Each month, new films and TV shows are added to BINGE’s library. Eliza Janssen presents her picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.
Top Picks: TV
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (September 5)
Based on a true crime story, this limited series features Black Hollywood’s cream of the crop: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Jackon, Don Cheadle (who’s pretty used to this sort of heist action), Terrence Howard, and Kevin Hart as our main character “Chicken Man.” The setting is buzzy, too, taking place on the night of Muhammad Ali’s doomed 1970 comeback fight. The whole shebang is based on a 2020 podcast that illuminated one armed robbery’s impact on Atlanta, transforming the town into the “Black Mecca.” We’re hoping for a retro funk soundtrack as Hart explains an impossibly elaborate plan to his fellow schemers.
Funny Woman: Season 2 (September 6)
Gemma Arterton returns as groundbreaking comic Barbara Parker, a sadly fictional character who’s battled her fair share of old-school sexism in her rise to the top of Britain’s 1960s comedy scene. Still taken for granted after all the laughs she’s gotten on retrograde late-night shows, she has a crack at the world of arthouse cinema in this sophomore season…but, finding it just as repressive as her original path, she’ll see that the only way to get something done is to do it yourself. Putting together her own comedy show, Arterton’s outspoken stand-up can finally stand up for herself, in this oh-so-English spin on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
The Penguin: Season 1 Premiere (September 20)
We’ve been waiting to see this spin-off to 2022’s The Batman for ages, with the first trailer dropping almost a year ago. Can a near-unrecognisable Colin Farrell get us hooked on Gotham’s sordid underbelly again? Pitched as a gritty gangland drama, the show follows Farrell as rising mobster Oz Cobb, keenly usurping the crown from fallen crime boss Carmine Falcone. Thing is, the dead guy’s daughter (the magnetic Christina Milioti) happens to be a psychopathic serial killer fresh outta Arkham, and she’s not going to give up her crooked inheritance without a fight.
Top Picks: Movies
My Old School (September 10)
There is an absolute buttload of documentaries dropping on BINGE this month, covering the following subject matter and much, much more: fashion, literature, Oasis, Scientology, soccer, Trump, spies, and bizarre true stories such as this one. I’m extremely keen to see Alan Cummings in the film’s creatively non-fictional recreations, telling the wild story of a 16-year-old enrolled at a well-to-do Glasgow secondary school. The casting of oddball Cummings might suggest that there’s more to this student than meets the eye, however, proving the dictum that fact is frequently much stranger than fiction.
If scripted stuff has been letting you down lately, BINGE may be the play to be this September.
Wonka (September 13)
Pure imagination, or another bloodless cash-in on beloved intellectual property? I found this prequel, illuminating the early years of one Willy Wonka, to be mostly a delight, energised by Timothée Chalamet’s gamely silly lead performance. None of the movie’s original songs hold a candle to “Pure Imagination” or “The Candy Man”, but supporting turns from British TV talent such as Olivia Colman and Matt Lucas and director Paul King’s whimsical vision makes it a likeable affair overall. Did you know that Willy Wonka likes chocolate not because it tastes good, but because it connects him to his late mum (Sally Hawkins)? Now’s your chance to find out such nuggets of backstory-building!
Mean Girls (September 26)
While we’re recommending one sequel/prequel/remake from last summer, why not give this musical update of Tina Fey’s wicked teen movie a try? Pop princess Renée Rapp is captivating as vicious queen bee Regina George; Auli’i Cravalho makes her mark on rebel Janis Ian; and Fey and Tim Meadows return to their roles from the original 2000s movie, too.
If you’re in two minds on whether to watch, Rory Doherty wrote this review of the remake in January, enthusing that the 2004 film‘s icon status adds to this new take: “it’s why the song numbers, hyper-poppy and earworm-y as they may be, are the true highlights…it’s a fundamentally novel way of engaging with this story that doesn’t invoke comparisons with the original.”
All titles arriving on BINGE in September
September 1
WWE Bash in Berlin 2024
One Life
Stepmom
Road To Morocco
Seven Years in Tibet
Journey To Shiloh
The Last Rifleman
September 2
Law & Order: SVU: Seasons 21-22
New Amsterdam: Season 5
Revival: Season 1
Monk: Season 8
Mum: Seasons 1-2
Around The World with 30 Kilos: Season 1
Death on the Tyne
Memphis Belle (1990)
September 3
Alf: Seasons 1-4
Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds: Season 2
‘Til Kingdom Come
Araatika: Rise Up!
