Pedro Pascal is back alongside his young apprentice Grogu, while the creators of Stranger Things showcase a new series set in a quiet retirement community known as The Boroughs and where we follow Sam (Alfred Molina), a recent widower adjusting to his new life among an eclectic group of residents played by Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Bill Pullman and Denis O'Hare.
May 20
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Apple TV
Tatiana Maslany stars as Paula, a recently divorced fact-checker juggling a custody battle with her ex-husband (Jake Johnson) and an increasingly messy personal life in this dark comic thriller. What begins as an ordinary, if stressful, routine shifts after she connects online with Trevor (Brandon Flynn), a young sex-cam performer. When Paula believes she witnesses a crime, she is drawn into amateur detective work that quickly spirals into a dangerous web of blackmail and murder.
May 21
The Boroughs, Netflix
From the creators of Stranger Things, this new series is set in a quiet retirement community known as The Boroughs and follows Sam (Alfred Molina), a recent widower adjusting to his new life among an eclectic group of residents played by Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Bill Pullman and Denis O’Hare. What begins as the quiet rhythms of retirement soon curdles into something far stranger. Sam starts noticing unsettling anomalies, among them inexplicable, claw-like intrusions into everyday reality. Convinced something is deeply wrong, he recruits his new neighbours to investigate. Together, this unlikely group of retirees finds themselves pulled into a growing supernatural mystery that threatens not just their community, but the world beyond it.
May 22
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, in cinemas everywhere
The evil Empire has fallen, but Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they enlist the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.
What else to watch
The Devil Wears Prada 2, cinemas everywhere
In this much-anticipated sequel, Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) returns to Runway as Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) navigates a new media landscape and Runway‘s position within it. They reconnect with another former assistant, Emily (Emily Blunt), who is now the head of a luxury brand that possesses funding which could ensure Runway‘s survival.
Off Campus, Prime Video
Based on The Deal (2015), the first instalment in Elle Kennedy’s bestselling Briar University series, this campus-set romance leans into the irresistible charm of opposites attracting. Hannah (Ella Bright), a fiercely independent music major with zero interest in hockey culture, finds herself entangled with Garrett (Belmont Cameli), the university’s golden-boy athlete whose future on the ice is threatened by failing grades. Their arrangement is purely strategic – at least at first. She agrees to tutor him; he agrees to pose as her boyfriend, helping to spark jealousy in the direction of her long-time crush. But as their carefully constructed ‘relationship’ begins to blur at the edges, what starts as a mutually beneficial deal soon gives way to something far less predictable.
Rivals, Disney+
Few recent dramas have embraced sheer indulgence with quite the same gusto as this high-gloss return to Rutshire Chronicles territory, a world where ambition is as abundant as the champagne and discretion is in desperately short supply. The first season thrived on its knowingly over-the-top tone, powered in large part by David Tennant, who played the ruthlessly opportunistic Lord Tony Baddingham. Against all expectations, Baddingham is back in circulation, re-entering the fray in a hyper-stylised vision of the Cotswolds where grudges never fade – they just get better dressed. Waiting for him are two familiar adversaries: media heavyweight Declan O’Hara (Aidan Turner), all smouldering authority, and the irrepressibly wayward Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell), whose charm remains as dangerous as ever. Around them swirls a cast of schemers, romantics and survivors, including Katherine Parkinson’s sharp-tongued novelist Lizzie, Claire Rushbrook’s long-suffering Monica, and Bella Maclean’s Taggie, still navigating the consequences of a particularly ill-advised entanglement. Six episodes will drop first, followed by the rest later in the year.
Dutton Ranch, Paramount+
This latest, hotly anticipated spin-off of the beloved Yellowstone turns its focus squarely on the franchise’s most magnetic pairing: Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler. Kelly Reilly returns as Beth, the ferociously sharp-edged former wild child and daughter of the late patriarch John Dutton, once played by Kevin Costner. Alongside her is Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler, the stoic ranch foreman whose very name feels carved from the mythology of the American West. Together, they’ve traded the plains of Montana for a new life in Texas, though peace, predictably, is not part of the relocation package.
