BAD WEATHER BINGE WATCHES

It’s raining, it’s pouring, inside is boring…

We’ve all been caught short looking for what to watch when the weather turns bad. So our team have rallied our top reccos for each platform to stop boredom in its tracks.


Shrinking

  • WHAT? A group of psychologists dish out life-changing advice, all while dealing with their own shit.

  • GENRE: Comedy

  • WHY TO WATCH: Fun and silly with an emotional journey. And Harrison Ford.

the Morning Show

  • WHAT? News channel melts down in response to #MeToo assholes. Power plays, and scandals up the yin yang.

  • GENRE: Drama

  • WHY TO WATCH: Smart story. Amazing cast. Takes you on a journey.

FOR ALL MANKIND

  • WHAT? Imagine if the space race never ended, and astronauts were as famous as the Kardashians?

  • GENRE: Drama

  • WHY TO WATCH: Space hotels, a female POTUS and life on Mars. Awesome.


The Empress

  • WHAT? Austria, 1854. Royal boy meets royal girl. They fall in love. Only catch - he’s due to marry her sister…

  • GENRE: Drama, with subtitles

  • WHY TO WATCH: A true story. Oh how scandalous.

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

  • WHAT? One half-caste weapon of a samurai slashes through 17th century Japan, seeking revenge.

  • GENRE: Anime

  • WHY TO WATCH: Nail biting action beautifully animated to move your soul.

PAINKILLER

  • WHAT? The terribly true story of the 90s Oxycontin epidemic, all thanks to money-hungry Purdue Pharma.

  • GENRE: Drama

  • WHY TO WATCH: Matthew Broderick is truly unhinged.


The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies

  • WHAT? Two women become entangled in a triangle of epic proportions with a conman posing as an ecopreneur.

  • GENRE: Comedy

  • WHY TO WATCH: Alistair Petrie’s fake Antarctic explorer photo.

RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UK

  • WHAT? Drag queens compete in seriously outrageous challenges to become the next UK Drag superstar.

  • GENRE: Reality

  • WHY TO WATCH: Come for the laughs, stay for the Snatch Game.

FROM

  • WHAT? People enter a town. People never leave the town. Things get real creepy - fast.

  • GENRE: Thriller/Horror

  • WHY TO WATCH: It gets real gory - but this is no simple splatterfest.


THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES

  • WHAT? Follow Pastor Eli and his fame hungry children through schemes, sermons and very silly hairdos.

  • GENRE: Comedy

  • WHY TO WATCH: Makes the Succession siblings look like angels.

YELLOWJACKETS

  • WHAT? A group of teens get stranded after their plane crashes. Years later, they’re still living their nightmares.

  • GENRE: Thriller

  • WHY TO WATCH: Christina Ricci killing it. Oh - and the cannibalism.

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

  • WHAT? Centuries old vampire flatmates grapple with modern life, their dark duties – and each other.

  • GENRE: Comedy

  • WHY TO WATCH: The undead have never felt so alive.


A MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD

  • WHAT? Amateur sleuth attempts to solve a murder at a secluded retreat, hosted by a reclusive billionaire.

  • GENRE: Murder mystery

  • WHY TO WATCH: The creators are known for their mind-f*cks.

THE CLEARING

  • WHAT? Traumatised cult survivor relives her worst fears to save her family. Inspired by a true story.

  • GENRE: Drama/Thriller

  • WHY TO WATCH: Who isn’t a little intrigued by a creepy cult?

THE BEAR

  • WHAT? Chef steps into the chaotic kitchen of his family’s restaurant to put out the fires his brother left behind.

  • GENRE: Drama

  • WHY TO WATCH: Makes you start saying “yes chef” and bossing people round the kitchen.


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