Josh O’Connor and Glenn Close in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Credit: courtesy of Netflix
Premieres Wednesday:
Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Season 2 takes its inspiration from the novel Sea of Monsters, putting our hero on a collision course with “a cyclops baby with a huge heart and a complex past.” Yeah, that’s how I refer to mine, too! (Disney+)
Record of Ragnarok III — Get a front-row seat for the seventh and final battle between the humans and the gods, which will decide the outcome of a contest that currently stands at a nail-biting 3-3 tie. Expect the humans to choke in the bottom of the ninth, because they’re the side that gave us the Mets. (Netflix)
Simon Cowell: The Next Act — The enfant terrible of American Idol goes back to his roots in a six-part docuseries that shows him trying to assemble the next great boy band. Things get all Dickens on us when the ghost of Lou Pearlman shows up and asks to lick the spoon. (Netflix)
Premieres Thursday:
Man vs. Baby — And for those who were thinking they might be able to get through the holidays without a little Rowan Atkinson, here’s a little Rowan Atkinson. The possibilities for slapstick are endless as the erstwhile Mr. Bean assumes guardianship of both a swanky London apartment and a troublesome infant. If this four-episode limited series is a hit, look for the Brits to up the ante next year by bringing Bear Grylls aboard for Man vs. Baby vs. Wild. (Netflix)
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft — The second and final season of this animated adaptation puts inveterate adventurer Lara on the hunt for some stolen African masks. No wonder her show’s getting canceled, if it takes her an entire season to figure out she should look in the British Museum. (Netflix)
Premieres Friday:
Influencers — The imaginatively titled sequel to 2022’s Influencer inflicts mounting harassment on a couple of young lesbians who are just trying to celebrate their one-year anniversary in the south of France. Listen, if they could figure out who was supposed to pay for the U-Haul on their second date, they can get through this. (Shudder and AMC+)
The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Cold Cruel Christmas — This year’s double feature of winter-themed slasher flicks includes the traditional charity auction of terrifying tchotchkes, including apparel festooned with brand-new art by renowned horror illustrator Justin Osbourn. That is, if a confused Sharon Osbourne doesn’t slap them with a C&D at the 11th hour. (Shudder and AMC+)
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era and Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show — Revisit the live entertainment sensation of 2023-2024 in a docuseries that takes us behind the scenes of the tour’s record-breaking final leg. There’s also a concert film shot at the closing date in Vancouver and featuring material from The Tortured Poets Department. Honestly, I haven’t seen an artist try to rack up so many movies from essentially the same event since Scorsese made The Penultimate Waltz. (Disney+)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — If you couldn’t catch the screenings in Ocoee or Clermont, here’s your chance to see Benoit Blanc team up with a young priest to solve a murder at a small-town church. Or if you’re in the mood for some real thrills, you could just go to church in Ocoee or Clermont. (Netflix)
Premieres Monday:
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock — As Christmas approaches, Gobo is having trouble writing this year’s holiday song, because there’s only a single snowflake to be found for inspiration. I understand Steven Tyler struggled with this exact problem throughout most of 1982. (Apple TV)
Premieres Tuesday:
The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors — A quartet of Dragula judges contribute shorts to an anthology of Yuletide-themed shock stories. Even more terrifying, somewhere in the multiverse, Michelle Visage is inking a development deal with Lifetime. (Shudder and AMC+)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman — Dave’s sit-down two weeks ago with Adam Sandler was just an appetizer, and now Season 6 drops in earnest with interviewees like Michael B. Jordan and Justin Bateman. Is it too late to book Olivia Nuzzi? Because I’m thinking those crazy kids were absolutely meant for each other. (Netflix)
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This article appears in Dec. 10-16, 2025.
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