Sci-fi series based on Stephen King novel arrives on Stan
No, we're not talking about Stranger Things, though you could be forgiven for thinking so.
The Institute is based on a Stephen King novel of the same name and follows brainiac Luke (Joe Freeman), who, at just 14 years old, is already too smart for high school and is about to head off to college. But before that can happen, he's kidnapped in the middle of the night and brought to The Institute, where very little is explained to him, and he has serious doubts he'll be returned to his home.
He's got some telekinetic ability, but nothing he can control. There are other kids with similarly fledgling powers, and all of them are just as in the dark as he is about their fate.
Meanwhile in the outside world, Tim Jamieson (Ben Barnes, with more free time now Shadow and Bone was cancelled) picks up a job as a semi-civilian police employee whose only task is to walk through the small town at night knocking on doors of businesses to make sure they're not being broken into.
But there's an offbeat unhoused woman along his route who knows some things that she shouldn't and has him wondering if there's some sort of conspiracy in town.
Mary Louise Parker also stars in this sci-fi thriller. Two episodes were released to kick things off, with further episodes arriving weekly.
If you combined The Voice, Love is Blind and Popstars (you remember the one, our first introduction to Sophie Monk) you'd come close to Building the Band.
The competition singing show sees 50 wannabe boy band or girl band stars each confined to their own little pods in a big warehouse, listening to just one of their number singing their favourite song in the hope that their peers will want to work with them in a band.
You need at least five people to show interest in order to proceed in the competition, and then you can chat with your fellow singers to form a group of between three and five people.
None of the singers can see each other through this whole process.
Hosted by Backstreet Boy AJ McClean, the series also features judges Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and Liam Payne in his last project before his tragic death.
This four-part true crime docuseries does something that many other entries in the genre fail to - it puts the victims front and centre.
The series delves into the murder of Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, four University of Idaho students who were killed in the same off-campus share house in November, 2022.
Through interviews with the slain students' closest friends and family members, as well as the perspective of local media (who are portrayed as concerned locals while the national media are considered invasive vultures), true crime fans and faculty staff, the story of the foursome's lives and deaths comes into focus.
But by the nature of the case, this series doesn't have a resolution. We know who the murderer is (arrested suspect Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the crimes only days before the series was released) but we still don't know his motive or how he actually knew the victims.
Without these crucial parts of the mystery, as a piece of content, One Night in Idaho is lacking. But it is still engaging and tragic, and you come away with a great sense of who these young people were and how big a hole they've left in the lives of those who loved them.
Lena Dunham's back with another show after the success of comedy series Girls. This Netflix offering also stars Dunham, but she's not the main character this time around. That honour belongs to Megan Stalter as Jessica, an advertising rep who hasn't quite come to terms with her recent breakup.
After a particularly humiliating encounter with her ex and his new girlfriend, Jessica decides to take up an opportunity to work at her company's London branch and get away from her sad reality.
She's determined to live out her London fantasy and almost immediately finds herself attracted to pub singer Felix (Will Sharpe), a new contender for the title of 'internet boyfriend'.
The comedy is a little brash and loud and American, to be expected of a series called Too Much, but fans of Dunham's work should like the show.
It is chock full of cameos and appearances from familiar faces, with just the first couple of episodes alone featuring Jessica Alba, Rhea Perlman, Rita Wilson, Andrew Rannells, Emily Ratajkowski, Richard E. Grant and Adwo Aboah, among many others.
If you were a fan of Bosch, there's a new spin-off to enjoy in Prime Video's Ballard. The crime series stars Maggie Q as the titular cold case detective who thinks she's found the work of a serial killer in a case more than two decades old. On Disney+ fans can rejoice in some behind-the-scenes action and interviews celebrating the legacy of the original summer blockbuster, with Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. Meanwhile younger audiences can catch the latest Disney original musical with Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires. Disney+ also has the return It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, with season 17 starting on Wednesday. Over on AppleTV+ there's a new season of sci-fi drama Foundation, and nature documentary series The Wild Ones, which follows three experts trying to save several species from extinction.
