What to watch: A Justin Timberlake thriller and Irish actor Niamh McCormack’s new Netflix series

Monday, October 2

Warrior, Smock Alley Theatre

Exploring the vulnerability, chaos and humour of what it means to be a patient, Karen Egan’s engaging new show Warrior, loosely based on her own experience with breast cancer, has its stage premiere as part of Dublin Theatre Festival this week. Running from October 2-7 at Smock Alley Theatre, limited tickets remain and can be bought here.

Tuesday, October 3

Dear Mama, Disney+

From award-winning director Allen Hughes comes FX’s Dear Mama, a deeply personal five-part series that defies the conventions of traditional documentary storytelling to share an illuminating saga of mother and son, Afeni and Tupac Shakur. Their story chronicles the possibilities and contradictions of the U.S. from a time of revolutionary fervour to hip hop culture’s most ostentatious decade.

Wednesday, October 4

Beckham, Netflix

A four-part documentary series, Beckham tells the inside story of a global football star and cultural icon. From his humble working-class beginnings in east London, his drive and determination to win, and the battle to find balance between ambition, love and family, David’s story is one of immense ups and downs. The series takes you on that rollercoaster and builds a surprising, personal and definitive story of one of the most recognisable and scrutinised athletes of all time.

Thursday, October 5

Everything Now, Netflix 

When 16-year-old Mia returns home after a lengthy recovery from an eating disorder, she is thrust back into the chaotic world of sixth form only to find that her friends have moved on with teen life without her. Along with an ever-evolving bucket list, three best mates and a major new crush, Mia throws herself headfirst into a world of dating, parties and first kisses, soon discovering that not everything in life can be planned for.

Friday, October 6

Reptile, Netflix

A mysterious murder. A hardened detective. A truth more dangerous than they could have ever imagined. Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Silverstone star in Reptile, Grant Singer’s simmering neo-noir crime thriller.

Saturday, October 7

Loki Season 2, Disney+

Marvel’s first-ever second season of a series, Loki returns this week with Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson and Sophia Di Martino. Things pick up in the aftermath of the shocking season finale when Loki finds himself in a battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority. Along with Mobius, Hunter B-15 and a team of new and returning characters, Loki navigates an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous multiverse in search of Sylvie, Judge Renslayer, Miss Minutes and the truth of what it means to possess free will and glorious purpose.

Sunday, October 8

Cocaine Bear, Sky Cinema

If you haven’t heard the story of Cocaine Bear, a movie directed by Elizabeth Banks in Ireland, then you’re really in for something… Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of drugs and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow and blood. Utterly wild – in every sense of the word. 

Imagery courtesy of Netflix