The Beyonc Bowl, Squid Game, and Everything Else You Should Watch This Weekend
Welcome to Streaming Rewind, a weekly breakdown of the new and noteworthy as we work to help readers wade through the absolute deluge of television series and movies in the streaming space.Welcome to Christmas and New Years limbo, where the time is made up and the date doesnt matter. Theres a limited number of releases this week, because Hollywood typically just shuts down for the last month of the year, but that doesnt mean there arent a few surprises. The Beyonc Bowl (Netflix) If youre not a football fan, you may not have known that Beyonc did a halftime special for the Ravens vs. Texans game on Christmas (thats right, Netflix does football now too). In said special, she performed some of the songs from her Cowboy Carter album live for the very first time. If youre a member of the Beyhive who wasnt willing to sit through a football game to watch Queen Bey perform, Netflix released a stand-alone special of the performance today. And, for those wondering, Netflix did, indeed, manage to host two whole live events on Christmas day without its typical buffering issues.Squid Game is Back for Round 2 (Netflix) Its been a Netflix week! The highly anticipated second season of Squid Game finally dropped, ironically resulting in many across the industry working during Christmas and continuing the trend of Netflix completely missing the point of the series. Reviews have been mixed due to it being painfully obvious that Seasons 2 and 3 were meant to be one complete story rather than split in half, but our critic Shannon Miller liked the season. If youve already finished your binge, check out how Squid Games Season 2 ending sets up Season 3. PlayThe Order (On Demand)Nicholas Hoult has yet another film out on demand, this time alongside Jude Law and Jurnee Smollett. The films been met with early acclaim, and is based on a true story (and adapted from Kevin Flynns novel The Silent Brotherhood) centered on a string of bank robberies in the Pacific Northwest. You may have seen it during its brief theatrical run when it released on December 6 but, if you missed it, its available for purchase now.New and Notable: Gladiator II December 24 (On Demand)Y2K December 24 (On Demand)Doctor Who Christmas Special December 25 (Disney+)Thats, well thats pretty much it for this week. You can check out the few titles that are available on PVOD up above in the New and Notable section and, if you havent caught up just yet, there are a few options from last week that are still noteworthy. The Simpsons Christmas Special, O Cmon All Ye Faithful springs to mind! You can check out our review of the special if youre not sure if you want to spend your precious lounge time on it. Dont forget that What If? Is dropping new episodes weekly, and that Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and Creature Commandos are in the middle of thier runs as well!