Telepathic and telekinetic kids from middle America are scooped up and taken to a secret institution where tests are performed on them by people who say they're saving the world.
No, we're not talking about Stranger Things, though you could be forgiven for thinking so.
The Institute is based on a Stephen King novel of the same name and follows brainiac Luke (Joe Freeman), who, at just 14 years old, is already too smart for high school and is about to head off to college. But before that can happen, he's kidnapped in the middle of the night and brought to The Institute, where very little is explained to him, and he has serious doubts he'll be returned to his home.
He's got some telekinetic ability, but nothing he can control. There are other kids with similarly fledgling powers, and all of them are just as in the dark as he is about their fate.
Meanwhile in the outside world, Tim Jamieson (Ben Barnes, with more free time now Shadow and Bone was cancelled) picks up a job as a semi-civilian police employee whose only task is to walk through the small town at night knocking on doors of businesses to make sure they're not being broken into.
But there's an offbeat unhoused woman along his route who knows some things that she shouldn't and has him wondering if there's some sort of conspiracy in town.
Mary Louise Parker also stars in this sci-fi thriller. Two episodes were released to kick things off, with further episodes arriving weekly.
If you combined The Voice, Love is Blind and Popstars (you remember the one, our first introduction to Sophie Monk) you'd come close to Building the Band.
The competition singing show sees 50 wannabe boy band or girl band stars each confined to their own little pods in a big warehouse, listening to just one of their number singing their favourite song in the hope that their peers will want to work with them in a band.
You need at least five people to show interest in order to proceed in the competition, and then you can chat with your fellow singers to form a group of between three and five people.
None of the singers can see each other through this whole process.
Hosted by Backstreet Boy AJ McClean, the series also features judges Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and Liam Payne in his last project before his tragic death.
This four-part true crime docuseries does something that many other entries in the genre fail to - it puts the victims front and centre.
The series delves into the murder of Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, four University of Idaho students who were killed in the same off-campus share house in November, 2022.
Through interviews with the slain students' closest friends and family members, as well as the perspective of local media (who are portrayed as concerned locals while the national media are considered invasive vultures), true crime fans and faculty staff, the story of the foursome's lives and deaths comes into focus.
But by the nature of the case, this series doesn't have a resolution. We know who the murderer is (arrested suspect Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the crimes only days before the series was released) but we still don't know his motive or how he actually knew the victims.
Without these crucial parts of the mystery, as a piece of content, One Night in Idaho is lacking. But it is still engaging and tragic, and you come away with a great sense of who these young people were and how big a hole they've left in the lives of those who loved them.
Lena Dunham's back with another show after the success of comedy series Girls. This Netflix offering also stars Dunham, but she's not the main character this time around. That honour belongs to Megan Stalter as Jessica, an advertising rep who hasn't quite come to terms with her recent breakup.
After a particularly humiliating encounter with her ex and his new girlfriend, Jessica decides to take up an opportunity to work at her company's London branch and get away from her sad reality.
She's determined to live out her London fantasy and almost immediately finds herself attracted to pub singer Felix (Will Sharpe), a new contender for the title of 'internet boyfriend'.
The comedy is a little brash and loud and American, to be expected of a series called Too Much, but fans of Dunham's work should like the show.
It is chock full of cameos and appearances from familiar faces, with just the first couple of episodes alone featuring Jessica Alba, Rhea Perlman, Rita Wilson, Andrew Rannells, Emily Ratajkowski, Richard E. Grant and Adwo Aboah, among many others.
If you were a fan of Bosch, there's a new spin-off to enjoy in Prime Video's Ballard. The crime series stars Maggie Q as the titular cold case detective who thinks she's found the work of a serial killer in a case more than two decades old. On Disney+ fans can rejoice in some behind-the-scenes action and interviews celebrating the legacy of the original summer blockbuster, with Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. Meanwhile younger audiences can catch the latest Disney original musical with Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires. Disney+ also has the return It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, with season 17 starting on Wednesday. Over on AppleTV+ there's a new season of sci-fi drama Foundation, and nature documentary series The Wild Ones, which follows three experts trying to save several species from extinction.
