As Memorial Day weekend kicks off, Hulu and Prime Video are pulling out all the stops to keep audiences entertained as they enjoy their long holiday weekend. With eagerly anticipated debuts and the last chance to watch fan-favorite movies and television series before they are licensed elsewhere, there is plenty to binge in May 2022’s final weekend. Fortunately, CBR has you covered on what are the best recommendations to watch in the last days of the month.
Here are all the biggest and best television shows and movies to watch over Memorial Day weekend, from old classics poised to leave their respective streaming services at the end of the month to new arrivals perfect for a binge session.
My Hero Academia Ups the Anime Superhero Action
One of the most popular anime franchises in the world right now is My Hero Academia, chronicling the adventures of Japanese high schoolers as they learn how to hone their superpowers to become heroes or villains. The fifth and latest season is now available to stream in its entirety on Hulu, now with a complete English-language dub track. And as the impressive class of aspiring Pro-Heroes intensifies their training, their enemies begin to unveil a scheme that will change the world forever.
Based on the bestselling manga series created by Kohei Horikoshi, the fifth season of My Hero Academia has Deku and his friends preparing for the upcoming war against numerous organizations, including the Paranormal Liberation Front. Now into their third semester at U.A. High School, the students are taking on more rigorous training and daring missions to help the veteran heroes, upping the stakes and scope. For those waiting for the English-dubbed Season 5, My Hero Academia is here to deliver.
Shoresy Expands the Letterkenny Universe into Sports Comedy
The Letterkenny Universe has just gotten a lot bigger with the arrival of the spinoff series Shoresy on Hulu. Starring the eponymous vulgar ice hockey player recurring throughout the first several seasons of Letterkenny, Shoresy leans more into a longer-form narrative than its predecessor. This isn’t to say that the usual foul-mouthed hilarity from Letterkenny isn’t present, but Shoresy comes off as more of an underdog sports story than a string of loosely connected vignettes.
After taking a position with the Sudsbury Bulldogs, Shoresy finds that the hockey team has been in steady decline, with a growing losing streak and diminishing audience attendance. Determined to reverse its fortunes, the notorious hockey player rallies his team with a vow to the public and management not to endure another loss as the season continues. Joining Shoresy is a motley crew of misfits that give him a run for his money as the most infamous hockey player in Ontario.
Dredd Brings Unwavering Justice to Prime Video
One of the most acclaimed comic book movies in the past decade is 2012’s Dredd, adapting the 2000 A.D. antihero Judge Dredd created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills. The movie stars Karl Urban as the hardened law enforcer, defending Mega City-1 from the lawless gangs and crime syndicates that relentlessly prey upon its residents. Directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by visionary filmmaker Alex Garland, Dredd is a masterclass in how to bring a hard-edged comic book story to life.
Dredd has the veteran lawman team up with rookie officer Judge Anderson on her first day on the job to keep the city safe. A routine murder investigation is complicated when the two judges find themselves sealed inside a skyscraper controlled by a sadistic crime lord. With its gritty design and slick action sequences, Dredd is a true labor of love to capture the tone and appeal of the futuristic antihero as it becomes available to stream on Prime Video.
Scooby-Doo and the Gang Make Their Last Bow on Hulu
After starring in decades of animated series, Scooby-Doo made the leap to live-action with a pair of films directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn. Premiering in 2002 and 2004, respectively, the two comedies featured all-star casts and brought plenty of self-aware, irreverent humor to the classic characters. A cult favorite among audiences, both movies are slated to leave Hulu at the end of May.
2002’s Scooby-Doo has the crime-solving Mystery Inc. reunite to investigate a paranormal disturbance at a tropical amusement park. Its 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, has the team trapped inside of a crime museum, facing a new set of seemingly supernatural threats. While not a critical favorite, the two movies have since earned their fair share of fans, with Matthew Lillard’s performance as Shaggy among the lauded elements of the films.
The Fifth Element Remains a High Standard in Modern Sci-Fi
Bruce Willis took his action hero sensibilities to hard science fiction with the spacefaring adventure movie The Fifth Element. Directed and co-written by Luc Besson, the 1997 movie introduced audiences to Milla Jovovich, who would become a movie action star in her own right, and was buoyed by a scene-stealing performance from Gary Oldman. With a rich production design and stellar soundtrack, The Fifth Element was an enormous critical and commercial success worldwide.
Set in the year 2263, New York City taxi driver Korben Dallas comes across a strange woman named Leeloo, learning she holds the fate of the Earth’s survival. With a cosmic, destructive force headed straight for the planet, Dallas and Leeloo scramble to find four artifacts capable of saving the day. The Fifth Element is slated to leave Prime Video by the end of May, making this week the last chance to revisit this classic sci-fi movie.
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