Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for some of September’s most promising new titles.
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New to Amazon Prime
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Sept. 1
When J.R.R. Tolkien died, the author of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” left behind thousands of pages of partial stories and detailed notes, which collectively expanded on the history of his fictional Middle Earth and its surrounding lands, across many cycles of war and peace. The expensive Prime Video series “The Rings of Power” — which could cost around a billion dollars by the time its planned five-season run ends — draws on some of those stray Tolkien tales as the inspiration for an epic saga set thousands of years before “The Hobbit,” at a time when the world’s different races formed wary alliances in an effort to thwart the dark power of Sauron. The show maintains the bright look and sense of wonder that made Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” movies so popular, though the large cast and varied settings also recall “Game of Thrones.”
Also arriving:
Sept. 9
“Flight/Risk”
Sept. 16
“Goodnight Mommy”
Sept. 21
“Prisma”
Sept. 23
“September Mornings”
Sept. 30
“Jungle” Season 1
“My Best Friend’s Exorcism”
New to AMC+
‘Pantheon’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Sept. 1
The acclaimed Chinese American science fiction and fantasy author Ken Liu is known for stories that consider ordinary human lives and relationships in the context of pulpy scenarios that are not too far removed from reality. The animated series “Pantheon” combines multiple Liu short stories into one interconnected drama. At the show’s center is a troubled teen named Maddie (voiced by Katie Chang) who receives advice on the internet from someone who may be her late father (Daniel Dad Kim) living on in the cloud as an “uploaded intelligence.” Her situation swells into a broader crisis, keyed to the potential dangers of a future where people’s lives feel “realer” online than in physical reality.
Also arriving:
Sept. 2
“Rubikon”
Sept. 9
“There Are No Saints”
Sept. 16
“Official Competition”
Sept. 23
“Section 8”
Sept. 30
“Sissy”
New to Apple TV+
‘Sidney’
Starts streaming: Sept. 23
The actor Sidney Poitier, who died earlier this year at 94, set a standard of excellence that placed him among the all-time greats. The documentary “Sidney” (directed by Reginald Hudlin for Oprah Winfrey’s production company Harpo) covers Poitier’s life from his childhood in the Bahamas through his rapid rise in the theater and then in Hollywood at a time when the opportunities for Black actors were slim. The film features an impressive slate of A-list actors and directors — plus one of the final interviews with the man himself — all explaining how Poitier’s influence as an artist and as a Civil Rights pioneer continues to endure.
Also arriving:
Sept. 9
“Central Park” Season 3
“Gutsy”
Sept. 30
“The Greatest Beer Run Ever”
New to Disney+
‘Cars on the Road’
Starts streaming: Sept. 8
The “Cars” crew is among the most popular of Pixar’s creations, inspiring three feature films, a spinoff franchise (“Planes”) and countless toys, games and theme park attractions. The new series “Cars on the Road” sends the champion racer Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and his tow-truck buddy Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) on a trip across the country, parceled out across nine short episodes that more or less add up to an hourlong “Cars” mini-movie. Unlike the grander big-screen adventures, these little eight-minute morsels are comic vignettes, set in a variety of locations and always rooted in the unlikely bond between these two mismatched pals.
‘Andor’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Sept. 21
The latest addition to the “Star Wars” TV universe is a prequel to a prequel, filling in the backstory of one of the major characters from the 2016 movie “Rogue One” — and, in the process, fleshing out more of the pre-“A New Hope” saga of the Rebel Alliance’s rise as a legitimate challenge to the dominance of the Galactic Empire. Diego Luna reprises his role as Cassian Andor, a cynical crook with a tragic past, who is persuaded to use his talents for deception and thievery to aid the Rebel cause. The 12-episode first season will be followed later by an already in-the-works 12-episode second season, which will take “Andor” all the way up to to the part of the “Star Wars” timeline where “Rogue One” begins.
Also arriving:
Sept. 8
“Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory” Season 1
“Growing Up” Season 1
“Pinocchio”
“Remembering”
“Tierra Incognita”
Sept. 16
“Mija”
Sept. 19
“Dancing with the Stars” Season 31
Sept. 21
“Super/Natural” Season 1
Sept. 28
“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” Season 2
Sept. 30
“Hocus Pocus 2”
New to HBO Max
‘Los Espookys’ Season 2
Starts streaming: Sept. 16
For their unclassifiable “Los Espookys,” the creators Julio Torres, Ana Fabrega and Fred Armisen have brought a gently surreal comic sensibility to the weird adventures of a horror-loving theater troupe in a fictional Latin American country. Torres and Fabrega play two members of the troupe, Andrés and Tati, who alongside their visionary leader Renaldo (Bernardo Velasco) and their more pragmatic partner Úrsula (Cassandra Ciangherotti) hire themselves out to people looking for someone to provide realistic haunted house effects. Season 1 introduced this eccentric crew and featured subplots with Renaldo’s Uncle Tico (Armisen), a valet parking attendant who lives in Hollywood. It’s hard to predict what’s in store for Season 2, given that the first run featured such a unique mix of supernatural fantasy and low-key hangout comedy.
