What do you want to watch tonight?
Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.
Closest to Loki first
Thor: Love and Thunder 2022
Film
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
The sides of Thor: Love and Thunder
- Thor finding himself
- A god butcher
- Jane holding the hammer
Good for you if
- you like Marvel at its silliest.
- you like colourful, rock-and-roll images.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a father lose his child. Thor's enemy is born from that grief.
- screaming goats and over-the-top jokes aren't for you.
About: love · grief · purpose
WandaVision 2021
Series
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
The sides of WandaVision
- A couple living in old sitcoms
- A perfect suburb with cracks
- Grief that bends reality
Good for you if
- you like a show that changes decade and style each episode.
- you like slowly working out what's really going on.
- you like a superhero show that's really about grief.
Bad for you if
- you find old black and white sitcoms dated. The first episodes copy them on purpose.
- you need logic that holds up, and this one runs on magic and sitcom rules.
About: grief · denial · love
Moon Knight 2022
Series
When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
The sides of Moon Knight
- A London gift-shop worker who keeps losing time
- A mercenary sharing his body
- An Egyptian moon god giving orders
Good for you if
- you like piecing together what Steven misses during his blackouts.
- you like Oscar Isaac playing two men with two accents in one body.
- you like Egyptian gods, tombs and a hippo goddess in the afterlife.
Bad for you if
- you want a classic superhero story, and this one keeps you unsure of what is real.
- you'd rather not watch childhood trauma and grief behind a superhero story.
About: identity · trauma · faith
Doctor Strange 2016
Film
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
The sides of Doctor Strange
- A surgeon who loses his hands
- Cities folding like mirrors
- Magic learned in Nepal
Good for you if
- you want images that twist like a kaleidoscope.
- you like trippy journeys into other dimensions.
- you like discovering a hidden world of magic with the hero.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather have a story than a superhero brawl.
- you need things to make scientific sense. Strange trades surgery for spells.
About: ego · time · healing
Severance 2022
Series
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
The sides of Severance
- Office workers with their memories split in two
- The endless white corridors of Lumon Industries
- A team sorting numbers they don't understand
Good for you if
- you like piecing together what Lumon really does.
- you like goats in an office basement and a waffle party as a reward.
- you like Mark slowly realising what his other self lives through.
Bad for you if
- you need things to move fast from the first episode.
- you want answers at the end of every season.
About: work · identity · grief · control
Thor: Ragnarok 2017
Film
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
The sides of Thor: Ragnarok
- A god stuck on a junk planet
- A gladiator fight with an old friend
- Colours from an 80s album cover
Good for you if
- you want a superhero film that's basically a comedy.
- you like neon colours and wild costumes.
- you like fights set to rock music.
Bad for you if
- you want something dark and serious.
- loud, silly space humour isn't for you.
About: home · family · letting go
The Umbrella Academy 2019
Series
Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.
The sides of The Umbrella Academy
- Adopted siblings with powers
- An apocalypse in eight days
- A brother stuck as a teenager
Good for you if
- you like odd, colourful superhero stories.
- you like a dysfunctional family where everyone shines.
- you like dark comedy and dance scenes.
Bad for you if
- bloody fights ruin a show for you.
- you can't watch addiction on screen. Klaus spends much of the first season high.
About: family · trauma · time
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018
Film
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
The sides of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- A Brooklyn teen becoming Spider-Man
- Spider-people from other worlds
- Graffiti, comics and hip-hop
Good for you if
- you want animation that looks like a comic book come alive.
- you like a spider-pig and a noir detective in the same team.
- you like a hip-hop soundtrack.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you can't take grief tonight. Under the jokes, this is a story about mourning.
About: identity · family · courage
DC's Legends of Tomorrow 2016
Series
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?
The sides of DC's Legends of Tomorrow
- A team of misfit heroes and villains on a time ship
- Missions in the Old West, Camelot and the 1980s
- An assassin who becomes the captain
Good for you if
- you like superheroes who never take themselves seriously.
- you like a big crew of heroes and ex-villains sharing one time ship.
- you want a show that goes sillier every season.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons of time missions is too much for you.
- you need time travel rules that hold together.
About: found family · second chances · time
Thor: The Dark World 2013
Film
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
The sides of Thor: The Dark World
- A dark force older than the universe
- Two brothers forced to team up
- A battle through portals in London
Good for you if
- you like battles that jump between worlds.
- you like Loki stealing every scene.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to hold up. Planets line up over Greenwich and gravity goes sideways.
- you get lost in Dark Elves, the Aether and nine realms.
