Must-Watch Streaming: ‘Blitz,’ ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls,’ & More This Week

Must-Watch Streaming: ‘Blitz,’ ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls,’ & More This Week

November 21, 2024 Catherine Williams - Chief Editor Entertainment

Streaming Picks for the Week

  1. Blitz

    • Platform: Apple TV+
    • Premiere Date: Friday
    • Overview: Directed by Steve McQueen, “Blitz” follows a 9-year-old biracial boy named Elliott who flees to the countryside during the Nazi bombing of London. He seeks to return to his mother, played by Saoirse Ronan. The film blends traditional war drama with adventurous elements.

  2. Interior Chinatown

    • Platform: Hulu
    • Premiere Date: Tuesday
    • Overview: Jimmy O. Yang stars as a Chinese American background actor in a police procedural. He aspires to be a leading man. This series is adapted from Charles Yu’s novel, with Taika Waititi as an executive producer.

  3. The Sex Lives of College Girls

    • Platform: Max
    • Premiere Date: Thursday
    • Overview: Season three kicks off with the original cast returning. The series follows college roommates in Vermont. This season concludes Reneé Rapp’s storyline as she departs to focus on music.

  4. Based on a True Story

    • Platform: Peacock
    • Premiere Date: Thursday
    • Overview: Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina return as new parents involved in amateur sleuthing. The couple’s true crime podcast leads them back to murders after a string of incidents threatens their normal life.

  5. Cruel Intentions (TV Series)

    • Platform: Prime Video
    • Premiere Date: Thursday
    • Overview: This series updates the 1999 film about wealthy stepsiblings plotting to seduce their college classmate, the vice president’s daughter. The show contains Easter eggs that reference the original movie.

  6. The Piano Lesson

    • Platform: Netflix
    • Premiere Date: Friday
    • Overview: Directed by Malcolm Washington, this film tells the story of a family in 1930s Pittsburgh dealing with a family heirloom and its ties to slavery. The cast includes John David Washington and Samuel L. Jackson.
  7. Spellbound
    • Platform: Netflix
    • Premiere Date: Friday
    • Overview: An animated film set in the magical land of Lumbria. A young girl, voiced by Rachel Zegler, must save her parents from a curse. Produced by John Lasseter with songs by Alan Menken.