Also arriving:
Sept. 17
“Secret Origin of the Batwheels”
Sept. 21
“Escape from Kabul”
Sept. 22
“The Hype” Season 2
Sept. 28
“Hostages”
New to Hulu
‘Reboot’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Sept. 20
This inside-Hollywood farce pokes fun at the modern phenomenon of streaming services and TV networks reviving classic shows. “Reboot” is about a neurotic writer (Rachel Bloom) who sells Hulu an edgy update of a long-cancelled family sitcom, but then discovers that the original showrunner (Paul Reiser) still has the rights to make new episodes. The show-within-the-show’s cast members — Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer and Johnny Knoxville — encourage the old guard and the new to work together to bring some heat back to their own flagging careers. The veteran TV writer Steven Levitan (“Modern Family”) created “Reboot,” drawing on his own years in the complicated business of making “comfort” comedies that are equal parts funny and true.
‘Ramy’ Season 3
Starts streaming: Sept. 28
In Season 2 of the comedian Ramy Youssef’s semi-autobiographical dramedy, his title character tried hard to straighten out his life by recommitting himself to his Muslim faith and even pursuing a traditional marriage. Then all of Ramy’s plans fell apart, leaving him with a choice at the end of the finale: to stay on the righteous path he had been on, or to backslide. The belated Season 3 will pick up that larger story, about one man’s attempts to balance his interest in religious traditions with the pleasures of a secular American life. “Ramy” will also continue to spend time with the character’s eclectic batch of friends and family members, who face traumas and hangups of their own.
Also arriving:
Sept. 1
“The Mighty Ones” Season 3
Sept. 7
“Grid” Season 1
“Tell Me Lies”
Sept. 8
“Wedding Season” Season 1
“The Zone: Survival Mission” Season 1
Sept. 14
“The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 5
Sept. 16
“Atlanta” Season 4
Sept. 19
“Best in Dough” Season 1
Sept. 22
“The Kardashians” Season 2
Sept. 26
“A Chiara”
“Chefs vs. Wild” Season 1
Sept. 27
“Reasonable Doubt” Season 1
Sept. 28
“The D’Amelio Show” Season 2
New to Paramount+
‘The Good Fight’ Season 6
Starts streaming: Sept. 8
The sixth and final season of one of TV’s best dramas adds Andre Braugher and John Slattery to its ace cast, as part of the aftermath to a Season 5 finale which saw the venerable attorney Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) step away from her partnership with Liz Reddick (Audra McDonald) in their progressive Chicago law firm. Braugher plays the firm’s charismatic new partner, while Slattery plays Diane’s doctor, helping her adjust to whatever comes next. “The Good Fight” — a spinoff of the long-running legal drama “The Good Wife” — has been through multiple on-screen and behind-the-scenes upheavals since its 2017 debut, but what has remained consistent is the head writers Michelle and Robert King’s sharp-witted approach to ripped-from-the-headlines political stories, which playfully examine how the American justice system is trying to hold the line against the tumult of our crazy times.
Also arriving:
Sept. 3
“Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert”
Sept. 7
“Ink Master” Season 14
Sept. 23
“On the Come Up”
New to Peacock
‘Last Light’
Starts streaming: Sept. 8
Though based on a 2007 Alex Scarrow novel, the thriller miniseries “Last Light” is very much of the moment, with its story of a society thrown into chaos by a sudden drop in the oil supply. Matthew Fox plays Andy Yeats, a brilliant chemical engineer who gets summoned to a key Middle Eastern petroleum reserve to investigate a potentially catastrophic problem. Joanne Froggatt plays his wife Elena, who is in Paris helping their young son through an experimental eye operation, while their college-aged daughter Laura (Alyth Ross) is home in London raising awareness about climate change. When the long-feared fuel crisis hits, the family has to race across the world to reunite, dodging street-riots and a cabal of powerful people who don’t want Andy to make public what he knows.
Also arriving:
Sept. 2
“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.”
Sept. 14
“Hell of a Cruise”
Sept. 15
“’Til Jail Do Us Part” Season 1
“Vampire Academy” Season 1
Sept. 21
“Meet Cute”
“Shadowland”
Sept. 28
“Sex, Lies and the College Cult”
Source: Movies - nytimes.com
