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Updated · The Boston Globe · Jun 12
Boston Globe Picks 5 Weekend Streams as Superman Season 3 and HBO Max Horror Debut
Updated
Updated · The Boston Globe · Jun 12

Boston Globe Picks 5 Weekend Streams as Superman Season 3 and HBO Max Horror Debut

3 articles · Updated · The Boston Globe · Jun 12

Summary

  • Five titles lead the Boston Globe’s weekend streaming guide, spanning a new horror-action-comedy, returning superhero animation, a prehistoric docuseries, a game-show binge and a recent romantic drama.
  • Friday brings the HBO Max debut of “They Will Kill You,” with Zazie Beetz playing a maid trapped in a New York high-rise battling demonic cultists.
  • Saturday night marks the Season 3 premiere of “My Adventures with Superman” on Adult Swim, with the episode streaming Sunday on HBO Max and Darren Criss joining as Superboy.
  • Peacock is carrying “Surviving Earth,” an 8-episode series on survival through 450 million years of cataclysms, while Disney+ and Hulu add 10 new “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” episodes.
  • Disney+ and Hulu also now have “It Ends With Us,” the 2024 Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni drama, giving streamers a mix of fresh releases and library additions beyond sports-heavy weekend viewing.

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