Boston Globe Picks 5 Weekend Streaming Titles as Summer Starts Sunday

3 articles · Updated · The Boston Globe · Jun 19

Five streaming picks lead the Globe’s weekend guide as summer begins Sunday, spanning new films, fresh series and binge options across HBO Max, Paramount+, Apple TV, Peacock and MGM+.
Friday’s new movie recommendation is “How to Make a Killing” on HBO Max, with Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley starring in the A24 thriller about a man seeking his lost inheritance through murder.
Paramount+ entry “The Agency” headlines the TV picks, with Michael Fassbender playing a CIA agent pulled back to London as his former lover reappears; Jeffrey Wright and Richard Gere also star.
Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” is now fully bingeable with all 10 episodes available and a second season already ordered, while Peacock viewers can catch up on “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island” before Sunday’s reunion.
MGM+ rounds out the list with “Project Hail Mary,” the Ryan Gosling sci-fi film that arrived on streaming this week after becoming one of the year’s biggest movies.