On Hulu this week, the greatest new series are Shoresy, a spin-off of Letterkenny, and Pistol by Danny Boyle, a thriller about a group of sex-pistol aficionados. In addition to Jessica Biel’s drama Candy, there are two more true-crime dramas—The Girl from Plainville and The Dropout—that are also based on real-life events.
What We Do in the Shadows, a vampire comedy, returns for Season 4 next month, so now would be a good time to catch up on the series.
There’s a method to our madness when it comes to deciding which products to include on our list. In addition to current releases and exclusive Hulu and FX programming, we’ve selected a number of critically acclaimed classics that aren’t available anywhere else, as well as a few lesser-known gems that you may not have heard of before.
You may pass the time till the comeback of big-name titles like Ramy by discovering something new to like. Hulu has a lot of great series to choose from right now.
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Shoresy
For fans of: Letterkenny, rapid banter, sports
One season is all there is.
This spin-off of the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny provides one of the program’s most beloved characters, the hockey dude and insult spreader Shoresy, additional screen time in the new show. When I say there will be more screen time, I mean it; we will really get a glimpse of the generally concealed face of Shoresy. And, you are aware of what? He has a striking resemblance to Jared Keeso, the man who created Letterkenny. Since Letterkenny has maintained a high level of excellence for many years, there is no reason to believe that this endeavour will not also be successful. I want you to give your balls a little pull and then I want you to tell your mum to check it out. -Tim Surette.
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Pistol
Trainspotting enthusiasts, music drama aficionados, and fans of overexcited editing will enjoy this.
One season is all there is.
Danny Boyle is one of the most daring directors in the business, and with this dramatisation of the Sex Pistols’ rise from working-class degenerate obscurity to punk rock legends, he takes a big swing — more Trainspotting than Slumdog Millionaire. This film is more like Trainspotting than Slumdog Millionaire. Boyle creates a frenetic ride that ultimately honours the revolutionary era of music in England by shooting the original drama as though it were made in the 1970s and splicing and dicing stock footage and classic music performances (Bowie! Hawkwind!). The film is shot as though it was made in the 1970s. Additionally, it is disorderly and hedonistic, maybe to an excessive degree, much like the Pistols themselves. -Tim Surette
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Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Ireland, and love quadrangles aficionados only need apply.
One season is all there is.
Sally Rooney is one of the few people who are better at expressing the spirit of sad horniness than anyone else, which is a huge part of what made Hulu’s adaptation of her novel Normal People such a sensation in the year 2020. Now available on Hulu is an adaptation of Rooney’s debut novel titled Conversations with Friends. The story centres on two college students named Sasha Lane and Alison Oliver who become entangled in a chaotic, confusing, and passionate relationship with a married couple (Joe Alwyn and Jemima Kirke). It has all of the things that made you enjoy Normal People so much, including sexual encounters, Irish accents, and intensely felt emotions. – Alicia Allison Picurro
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Under The Banner of Heaven
True crime to scripted series, the 1980s, and the 1980s Melanie Lynskey is the person behind the name.
There were only one season.
For those who enjoy seeing attractive actors portray genuine criminals, this is the best moment ever. This real crime limited series stars Jessica Biel as Candy Montgomery, a Texas housewife who was notoriously declared not guilty of the 1980 murder of her friend Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey) with an axe. Not to be confused with HBO’s Love and Death, starring Elizabeth Olsen and scripted by David E. Kelley, a new series by Robin Veith and Nick Antosca based on the novel by Candy Montgomery. The identical story will be told again in the same year, since that’s exactly what happened. If anything, Candy did claim its territory by being freed first, so it’s not all that surprising this is a case of the snake devouring its own tail. – Allison Picurro
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Candy
True crime to scripted series, the 1980s, and the 1980s Melanie Lynskey is the person behind the name.
There were only one season.
For those who enjoy seeing attractive actors portray genuine criminals, this is the best moment ever. This real crime limited series stars Jessica Biel as Candy Montgomery, a Texas housewife who was notoriously declared not guilty of the 1980 murder of her friend Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey) with an axe. Not to be confused with HBO’s Love and Death, starring Elizabeth Olsen and scripted by David E. Kelley, a new series by Robin Veith and Nick Antosca based on the novel by Candy Montgomery. The identical story will be told again in the same year, since that’s exactly what happened. If anything, Candy did claim its territory by being freed first, so it’s not all that surprising this is a case of the snake devouring its own tail. – Allison Picurro