Charmain Clift: Life Burns High
Richard The Stork And The Mystery Of The Great Jewel
September 4
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Beyond Utopia
#unfit: The Psychology Of Donald Trump
Banksy Does New York
All For One
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Hidden Histories Of World War II: Season 1
Dial M For Middlesbrough
September 5
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist: Season 1 Premiere
Deadliest Catch: Season 20 Premiere
Anonymous Club: Courtney Barnett
All Governments Lie
All Light, Everywhere
Beautiful Something Left Behind
Big Deal
Bellingcat
September 6
Funny Woman: Season 2 Premiere
Basketball: A Love Story: S2020
Adult Material: Season 1
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: Season 1
Assassins (2020)
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
Ants On A Shrimp: Noma In Tokyo
Murder On The Blackpool Express
September 8
Wise Guy David Chase And The Sopranos: Season 1 Premiere
September 9
Loving Elvis: Season 1
Bromley: Light After Dark
Bigger Than Me
Fahrenheit 11/9
Calendar Girls
September 10
Megan Thee Stallion Vs Tory Lanez Five Shots
The Cleaners
A Compassionate Spy
Chuck Close
Citizen Jane: Battle For The City
Champs
Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie
My Old School
September 11
The Body Fights Back
The Giants (2023)
James & Isey
Kerby Brown: Facing Monsters
Liverpool FC: The End Of The Storm
Loving Highsmith
Blessed Child
The Booksellers
September 12
Boris Becker: The Rise And Fall
Blandings: Seasons 1-2
Amerigo Vespucci – Forgotten Namesake of America
Is There Anybody Out There?
The Murder Of Rikki Neave: The Mother’s Story
Finding Fela
Downloaded
Midnight Oil 1984
The New Corporation
The Strangers: Chapter 1
September 13
Taskmaster: Season 18 Premiere
Fightville
The Boxer
Freakonomics
The Brink
God Went Surfing With the Devil
My Lottery Dream Home: Season 15
Wonka
September 14
Under The Boardwalk
September 15
Drive-Away Dolls
September 16
The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
A Storm Foretold
Cartel Land
Citizen Ashe
September 17
Pretending I’m A Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story
River
The Thief Collector
Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps
Screened Out
The Lovers And The Despot
Legends Of The Fork: Season 1
Yorkshire Airport: Season 1
September 18
The Great Australian Bake Off: Season 7 Premiere
Squaring The Circle
Herb And Dorothy
Swan Song (2023)
The Ice King
Celia (2018)
Collingwood: From The Inside Out
Moors Murder: Season 1
September 19
Caesar’s Doomsday War
Hit The Road India
House Of Z
Gabon: Earth’s Last Chance
Corners Of The Earth – Kamchatka
90 Day: The Single Life: Season 4
Johnny Vegas: Carry On Glamping: Season 2
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
September 20
The Penguin: Season 1 Premiere
Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters
A Corner Of The Earth
Totally Under Control
The Music Of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble
Minding The Gap
Martin Scorsese’s Short Films
My Father, The Spy
National Bird: Drone Wars
Jim: The James Foley Story
Cow
The Dissident
The Donut King
Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel
September 23
The United Way
The Eulogy
Fairless
Exposing Muybridge
Feels Good Man
Hunza
It All Started With A Stale Sandwich
September 24
The Fight
Wide Of The Mark
Finke: There And Back
The Final Year
Klitschko: More Than A Fight
The Fire Within: A Requiem For Katia And Maurice Krafft
The Kill Team (2013)
K2
The Hunting Ground
Targeted For Murder: Season 1
Outback Truckers: Season 9
24 Hours In Emergency: Season 17
September 25
The First Monday In May
Flee
In Search Of Greatness
Oasis: Supersonic
Qi: Season 10
Buckingham Palace With Alexander: Season 1
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
September 26
Chicago P.D.: Season 12 Premiere
From The Wild Sea
Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable
Gayby Baby
Ghosthunter
Girls Can’t Surf
Chevolution
Running For Good
Teenage Papparazzo
Nuclear Now
Tomorrow
Saving Lives At Sea: Season 5
Mean Girls (2024)
September 27
Sister Wives: Season 12 Premiere
Given
Gurrumul
Hail Satan?
Halston
In Restless Dreams: The Music Of Paul Simon
In The Red
Inventing Tomorrow
Watermark
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time
Almost Unsolved: Season 1
September 28
Bob Marley: One Love
September 29
Apartment 7A
September 30
Saturday Night Live: Season 50 Premiere
Krapopolis: Season 2 Premiere
Last Chance Hotel
Laurel Canyon
Le Ride
Death Row: Season 2
Miss Scarlet & The Duke, Season 2
The Swan Princess: A Royal Wedding
Easy Rider
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