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With so many different streaming platforms and cable offerings to navigate through, choosing what to watch has never been harder. To make things easier, here are our best tune-in tips for the week ahead.
TUESDAY
38 At The Garden
38 At The Garden chronicles the extraordinary ascendance of point guard Jeremy Lin during his landmark 2012 season with the New York Knicks. Lin, an undrafted Harvard graduate, shocked fans, stunned his teammates and galvanized Asians around the world when he scored 38 points at Madison Square Garden against the Los Angeles Lakers, solidifying Lin’s hot streak and the “Linsanity” craze.
In 2012, Jeremy Lin and “Linsanity” took over the NBA. The undrafted Asian-American Harvard grad made waves after signing with the New York Knicks and his reign in the Big Apple was highlighted by the 38 points he managed to score against the Los Angeles Lakers. This new documentary offers an update on the work he is doing to now and how he continues to respond to recent hate crimes against the Asian American community.
Crave
WEDNESDAY
Big Shot
Put us in, coach! 🏀
The sophomore season of John Stamos’ sports-comedy is set to return on Wednesday. In “Big Shot,” Stamos plays Marvyn Korn, an angry basketball coach fired from his job at the University of Wisconsin who is forced to take a position coaching a girls’ basketball team in California. This season look for Marvyn to try and get his team some airtime on ESPN by signing a controversial volleyball player with anger issues.
Disney Plus
Wild Croc Territory
Matt Wright and his fearless team of crocodile wranglers catch and relocate some of the world’s most ferocious reptiles in Australia’s wild Outback.
Matt Wright and his team of crocodile hunters wrangle and relocate some of the world’s deadliest reptiles in Australia. If you are fan of being frightened, keep an eye out for this one.
Netflix
THURSDAY
Welcome To Wrexham
Wrexham’s got hope, meat pies, sheep, and the fans. From Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds comes FX’s Welcome to Wrexham. Premieres tonight at 10 on FX. Stream on Hulu.
In real life, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds run the 3rd oldest professional football team in the world and share Wrexham A.F.C.’s highs and lows in this new doc series. The actors purchased the struggling Wales-based team in February 2021. Following the pandemic, the team furloughed both staff and players and were struggling to survive before their saviours stepped in. Without spoiling anything, let’s just say the pair have had a positive influence on the club’s fortunes.
Disney Plus
FRIDAY
Shantaram
A fugitive pursuing redemption in 1980s Bombay will do whatever it takes to get it, even if it means letting his past seep back into his present. Starring Charlie Hunnam and based on the best-selling novel by Gregory David Roberts, stream Shantaram October 14 only on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_Shantaram
Based on the international bestselling novel by Gregory David Roberts, this new Apple TV Plus series follows a fugitive (played by Charlie Hunnam) in the 1980s as he tries to hide in Bombay. Lin Ford attempts to avoid the law while simultaneously laying roots in an unfamiliar place.
Apple TV Plus
Rosaline
The love story you know, the ex you don’t.
A modern take on “Romeo & Juliet,” Kaitlyn Dever plays Juliet’s cousin, Rosaline, in this new comedy. Rosaline is also Romeo’s most recent love interest so she is especially heartbroken when he falls for her family member. Undeterred, the R in the title character’s name must stand for resilience as Rosaline plots to win back her man.
Disney Plus
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
A father (Marlon Wayans) and his teenage daughter (Priah Ferguson) are forced to team up and save their town after an ancient and mischievous spirit causes Halloween decorations to come to life and wreak havoc.
October means the return of cheesy Halloween movies. To kick things off, Netflix presents a town that’s in turmoil after its Halloween decorations come to life. Marlon Wayans plays a father who attempts to thwart the attack with the help of his teenage daughter. You had us at Marlon Wayans.
Netflix
The Ravenous
Another one to add to the Halloween list is “The Ravenous.” This Canadian horror film is about the aftermath of a zombie outbreak in Quebec and follows Bonin (Marc-Andre Grondin) as he struggles to survive with the rest of the dwindling population. The movie was named the Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and was also nominated as the Best Motion Picture at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards.
CBC Gem
DON’T MISS
Ally McBeal (Seasons 1-5)
Anyone who knows me, knows that I absolutely loved “Ally McBeal” during the show’s original run from 1997 to 2002. The legal comedy starring Calista Flockhart was undoubtedly David E. Kelley’s best work. The CGI baby dancing to ‘Ooga Chucka’ or ‘Hooked On A Feeling’ for those of us who remember the reference was groundbreaking at the time. The show featured witty writing, snappy dialogue, and hilarious characters. I liked the show so much that when I was asked to write a college entrance essay on the person I’d most like to interview living or dead, I actually and unbelievably chose the fictional Ally. Needless to say, I didn’t get into that school. In any event, for anyone who hasn’t seen it before or for those of us who want to relive our youth all over again, all five seasons of the series will be available to stream on Disney Plus on Wednesday.
Oct. 14, Disney Plus
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