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It's almost the weekend, which means it's time to plan what new shows and movies to watch over the next few days. Luckily, there's some great stuff out this week across a range of different streamers.
A couple of new movie releases take the top spot this time around, with Greenland 2: Migration and We Bury the Dead both coming highly recommended. If you're in more of a TV mood, however, then take your pick from a new samurai epic, a gripping-looking revenge thriller, and a sinister Scandi noir! There's something for every taste on the best streaming services.
New movies
Greenland 2: Migration (HBO Max)
Available: US/UK
Watch now: HBO Max
This sequel to 2020's unexpectedly good Gerard Butler-starring apocalypse thriller picks up five years after an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out most of the population. John Garrity (Butler) and his family have been living safely inside a bunker, but now it's time for them to venture back out onto the surface and try to rebuild civilization. But the Earth is a changed world, one beset with deadly weather conditions, earthquakes, radiation – and far-less-friendly survivors.
The first Greenland movie was a really solid apocalypse thriller. Migration moves the series into slightly more predictable terrain, but Butler is still good as Garrity and it's a satisfying sequel that takes a different approach to the first film.
Watch Greenland 2: Migration on HBO Max.
We Bury the Dead (Hulu)
Available: US/UK
Watch now: Hulu
Daisy Ridley stars in this terrific new zombie movie. We Bury the Dead takes place in the wake of an experimental weapon detonating off the coast of Tasmania. Physiotherapist Ava Newman (Ridley) joins a military effort to retrieve the bodies of those killed in the explosion, thinking that her husband Mitch (Matt Whelan) may be among them. As she is confronting this personal tragedy, however, the dead start to rise...
Like all the best zombie films, We Bury the Dead mixes potent horror with weighty themes. If not quite a George Romero-level masterpiece, Zak Hilditch's film is still a living dead movie with – sorry – braaaiiiinsss...
Hot Fuzz (Prime Video)
Available: US
Watch now: Prime Video
The second instalment in Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's loose "Cornetto trilogy" is one of the funniest films of the century so far. Pegg plays Nicholas Angel, a by-the-books London cop who is reassigned to the sleepy rural town of Sandford, Gloucestershire. He thinks he's going to be bored, but it's not long before he and his colleague Danny (Nick Frost) find themselves caught up in a gruesome murder mystery.
Hot Fuzz is an explosive collision of the whodunnit and action movie genres with a dash of folk horror thrown in for good measure. The mystery is compelling and the action scenes genuinely exciting. It's also funny as hell and endlessly quotable. The rumour that Pegg, Wright, and Frost may soon reunite for a fourth film has us very excited indeed.
Watch Hot Fuzz on Prime Video.
New TV shows
Song of the Samurai (HBO Max)
Available: US/UK
Watch now: HBO Max
Missing Shōgun? This new period samurai drama sounds very promising. Inspired by the long-running manga Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem by Umemura Shinya, Song of the Samurai follows Toshizo Hijikata (Yuki Yamada) a warrior who is recruited by the Shinsengumi – a real-life secret samurai police force formed in 1863. Members were typically drawn from the sword schools of Edo, but Hijikata is a street fighter. Despite his differences with his comrades, however, he quickly forms strong bonds of trust that will be tested as the Shinsengumi face conflict.
If you're after an exciting blend of samurai action, historical drama, and political intrigue then this new series is for you. Song of the Samurai debuts on HBO Max on May 9.
Watch Song of the Samurai on HBO Max.
The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek (Netflix)
Available: US/UK
Watch now: Netflix
This long-awaited sequel to the Danish crime thriller picks up with detectives Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) and Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) reuniting to investigate more crimes in Copenhagen. A woman has gone missing and it's not long before Thulin and Hess's investigations reveal that she was the victim of a stalker. Soon evidence suggests that her disappearance is linked to a sinister "game" of hide and seek.
Based on Søren Sveistrup's novel Hide and Seek, the series reunites the show's original cast for another mean and moody case. If you're a fan of Scandi noir shows, then both seasons of The Chestnut Man will be right up your alley. You can stream them in full on Netflix now.
Watch The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek.
M.I.A. (Peacock)
Available: US/UK
Watch now: Peacock (US) / Paramount Plus (UK)
Another week, another new crime thriller... Still, this one looks very intriguing. M.I.A. follows Etta Tiger Jonze (Shannon Gisela), a young woman whose family is murdered by a drugs cartel. Left for dead, Etta somehow manages to survive and sets out to take revenge, embarking on a lethal rampage through the criminal underworld of Miami.
Slick and stylish, M.I.A. is the brainchild of Ozark co-creator Bill Dubuque. Etta must train if she's to stand a chance of taking out the 12 men who destroyed her life... but the cartel is not going to simply give up and die. Expect action, bloodshed, and a few twists and turns along the way.
Looking for something else to watch? Check out our list of the best Netflix movies or the best movies on Disney Plus.
