There's plenty of good stuff to watch this week including The White Lotus season three, an Apple TV+ series starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy and of course, the latest Bridget Jones film.
MONDAY
Surviving Black Hawk Down, Netflix
Surviving Black Hawk Down tells the gripping real story of the horror and heroism behind the events that inspired Ridley Scott’s blockbuster movie of the same name, blending raw, immersive storytelling with first-person interviews from both sides of The Battle of Mogadishu.
TUESDAY
50,000 First Dates: A True Love Story, Prime Video
When Nesh Pillay wakes up with sudden and inexplicable memory loss trapped in the year 1996, she’s shocked to find out her “Uber driver” is actually her fiancé, JJ. Their rom-com-like story goes viral, making international headlines as the real life 50 first dates couple. Now, as real life sets in, their relationship is put to the test as they navigate a new set of challenges around subjective realities, trust, and online trolls accusing Nesh of faking the whole thing.
WEDNESDAY
Harlem Ice, Disney+
Harlem Ice is a five-part documentary series following the coaches and girls of figure skating in Harlem as they prepare for competitions, performances, and a life-changing global experience. Through their eyes, we experience the highs and lows of the season and the unique experiences they have as girls of colour breaking the “ice ceiling” and gaining access to a global stage.
THURSDAY
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, in cinemas
In Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago when Mark (Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). Pressured to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget goes back to work and even gives dating apps a whirl where she’s soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man (Leo Woodall). Now juggling work, home and romance, Bridget grapples with the judgment of the perfect mums at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with the absence of his father and engages in a series of awkward interactions with her son’s rational-to-a-fault science teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor).
FRIDAY
Love is Blind Season 8, Netflix
The hit reality series is back for an eighth season, following a new set of singles from Minnesota — all ready to cut through the static of modern dating and forge authentic relationships, sight unseen. This season, the singles form deep and immediate connections, setting the stage for an unexpected journey full of twists, turns, and shocking revelations that will test each relationship well after the participants leave the pods for the real world.
SATURDAY
The Gorge, Apple TV+
Two highly-trained operatives (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within. They bond from a distance while trying to stay vigilant in defending against an unseen enemy. When the cataclysmic threat to humanity is revealed to them, they must work together in a test of both their physical and mental strength to keep the secret in the gorge before it’s too late.
SUNDAY
The White Lotus Season 3, Sky/NOW TV
If you devoured the first two seasons of The White Lotus like I did, then you’ll be very happy to know that we don’t have to wait much longer for season three. What will new episodes hold without the eternal joy giver that is Jennifer Coolidge? Well, Mike White has plenty in store for us and told Entertainment Weekly that it will be “longer, bigger, crazier”. This season follows a group of holiday-goers at a resort in Thailand.
Feature image courtesy of Universal Pictures UK
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