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    What to watch: The must-watch things to stream this week, May 17 - May 24, 2024

    By Pamplin Media Group,

    2024-05-17

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    What’s Available NOW On Disney+

    “Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life” - Season 2 (May 22)

    Two tiny troublemakers have huge adventures while trying to live the good life in a big city park. Nervous worrier Chip and laid-back dreamer Dale make the perfect odd couple: they’re best buddies and they drive each other nuts. In their perpetual pursuit of acorns, these ultimate underdogs are joined by Donald Duck, Pluto, Butch and other iconic Disney characters as they face down bullies great and small.

    “Marvel Studios’ Assembled: The Making of X-Men ‘97” (May 22)

    In the early 1990s, few beyond those who journeyed into the pages of Marvel comics had ever heard of “Rogue,” “Beast,” “Gambit,” or even “Wolverine.” But that sad state of affairs changed forever when “X-Men: The Animated Series” debuted on television and touched millions hungry for something different.“Assembled” recalls the birth of “X-Men: The Animated Series” and its revival thirty years later as “X-Men ’97.” Spend time with the original cast members, along with new voices, as they reveal the stories behind the classic show and its uncompromising continuation.

    “Mickey Mouse Funhouse” - Season 3, New Episodes (May 22)

    This whimsical animated series introduces preschoolers’ first pal, Mickey Mouse (voiced by Bret Iwan), and his friends — Minnie (Kaitlyn Robrock), Goofy (Bill Farmer), Donald (Tony Anselmo), Daisy (Tress MacNeille) and Pluto (Farmer) — to Funny (Harvey Guillén), an enchanted talking playhouse, who takes the Sensational Six on adventures of all types to unique worlds that inspire the imagination. Designed to inspire kids to expand their creative play, encourage wish fulfillment and impart lessons of friendship and ingenuity, each episode features two 11-minute stories separated by a midway dance break.

    “The Beach Boys” (May 24)

    A celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream, captivating fans for generations and generations to come, this documentary traces the band from humble family beginnings and features never-before-seen footage and all-new interviews with The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, plus other luminaries in the music business, including Lindsey Buckingham, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Tedder, and Don Was.

    What’s Available NOW On Prime Video

    “McDonald & Dodds” - Season 4 (May 23)

    Two detectives with seemingly nothing in common are thrown together. Wildly ambitious DCI McDonald (Tala Gouveia) and the shy DS Dodds (Jason Watkins) forge an unlikely friendship and entertaining, effective partnership as they take on puzzling cases.

    “The Blue Angels” (May 23)

    The Blue Angels have been enthralling people both across the country and around the globe for more than 75 years. Now, Amazon MGM Studios and IMAX present a brand-new documentary that takes audiences soaring with the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron as never before. Filmed for IMAX, the immersive footage puts you in the cockpit for a firsthand view of the Blue Angels’ precision flying, while the aerial shots deliver a spectacular showcase of the breathtaking maneuvers that have made them the world’s premier jet team.

    “The 1% Club” - Season 1 (May 23)

    Where the questions have nothing to do with remembering little known facts, endless reams of dates or obscure quiz trivia, this new game show is all about applying logic, reasoning skills and common sense. The show begins with 100 contestants, who are then whittled down as they compete to make it to the end and answer a question only 1% of the country can get right, in hopes of winning up to 100,000 dollars.

    “Dom” - Season 3 (May 24)

    In this crime drama’s third and final season, the countdown has started and our protagonists are even closer to death. On one side, Pedro (Gabriel Leone) finds shelter in Rocinha, the biggest favela in Rio, trying to run away from the police, but at the same time threatened by drug dealers. On the other, Victor Dantas (Flavio Tolezani), aware of his son’s situation, has to cope with lung cancer and is doing everything in his power in a last attempt to save Pedro.

    What’s Available NOW On Netflix

    “Tires” (May 23)

    At his father’s auto shop, a hapless manager strives to improve customer service and drive profits while keeping his troublemaking cousin in line. Shane Gillis, Steve Gerben and Chris O’Connor star.

    “Mulligan” - Part 2 (May 24)

    Allegiances are tested when the grim realities of life on an empty, alien-ravaged planet start to sink in for President Mulligan (Nat Faxon) and his rag-tag band of survivors (no plumbing! No food! Movies are just plays now!). In order to rebuild society they’ll have to overcome feral cub scouts, a cruise ship with a deadly secret, and each other. Dana Carvey, Tina Fey, Phil LaMarr, Sam Richardson, Chrissy Teigen and Ayo Edebiri also voice star.

    “Atlas” (May 24)

    Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it. Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory J. Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong make up the ensemble cast.

    “My Oni Girl” (May 24)

    In Studio Colorido’s fourth feature-length animated film, high school student Hiiragi yearns to get along with others and not be disliked, and finds himself unable to say no whenever someone requests something of him. Even though he tries his best to do things for others, it never goes well, leaving him with no one he can call a friend. One summer day, he encounters an oni girl named Tsumugi — who has come to the human world to search for her mother. The complete opposite of Hiiragi, Tsumugi does whatever she pleases.

    “Eric” (May 30, Limited Series Premiere)

    Set in 1980s New York, this emotional thriller from Abi Morgan follows Vincent (Benedict Cumberbatch), one of New York’s leading puppeteers and the creator of a hugely popular children’s television show, as he struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe), after he disappears one morning on the way to school. Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar’s disappearance, Vincent clings to his son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet, Eric, convinced that if he can get Eric on TV, then Edgar will come home.

    What’s Available NOW On Peacock

    “We Are Lady Parts” - Season 2 (May 30, Season Premiere)

    The new season sees the band return with a renewed artistic mission after the high of their first U.K. tour, only to find a rival band threatens their delicate status quo. As the reality of chasing success sets in, Lady Parts embark on recording their first album, juggling personal ambitions and deciding whether ‘making it big’ is really what they wanted. The series stars Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela Impey, Juliette Motamed, Faith Omole, Lucie Shorthouse, Zaqi Ismail and Aiysha Hart.

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