And that’s just the start – below, we get into all the best movies and shows you should be watching this weekend.
Fly Me to the Moon (Apple TV Plus)
Available:WorldwideWatch now:Apple TV Plus
After hitting theaters this summer, Fly Me to the Moon is now streaming on Apple TV Plus. Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson star in this Space Race rom-com, set in the build-up to the Apollo 11 launch in 1968. Tatum plays NASA boss Cole Davis, while Johansson is a New York marketing executive Kelly Jones, and the pair find themselves working together when they’re tasked with creating a fake moon landing in case the real mission fails. Love, Simon helmer Greg Berlanti directed the movie, and the cast also includes Woody Harrelson and Community’s Jim Rash.
Available:USWatch now:Hulu
Available:WorldwideWatch now:Netflix
New Netflix thriller Black Doves stars Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw as an unlikely pair of spies working together for the first time in years. Knightley plays Helen, who’s been feeding her politician husband’s secrets to a shadowy organization called the Black Doves for the past decade. When her lover is assassinated, however, her spymaster fears for her safety and calls in an old friend, Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe. All six episodes are available to binge-watch now and, if you’re already hungry for more action, you’re in luck: Black Doves has already been renewed for season 2.
Available:WorldwideWatch now:Disney Plus
The galaxy far, far away returns to the small screen with Skeleton Crew. This coming-of-age story follows a group of kids who make a discovery on their home planet and then must find their way home after they get lost in space. The show’s young cast includes Encanto’s Ravi Cabot-Conyers and It Chapter Two’s Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and they’re joined by Jude Law, Nick Frost, and The Banshees of Inisherin’s Kerry Condon. Plus, you can expect episodes helmed by Spider-Man, The Green Knight, Twisters, and Everything Everywhere All at Once directors. The show’s double-episode premiere is available to stream now, with subsequent installments dropping every Tuesday in the US and on Wednesdays in the UK.
For more, check out ourSkeleton Crew reviewand ourSkeleton Crew release schedule.
Available:WorldwideWatch now:Max
The first title inJames Gunn’sDCU Chapter One: Gods and Monstershas arrived on Max. New animated series Creature Commandos follows a ragtag team of monsters assembled by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) to carry out missions that are too dangerous for humans. The voice cast includes Frank Grillo, Indira Varma, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk, David Harbour, and Maria Bakalova, and Gunn wrote all seven episodes in season 1. The show’s double-episode premiere is streaming now, with the rest of the season dropping in weekly installments every Thursday.
For more, check out ourCreature Commandos reviewand ourCreature Commandos release schedule.
Available:WorldwideWatch now:Prime Video
Looking for something else to watch? Check out our list of thebest Netflix movies, or thebest movies on Disney Plus.
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