Hey everyone — Steve Stebbing here with another episode of What The Hell Should I Watch, and this week we’re running the gamut from alien bloodsport to emotional breakdowns, bizarre satire, and one creepy found-footage nightmare.
We start with Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands — a bold reinvention that takes the franchise off-world and onto a brutal alien planet. The story follows Dek, a young Predator exiled from his clan, and Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani synth played by Elle Fanning, as they fight to survive a planet designed to kill them both. It’s intense, beautifully shot, and the most exciting the series has felt in decades — Trachtenberg absolutely gets what makes Predator tick.
Next, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value — an elegant, deeply felt drama starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas. After their mother’s death, two sisters reunite with their estranged father, a once-great filmmaker who decides to mine their shared pain for his next project. Trier’s touch is both gentle and piercing, balancing humor and heartbreak in one of the most grounded family films of the year.
Then it’s David Freyne’s Eternity — a romantic fantasy starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner. In a dreamlike afterlife, Olsen’s Joan must choose where — and with whom — she’ll spend eternity: with the husband she left behind or the first love she lost decades earlier. It’s heartfelt, visually stunning, and emotionally resonant, turning cosmic romance into something beautifully human.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia follows, and it’s just as unhinged as you’d expect. A remake of Save the Green Planet!, it stars Emma Stone as a pharmaceutical CEO kidnapped by two conspiracy-obsessed brothers (Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis) who believe she’s an alien here to destroy Earth. It’s sharp, disturbing, and wickedly funny — Lanthimos in peak form, skewering human delusion and moral panic.
Then we plug in for Rob Reiner’s Spinal Tap II: The End Continues — forty years later, the loudest band in rock is back. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer return alongside Paul McCartney, Elton John, and a stack of other cameos. It’s a loving, ridiculous encore that riffs on aging, ego, and rock legacy — and yes, it still goes to eleven.
Finally, Hulu’s Chad Powers — the viral Eli Manning bit turned full-fledged comedy from Glen Powell and Michael Waldron. Powell plays Russ Holliday, a disgraced quarterback who disguises himself as “Chad Powers” to sneak onto a struggling college team. It’s goofy, self-aware, and totally watchable — Powell’s charm alone carries this one across the goal line.
In New to the Library, I spotlight five great additions:
Corpse Bride (4K UHD) – Tim Burton’s gothic romance restored in dazzling detail.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (4K UHD) – the definitive edition of a masterpiece.
The Newsroom: The Complete Series – Aaron Sorkin’s rapid-fire newsroom drama, all together at last.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Complete Series – classic anthology brilliance in full.
The Day of the Jackal: Season 1 – Peacock’s sharp, modern spy thriller reboot.
In Butting In, Chloe reviews Dream Eater — a found-footage horror from Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams that blends parasomnia, trauma, and occult horror. It follows a couple documenting a sleep disorder that slowly unravels into something much darker and ancient. It’s creepy, slow-burning, and unnervingly effective — one of those indie horrors that gets under your skin and stays there.
Next week, we’re diving into The Running Man, Keeper, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, and Lynne Ramsey’s Die My Love — plus whatever else claws its way onto the release list.
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