5 New Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend on Hulu, Netflix and More

Glen Powell is back with a new installment of Chad Powers. Season 2 of the sports comedy premiered on September 3 on Hulu, with all six episodes dropping at once. Based on the Eli’s Places segment from ESPN, Chad Powers is a half-hour comedy series starring Powell as Russ Holliday/Chad Powers. Season 2 “raises the stakes, as Russ must maintain his alter ego while confronting the consequences of his deception. Chad’s relationships with his coaches and teammates grow stronger, but how long can he hide who he really is?”

Those who were waiting to watch The Mandalorian and Grogu from the comfort of their homes, your wish has been granted. The Star Wars movie is now available to watch on Disney+, having made its streaming debut on September 2. The synopsis reads, “The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.” 

The Gentlemen Season 2 dropped all eight episodes on Netflix on September 3, so there’s no agonizing wait for new episodes every week. The show stars our favorite eye candy, Theo James, in the lead role of Eddie Horniman. According to the streamer, “A year has passed since Eddie became the reluctant heir to his aristocratic family’s rambling estate. Now, after joining forces with Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario) and her luxuriously incarcerated father, Bobby (Ray Winstone), Eddie is discovering that being a power player in the criminal underworld fits him like an immaculately tailored suit.” Netflix has already renewed the series for Season 3. 

Mayday is a “genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy” from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Game Night directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. Released on September 4 on Apple TV, the official logline reads, “When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy ‘Assassin’ Kelly (Ryan Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines. Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Kenneth Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he’s toast — but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy’s rescue and a bond neither saw coming?” 

We’ve got a perfect miniseries for viewers who are shy of commitment. A Tale of Two Cities, starring Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack, is an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ literary classic of the same name. The four-part drama is set in London in 1782 and the plot is described as, “A young woman, Lucie Manette, has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris — her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger — idealistic French émigré Charles Darnay — is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton, to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose.”