About: family · loss · duty
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
Film
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
The sides of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Miles meets a whole society of Spider-People
- Every world drawn in its own style
- A rule he refuses to follow
Good for you if
- you want animation that looks like nothing else.
- you like fast, dizzying chases between universes.
- you like a hip-hop score.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want a complete story. It ends on a cliffhanger.
About: identity · destiny · family
Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
The sides of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- A jump across universes
- A girl who can travel between them
- A witch who wants her children
Good for you if
- you like strange universes, including one made of paint.
- you like trippy, horror-tinged images.
- you like a superhero film with horror-movie scares.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore. This superhero film turns into a horror film, with bloody deaths.
- you need the logic to hold up. Here magic rewrites the rules from one universe to the next.
About: grief · motherhood · choices
What If...? 2021
Series
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.
The sides of What If...?
- Peggy Carter taking the super-soldier serum
- A Watcher looking over the multiverse
- Marvel heroes in alternate timelines
Good for you if
- you like the Marvel universe bent into a new timeline each episode.
- you want short stand-alone episodes, each asking what if one choice in a Marvel film went the other way.
- you like oddities like zombie Avengers and a Peggy Carter who takes the serum instead of Steve.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you want to follow the same characters from one episode to the next.
About: fate · choices · the multiverse
Venom 2018
Film
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
The sides of Venom
- A journalist sharing his body with an alien
- A voice in his head that wants to eat people
- A lobster tank
Good for you if
- you like an odd-couple comedy inside one body.
- you like a motorbike chase with a monster.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to hold up. An alien goo bonds with a reporter and makes him almost unbreakable.
- you can't root for a hero who eats people.
About: identity · control · friendship
The Mask 1994
Film
Timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask infused with the spirit of the Norse god Loki. Donning it transforms him into an unrestrained, green-faced, cartoon-like wild man. While the mask grants him the confidence to woo a local singer, it also makes him the target of a ruthless mobster.
The sides of The Mask
- A shy bank clerk and a magic mask
- A green face and a zoot suit
- A dog named Milo
Good for you if
- you like Jim Carrey as a living cartoon.
- you want a short, silly comedy.
- you like cartoon effects in real life.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand a love story. Stanley spends the film chasing a nightclub singer.
- you like patient films. This one never sits still for a second.
About: confidence · identity · love
Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
Film
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.
The sides of Deadpool & Wolverine
- Deadpool recruits the worst Wolverine
- A wasteland of forgotten heroes
- Jokes about every Marvel film
Good for you if
- you like nonstop jokes and cameos.
- you like two unkillable men fighting each other.
- you like gory humour.
Bad for you if
- blood and gore ruin it for you.
- you can't root for a hero who kills, swears and jokes about it.
About: friendship · legacy · purpose
Hellboy 2004
Film
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
The sides of Hellboy
- A demon raised by humans
- A secret bureau for monsters
- Cats and cigars
Good for you if
- you like monsters as heroes.
- you like a grumpy, tender demon.
- you like handmade creatures.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand a love story. Hellboy's real fight is winning Liz.
- you'd rather skip the fights. Hellboy battles a tentacled hound through the subway.
About: belonging · fathers · choice
Thor 2011
Film
Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
The sides of Thor
- A god thrown down to Earth
- Two brothers, one throne
- A small town in New Mexico
Good for you if
- you like a mighty god who has no idea how a coffee shop works.
- you like a shiny realm of gods and rainbow bridges.
- you like a hammer that comes back when called.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather skip the romance. Thor and Jane fall for each other in a matter of days.
- you need the science to hold up. Jane's physics turns out to be Norse magic.
About: arrogance · family · humility
The Flash 2014
Series
After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city.
The sides of The Flash
- A forensic scientist who becomes the fastest man alive
- A villain of the week
- A team in a secret lab
Good for you if
- you want a bright, easy superhero show.
- you like Barry and Joe, the cop who raised him like a son.
- you like a kind, hopeful hero.
Bad for you if
- nine seasons is far more than you want to start.
- time travel that resets everything drives you mad.
About: family · hope · guilt
Dark 2017
Series
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
The sides of Dark
- A puzzle across time
- A small town with a buried secret
- Fate against free will
- Four families, one knot
- Grey rain and a heavy score
Good for you if
- you like a family tree you need to draw on paper.
- you like a cold, patient mystery.
- you like a series you understand better the second time.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope. In Winden, families lose their children, then everything else.
- you won't read subtitles. It's in German (a dub exists).
About: time · fate · family