Congratulations, you’ve officially made it more than halfway through the month! To celebrate this tremendous achievement, you deserve to kick back and relax with the best the streaming world has to offer, and boy, is it offering a lot this holiday weekend (thanks, presidents!). Over the next three days, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO are releasing so many amazing movies and shows that it’s difficult to know where to start. Should you check out The Umbrella Academy or Lorena? Deadpool 2 or The Party? The options are truly endless.
This weekend, Netflix is debuting five new Originals, including highly-anticipated series The Umbrella Academy, The Dragon Prince Season 2, and raunchy comedy The Breaker Upperers. Check back on Saturday for one of the all-time greatest comedies, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, as well as critically-acclaimed doc Studio 54. Not in the mood for comedy? Don’t miss Lorena, a Prime Video docu-series about the infamous case of penis-chopping tabloid sensation Lorena Bobbitt.
Did The Umbrella Academy get you in the superhero mood? HBO’s Saturday night movie is Deadpool 2, the sequel to Ryan Reynolds’ irreverent superhero flick for people who hate Marvel movies. No matter your interest — Marvel or otherwise — you’re sure to find something great to stream this weekend, so don’t sweat it.
Curious what else is hitting Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, and HBO? Here’s what’s new on streaming this weekend.
The Umbrella Academy
Another week, another new series about superheroes. This week’s addition is The Umbrella Academy, a Netflix drama about a ragtag group of ultra-powerful people who unite to avert a global apocalypse. Based on a popular graphic novel series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, Netflix’s adaptation stars Ellen Page, Aidan Gallagher, and Mindhunter‘s Cameron Britton (among others) in a dark and kooky take on the typical superhero story. And keep your eyes peeled for Kate Walsh, who takes on a role that couldn’t be more different than her 13 Reasons Why and Private Practice roots.
Stream The Umbrella Academy on Netflix
Lorena
This four-part docu-series from Jordan Peele traces the notorious trial of Lorena Bobbitt, who became a tabloid sensation after she chopped off her husband’s penis in the 1990s. Through in-depth interviews with Bobbitt and those close to the case, Lorena offers a fresh perspective on a story that captivated Americans and laid the groundwork for the modern 24-hour news cycle. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the docu-series provides an important opportunity to discuss issues of domestic and sexual assault, which were virtually ignored at the time due to the headline-grabbing nature of the case.
Stream Lorena on Amazon Prime Video
Deadpool 2
Deadpool is back, baby. In Deadpool 2, David Leitch’s follow-up to the 2016 hit, the titular mercenary (Ryan Reynolds) find himself wracked with grief after the death of his girlfriend, Vanessa. In order to avenge her death, Reynolds joins the X-Men, and he forms a band of superheroes known as the X-Force to save a young mutant from evil villain Cable (Josh Brolin). Like its predecessor, Deadpool 2 approaches this challenge with contempt, disinterest, and a healthy amount of horniness, all of which end up helping the unconventional hero in the long run (okay, maybe not the horniness).
Stream Deadpool 2 on HBO February 16
NETFLIX
Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy *Netflix Original
The Breaker Upperers *Netflix Film
The Dragon Prince: Season 2 *Netflix Original
The Umbrella Academy *Netflix Original
Yucatan *Netflix Film
Available February 16
Black Sea
Studio 54
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
HULU
Bondi Harvest: Complete Season 1 (Fremantle)
Jamie’s Quick and Easy: Complete Seasons 1-2 (Fremantle)
Next (2007)
Available February 16
Proven Innocent: Series Premiere (FOX)
A Perfect Day (2016)
Available February 17
The Party (2018)
Available February 18
Elvis All-Star Tribute: Special (NBC)
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
Lorena: Season 1 *Prime Original Series
Available February 16
What They Had (2018)
Available February 17
The Party (2018)
HBO
Locos De Amor 2 (Crazy In Love 2) (2018)
Available February 16
Deadpool 2
Available February 17
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Season 6 Premiere
Available February 18
Chumel Con Chumel Torres: Season 4 Premiere
United Skates (2018)
OTHER STREAMING SERVICES
STARZ
American Ninja (1985)
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990)
The Ballad Of Josie (1967)
Bride Of Chucky (1998)
Bug (1975)
Chimpanzee (2012)
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)
Club Paradise (1986)
Cutthroat Island (1995)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Four Guns To The Border (1954)
Judgment Day (1999)
King Ralph (1991)
The Last Song (2010)
Law And Order (1953)
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Missing In Action (1984)
Missing In Action 2: The Beginning (1984)
Modern Problems (1981)
The Raiders (1964)
Ride (2018)
The Ride Back (1957)
Seed Of Chucky (2004)
The Unsaid (2001)
Visions (2014)
Available February 16
Atonement (2007)
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
SHOWTIME
A Kid Like Jake (2018)
Available February 16
Midnight Sun (2018)
ACORN TV
The Oldenheim Twelve: Season 1
Marvellous
DC UNIVERSE
Doom Patrol: Season 1