Telepathic and telekinetic kids from middle America are scooped up and taken to a secret institution where tests are performed on them by people who say they're saving the world.
No, we're not talking about Stranger Things, though you could be forgiven for thinking so.
The Institute is based on a Stephen King novel of the same name and follows brainiac Luke (Joe Freeman), who, at just 14 years old, is already too smart for high school and is about to head off to college. But before that can happen, he's kidnapped in the middle of the night and brought to The Institute, where very little is explained to him, and he has serious doubts he'll be returned to his home.
He's got some telekinetic ability, but nothing he can control. There are other kids with similarly fledgling powers, and all of them are just as in the dark as he is about their fate.
Meanwhile in the outside world, Tim Jamieson (Ben Barnes, with more free time now Shadow and Bone was cancelled) picks up a job as a semi-civilian police employee whose only task is to walk through the small town at night knocking on doors of businesses to make sure they're not being broken into.
But there's an offbeat unhoused woman along his route who knows some things that she shouldn't and has him wondering if there's some sort of conspiracy in town.
Mary Louise Parker also stars in this sci-fi thriller. Two episodes were released to kick things off, with further episodes arriving weekly.
If you combined The Voice, Love is Blind and Popstars (you remember the one, our first introduction to Sophie Monk) you'd come close to Building the Band.
The competition singing show sees 50 wannabe boy band or girl band stars each confined to their own little pods in a big warehouse, listening to just one of their number singing their favourite song in the hope that their peers will want to work with them in a band.
You need at least five people to show interest in order to proceed in the competition, and then you can chat with your fellow singers to form a group of between three and five people.
None of the singers can see each other through this whole process.
Hosted by Backstreet Boy AJ McClean, the series also features judges Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and Liam Payne in his last project before his tragic death.
This four-part true crime docuseries does something that many other entries in the genre fail to - it puts the victims front and centre.
The series delves into the murder of Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, four University of Idaho students who were killed in the same off-campus share house in November, 2022.
Through interviews with the slain students' closest friends and family members, as well as the perspective of local media (who are portrayed as concerned locals while the national media are considered invasive vultures), true crime fans and faculty staff, the story of the foursome's lives and deaths comes into focus.
But by the nature of the case, this series doesn't have a resolution. We know who the murderer is (arrested suspect Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the crimes only days before the series was released) but we still don't know his motive or how he actually knew the victims.
Without these crucial parts of the mystery, as a piece of content, One Night in Idaho is lacking. But it is still engaging and tragic, and you come away with a great sense of who these young people were and how big a hole they've left in the lives of those who loved them.
Lena Dunham's back with another show after the success of comedy series Girls. This Netflix offering also stars Dunham, but she's not the main character this time around. That honour belongs to Megan Stalter as Jessica, an advertising rep who hasn't quite come to terms with her recent breakup.
After a particularly humiliating encounter with her ex and his new girlfriend, Jessica decides to take up an opportunity to work at her company's London branch and get away from her sad reality.
She's determined to live out her London fantasy and almost immediately finds herself attracted to pub singer Felix (Will Sharpe), a new contender for the title of 'internet boyfriend'.
The comedy is a little brash and loud and American, to be expected of a series called Too Much, but fans of Dunham's work should like the show.
It is chock full of cameos and appearances from familiar faces, with just the first couple of episodes alone featuring Jessica Alba, Rhea Perlman, Rita Wilson, Andrew Rannells, Emily Ratajkowski, Richard E. Grant and Adwo Aboah, among many others.
If you were a fan of Bosch, there's a new spin-off to enjoy in Prime Video's Ballard. The crime series stars Maggie Q as the titular cold case detective who thinks she's found the work of a serial killer in a case more than two decades old. On Disney+ fans can rejoice in some behind-the-scenes action and interviews celebrating the legacy of the original summer blockbuster, with Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. Meanwhile younger audiences can catch the latest Disney original musical with Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires. Disney+ also has the return It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, with season 17 starting on Wednesday. Over on AppleTV+ there's a new season of sci-fi drama Foundation, and nature documentary series The Wild Ones, which follows three experts trying to save several species from extinction.
