There’s always a deluge of TV shows, docuseries, and movies to catch up on, whether old or new. It’s never too late to catch up with so much to watch. Here’s what The A.V. Club team has been watching, with room below for readers to share some of their own favorite titles of the week.
This week, we’re doing some Doomsday prep, meeting the Four Horsemen, taking in a charming new British import, and more. Now tell us: What are you watching this weekend?
Dune and Dune: Part Two (plus a Marvel catch-up)
With my limited free time over the past couple of months, I’ve been jumping between rereading the entire ASongOfIceAndFire series (just finished Dance again last night!) and finishing my first playthrough of KingdomCome:DeliveranceII (though when is anyone really “finished” with KCDII?). Obviously, I have a lot of 2026 movies to catch up on. Instead, I’m rewatching a mess of blockbusters in anticipation of the upcoming releases of Dune:PartThree and Avengers:Doomsday.
While I’m sure I’d enjoy watching Denis Villeneuve’s Dunes in theaters again, I have these awesome Blu-ray editions at home, so I don’t have to listen to someone figure out their nacho situation one row behind me at my local Regal theater. (Clearly, the choice has been made for me.) Also, I’ve since burned most of Marvel’s Phases Four and Five out of my memory, so I’m going in for seconds to see which plotlines and characters Marvel will ignore in Doomsday that I’ll be least upset about. (Fingers crossed it’s still that thing Patton Oswalt voiced at the end of Eternals!) I should probably squeeze in Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime this weekend, too, since that movie’s now available on demand. I also plan to go outside at some point! [Jarrod Jones]
Small Prophets
It’s that time of the year when I like to catch up on the TV shows I’ve missed before rounding out my “best of” lists. There are quite a few things I have to try to see in a short amount of time (Phony, Tip Toe, Star City, and Nemesis), but I’m going to kick off this weekend with Apple TV’s Small Prophets, which I’m drawn to because of the eccentric yet melancholic vibes of its trailer, along withThe A.V. Club’s own review. Created by Mackenzie Crook, the British dramedy centers on a 50-something man (played by Pierce Quigley) whose partner vanished seven years ago. To cope, and based on the advice of his aging father, he starts growing prophesying spirits in his garden-turned-laboratory, hoping he’ll find answers about his future and his missing girlfriend. I’m in the mood for something funny and devastating, so Small Prophets fits the bill. [Saloni Gajjar]
Possible Love
My favorite films of the year are divided pretty much down the middle between being 90-minute breezes and three-hour epics of Greek and/or Nathan Fielderian mythology. There’s not much middle ground between those extremes, which is one of the reasons why I have high hopes for Possible Love, the lengthy Korean follow-up from Burning filmmaker Lee Chang-dong. Not only did Monica’s essay on the film and its sensitivity to economic insecurity really sell me on it, but I’ll have the house to myself this weekend, which is really what you need when you’re talking about settling in on the couch for three uninterrupted hours of subtitled Netflix streaming. There are always a few films at the end of the year that necessitate specifically setting time aside for them, but I find that it almost always pays off. Hopefully Possible Love doesn’t break my good-luck streak. [Jacob Oller]
Now You See MeLive / The Invite
My schedule worked out in such a way that I’m going to end up spending much of my weekend in theaters; I have two musicals, an opera, and… whatever Now You See Me Live ends up being. This is not shade; I’m trying to go in as blind as possible, and I’m curious where it falls on the magic show vs. film adaptation spectrum. In any case, I think it’ll be a decent cap to a weekend of entertainment that may require a bit more brain power than watching some illusionists. Time permitting, I’d also really like to get to The Invite, now that it’s on streaming. I continue to kick myself for missing my chance to see it in theaters, but I’ve managed to sequester myself from basically any of the major plot details, and I need to make sure I get a chance to view it before that barrier no longer holds. [Drew Gillis]
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