Streaming guide to the best movies and TV shows

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You hear that? The summer film season is just around the corner. If there is an official launch date, it is Friday, May 3rd, which marks the debut of The Guy case, the first major, multiplex-friendly blockbuster of a season that surprisingly (refreshingly?) illuminates the superhero category that has defined it for the last decade or so. There are plenty of must-see titles from Anne Hathaway in May Your idea on Prime Video to a Beach Boys documentary on Disney+. But television is anything but idle either. When it comes to recurring favorites, Doctor Who Fans can celebrate the arrival of a new season and the month begins with an ambitious literary adaptation. We will start there too.

What to Watch: Guide to May 2024 Movies and TV Shows

Are you ready to sit back, relax and watch the best new movies and series? This is what we have on our radar this month:

A man of perfection (Netflix, May 2)

Tom Wolfe's best-selling 1998 novel chronicles an Atlanta businessman's struggle to maintain his empire while serving as a snapshot of Atlanta's rise at the end of the 20th century. That should make this miniseries created by David E. Kelley and starring Jeff Daniels not only a long-awaited adaptation, but also a period piece of a special moment before the turn of the century. Watch on Netflix

Your idea (Prime Video, May 2)

Michael Showalter's latest film stars Anne Hathaway as a single mother whose trip to Coachella with her daughter takes a surprising turn when she begins a flirtation with Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galiztine), the lead singer of a British boy band. The film is based on a novel by Robinne Lee (which sounds very much like it was inspired by Harry Styles) and was warmly received when it premiered at South by Southwest earlier this year. Watch on Prime Video

The Guy case (Theater, May 3)

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in a seemingly loose adaptation of a once-popular 1980s series, with Lee Majors playing a stuntman who also foiled crimes. Here, Gosling plays an experienced stunt double who joins his ex's directorial debut, only to become embroiled in a kidnapping when the star (Aaron Taylor Johnson) disappears. David Leitch (Express train) directs. Get tickets on Fandango

I saw the television light up (Theater, May 3)

Jane Schoenbrun follows her haunting debut We're all going to the World's Fair with a different kind of story that revolves around the relationship between art, media and identity. Justice Smith plays Owen (played as a boy by Ian Foreman), who figures out the key characters in a 1990s supernatural series, and Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), the older teenager with whom he watched the series. Get tickets on Fandango

Dark matter (Apple TV+, May 8)

Adapting his own 2016 novel, Blake Crouch serves as the creator of this new series starring Joel Edgerton as a Chicago physics professor trapped in an alternate dimension that has changed drastically due to a decision he made years earlier. Jennifer Connelly plays his wife (or at least his wife in one dimension). Watch on Apple TV+

awl (Netflix, May 9)

Will Forte leads a cast of mostly Irish actors in this new comic thriller series set in a small Irish coastal town where some mysterious disappearances are taking place. Can a team of podcasters get to the bottom of the mystery? Watch on Netflix

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Cinemas, May 10)

A sequel to the trilogy of planet of monkeys Movies that ended with War for the Planet of the Apes Set in 2017, this new installment takes place centuries after the end of the film, when humans were reduced to wild creatures and apes began to build their own society – one, it seems, not immune to tyranny. Wes Ball is directing. Get tickets on Fandango

Back to black (Cinemas, May 17)

Amy Winehouse is getting the biopic treatment in a new film IndustryThis is Marisa Bela. It's a difficult role, but at least director Sam Taylor-Johnson has some experience in the field thanks to the John Lennon biography Nowhere boy. Get tickets on Fandango

IF (Cinemas, May 17)

Moving away from fears Quiet place John Krasinki directs this fantasy film about Bea (Cailey Fleming), a girl who can see imaginary friends. Krasinki plays her father, along with Ryan Reynolds as Cal, an adult with the same gift, or perhaps the same curse. Get tickets on Fandango

The big cigar (Apple TV+, May 17)

How did Black Panther founder Huey Newton escape to Cuba while awaiting trial for murder? With the help of Bert Schneider, a friendly Hollywood producer. This new six-episode miniseries starring André Holland as Newton, Alessandro Nivola as Schneider and Tiffany Boone as Newton's friend Gwen Fontaine tells the strange but true story. Watch on Apple TV+

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Theater, May 24)

In 2015, George Miller returned to the post-apocalyptic wasteland Crazy Max Films for a new installment that introduces a tough new heroine named Furiosa (played by Charlize Theron). In this prequel, Anya Taylor-Joy takes on the role opposite Chris Hemsworth as her antagonist, Warlord Dementus (this series has the best names, doesn't it?). Get tickets on Fandango

The Beach Boys (Disney+, May 24)

At this point, probably only Elvis and the Beatles have been the subject of more documentaries than the Beach Boys, although this new history of the band promises plenty of fresh interviews and previously unseen footage. Watch on Disney+

In a violent nature (Cinemas, May 31)

Have you ever wondered what a slasher film would look like if it were shot like a strict art film? No wonder, thanks to this edgy, horror-themed Canadian horror film that wowed audiences at Sundance and the Overlook Film Festival. Get tickets on Fandango

Robot dreams (Cinemas, May 31)

Nominated for Best Animated Feature at the recent Academy Awards, this new feature from Spanish animator Pablo Berger is set in the alternative '80s, where a lonely dog ​​responds to an advertisement for a robot friend. Bittersweet adventures follow. Get tickets on Fandango