Telepathic and telekinetic kids from middle America are scooped up and taken to a secret institution where tests are performed on them by people who say they're saving the world.
No, we're not talking about Stranger Things, though you could be forgiven for thinking so.
The Institute is based on a Stephen King novel of the same name and follows brainiac Luke (Joe Freeman), who, at just 14 years old, is already too smart for high school and is about to head off to college. But before that can happen, he's kidnapped in the middle of the night and brought to The Institute, where very little is explained to him, and he has serious doubts he'll be returned to his home.
He's got some telekinetic ability, but nothing he can control. There are other kids with similarly fledgling powers, and all of them are just as in the dark as he is about their fate.
Meanwhile in the outside world, Tim Jamieson (Ben Barnes, with more free time now Shadow and Bone was cancelled) picks up a job as a semi-civilian police employee whose only task is to walk through the small town at night knocking on doors of businesses to make sure they're not being broken into.
But there's an offbeat unhoused woman along his route who knows some things that she shouldn't and has him wondering if there's some sort of conspiracy in town.
Mary Louise Parker also stars in this sci-fi thriller. Two episodes were released to kick things off, with further episodes arriving weekly.
If you combined The Voice, Love is Blind and Popstars (you remember the one, our first introduction to Sophie Monk) you'd come close to Building the Band.
The competition singing show sees 50 wannabe boy band or girl band stars each confined to their own little pods in a big warehouse, listening to just one of their number singing their favourite song in the hope that their peers will want to work with them in a band.
You need at least five people to show interest in order to proceed in the competition, and then you can chat with your fellow singers to form a group of between three and five people.
None of the singers can see each other through this whole process.
Hosted by Backstreet Boy AJ McClean, the series also features judges Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and Liam Payne in his last project before his tragic death.
This four-part true crime docuseries does something that many other entries in the genre fail to - it puts the victims front and centre.
The series delves into the murder of Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, four University of Idaho students who were killed in the same off-campus share house in November, 2022.
Through interviews with the slain students' closest friends and family members, as well as the perspective of local media (who are portrayed as concerned locals while the national media are considered invasive vultures), true crime fans and faculty staff, the story of the foursome's lives and deaths comes into focus.
But by the nature of the case, this series doesn't have a resolution. We know who the murderer is (arrested suspect Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the crimes only days before the series was released) but we still don't know his motive or how he actually knew the victims.
Without these crucial parts of the mystery, as a piece of content, One Night in Idaho is lacking. But it is still engaging and tragic, and you come away with a great sense of who these young people were and how big a hole they've left in the lives of those who loved them.
Lena Dunham's back with another show after the success of comedy series Girls. This Netflix offering also stars Dunham, but she's not the main character this time around. That honour belongs to Megan Stalter as Jessica, an advertising rep who hasn't quite come to terms with her recent breakup.
After a particularly humiliating encounter with her ex and his new girlfriend, Jessica decides to take up an opportunity to work at her company's London branch and get away from her sad reality.
She's determined to live out her London fantasy and almost immediately finds herself attracted to pub singer Felix (Will Sharpe), a new contender for the title of 'internet boyfriend'.
The comedy is a little brash and loud and American, to be expected of a series called Too Much, but fans of Dunham's work should like the show.
It is chock full of cameos and appearances from familiar faces, with just the first couple of episodes alone featuring Jessica Alba, Rhea Perlman, Rita Wilson, Andrew Rannells, Emily Ratajkowski, Richard E. Grant and Adwo Aboah, among many others.
If you were a fan of Bosch, there's a new spin-off to enjoy in Prime Video's Ballard. The crime series stars Maggie Q as the titular cold case detective who thinks she's found the work of a serial killer in a case more than two decades old. On Disney+ fans can rejoice in some behind-the-scenes action and interviews celebrating the legacy of the original summer blockbuster, with Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. Meanwhile younger audiences can catch the latest Disney original musical with Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires. Disney+ also has the return It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, with season 17 starting on Wednesday. Over on AppleTV+ there's a new season of sci-fi drama Foundation, and nature documentary series The Wild Ones, which follows three experts trying to save several species from extinction.
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