Stream on Demand: Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise make return appearances in iconic roles
What’s new for home viewing on Video on Demand and Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services.
Top streams for the week
Daniel Craig returns as Detective Benoit Blanc in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (2022, PG-13) and this time he’s the special guest for a “murder mystery” party organized by a tech billionaire (Edward Norton) on his private Greek Island. Then a guest is actually murdered, setting Blanc and his plummy Southern drawl on the trail of a killer. There are no shortage of suspects in this witty, larger-than-life riff on Agatha Christie-style mysteries from writer/director Rian Johnson. Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, and Jessica Henwick costar. (Netflix)
More than 35 years after “Top Gun” made Tom Cruise a major movie star, he climbed back into the cockpit to lead the next generation of Navy fighter pilots in “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022, PG-13), which forces the maverick pilot to finally take responsibility. Miles Teller and Jennifer Connelly costar and director Joseph Kosinski puts the audience in the pilot seat for the action sequences, which make the most of state-of-the-art military hardware. It became the top box-office hit of the year. (Paramount+)
Taylor Sheridan creates another “Yellowstone” prequel with “1923: Season 1” (TV-MA), starring Harrison Ford (in his TV debut) and Helen Mirren as Jacob and Cara Dutton, trying to hold on to the family ranch against rival ranchers and corporate in the tumultuous 1920s. New episodes on Sundays. (Paramount+)
The limited series “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (TV-MA) reunites the stars of the movie series to take on more marriage, parenthood, professional satisfaction, and identity. Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, and Harold Perrineau all return as the long-time best friends and Regina Hall and Sanaa Lathan costar. All episodes streaming. (Peacock)
Holiday highlights
“Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!” (2022) presents the pop diva performing her holiday hits. (Paramount+)
On Saturday, kids and families can drop in on “Tracking Santa” (Hulu) and “Santa Tracker” (Peacock) live streams.
Netflix
Rooney Mara, Jude Law, and Channing Tatum star in “Side Effects” (2013, R), a thriller from Steven Soderbergh.
Streaming TV: the third season of “Emily in Paris” (TV-MA) sends Lily Collins back to the City of Lights.
Hulu
A pregnant woman on the Australian frontier protects her children in “The Legend of Molly Johnson” (2021, not rated), directed by and starring Leah Purcell.
True stories: “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” (2021, PG) traces the stories of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk, Poland preserved by home movies before the Holocaust. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter.
Amazon Prime Video
“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Season 3” (2022, TV-MA) sets the eponymous CIA officer (John Krasinski) on a new investigation that lands him in the middle of conspiracy and sends him on the run. Wendell Pierce and Nina Hoss costar.
Paramount +
”Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon” (not rated) featuring performances by Garth Brooks, Dave Matthews, and Bonnie Raitt.
Channing Tatum co-directs and stars as an Army Ranger accompanying a traumatized service dog in the heartwarming road movie “Dog” (2022, PG-13).
Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at https://streamondemandathome.com. ©2022 by Sean Axmaker