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Best new movies and series arriving on NOW in August 2022
Every month a new slate of titles is added to NOW’s library – and we pick the very best to watch.
02 Aug
Clarisse Loughrey
Clarisse Loughrey is the chief film critic for The Independent and a regular stand-in for Mark Kermode on BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Kermode and Mayo’.
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There’s no endgame in the high-stakes cyberchess of The Undeclared War
The series’ performances are fine, but any fascinating “what ifs” are hindered by a lack of dramatic insight.
12 Jul
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Only Murders In The Building remains determinedly lovely in its high-stakes second season
You never know just which celeb faces are about to walk into the Arconia: Martin and Short have called in a few favours.
05 Jul
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The Lazarus Project goes well beyond what we expect from time-travel espionage shows
This very entertaining series goes well beyond what we expect from time-travel espionage shows.
23 Jun
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God’s Favourite Idiot only allows Melissa McCarthy to use about half her talent
This comedy is unwilling to push Melissa McCarthy into where she’s best: the world of the jagged and imperfect.
22 Jun
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Marvel fandom is a key to inner power in enthusiastic teen series Ms Marvel
Are this show’s sweet specificities going to melt away favour of cameos and people doing zoomies in the air?
10 Jun
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Best new movies and series arriving on NOW in June 2022
Every month a new slate of titles is added to NOW’s library – and we pick the very best titles to watch.
07 Jun
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Obi-Wan Kenobi realises the full potential of Ewan McGregor—and franchise innovation
Consider this the prequel trilogy’s victory lap, proving there’s a little more juice in the Skywalker saga.
31 May
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The Lincoln Lawyer’s cruisey understanding of justice could fit on a bumper sticker
Despite the cast’s pleasant chemistry, this Netflix series fails to dig deeper than your average cool-guy crime procedural.
18 May
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Gothic romance slithers onto Apple TV+ with thorny mystery The Essex Serpent
Despite labelling itself as “prestige TV”, there’s more pure period romanticism under this series’ petticoats than expected.
16 May
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Best new movies and series arriving on NOW in May 2022
Every month, a new slate of titles is added to NOW’s library of films and TV shows—and critic Clarisse Loughrey picks the very best among them to watch. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down. Top Picks: TV The Flight Attendant season 2 (May 26) Mystery solved. Cassie (Kaley […]
02 May
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Best new movies and series arriving on NOW in April 2022
Every month a new slate of titles is added to NOW’s library – and we pick the very best titles to watch.
25 Apr
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Evan Rachel Wood finds her voice in sensitive two-part survivor story Phoenix Rising
Small moments hit hard in this HBO docuseries, recounting the actress’s abusive relationship with Marilyn Manson.
30 Mar
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We’re in a lovers-to-enemies arc with Bridgerton’s flat fanfic of a second season
“Makeout fakeouts”, sexy panting, and inaccurate boob-squishing costumes can’t get our pulses racing again.
30 Mar
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Powerful feminist series Mood draws a link between sex work and social media
This powerful BBC series is feminism in practice, detached from the realm of think pieces and t-shirt slogans.
18 Mar
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Powerful feminist series Mood draws a link between sex work and social media
This powerful BBC series is feminism in practice, detached from the realm of think pieces and t-shirt slogans.
18 Mar
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Tender small town comedy Somebody Somewhere is mumblecore in its next stage of life
Bridget Everett is an underrated but treasured part of the new wave of foul-mouthed, triumphant female comics.
07 Mar
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Best new movies and series arriving on NOW in March 2022
Every month a new slate of titles is added to NOW’s library – and we pick the very best titles to watch.
28 Feb
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Reality comes crashing into rom-com fantasy in Starstruck’s complex second season
We just want Tom and Jessie to be happy together—but that wouldn’t make much of a show, would it?
21 Feb
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The Girl Before is a sharp, edgy thriller – despite the melodrama and oversized wine glasses
The lesson: never move into an ultra modern house owned by a creepy but kinda charismatic architect.
14 Feb
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Netflix murder mystery Stay Close is a junk food thriller: irresistible but ultimately unsatisfying
This eight-party British murder mystery is filled with brusque and cynically effective twists
25 Jan