With Spring 2022 rapidly approaching, streaming services are unveiling their next wave of original programming, from postmodern horror stories to the latest generation of sitcoms. Among the digital platforms leading the charge are Hulu and Prime Video, compiling an impressive library of licensed content was steadily producing their own big-budget wave of original movies and television series in this new age of prestige TV.
Here are all the best movies and shows that have recently been available to stream on Hulu and Prime Video as March 2022 continues, from sleeper hits that audiences may have missed the first time to new, acclaimed shows and films that have launched this month.
Fresh Shows Sebastian Stan in a New Light
While Hulu audiences have been exploring a harder-edge vision of fan-favorite actor Sebastian Stan as drummer Tommy Lee in the acclaimed miniseries Pam & Tommy, Stan gets a new Hulu project to kill it with his performing chops — literally. The horror movie Fresh has Stan portray a charming man named Steve, courting a new girlfriend while possessing a deadly secret.
Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival at the start of the year, Fresh is a fuller showcase for Stan’s acting range, playing on his family-friendly Marvel Cinematic Universe image to subvert it into a character that is as supremely charismatic as he is terrifyingly confident. Without going into detail behind the full scope of Fresh‘s premise, the horror movie’s skewering of modern dating is as on-target as its scares.
How I Met Your Father Looks to Close Out Strong
How I Met Your Father Season 1’s finale is next week, with the romantic mystery surrounding the identity of Sophie’s baby daddy only getting more complicated. Sophie’s big will-they/won’t they flirtation with Jesse has finally resulted in a kiss between them, but, as Sophie breaks up with her current boyfriend Drew, Jesse’s ex-girlfriend resurfaces to make Sophie’s decision all the more uncertain.
Now is the perfect time to get caught up on How I Met Your Father before Season 1 finale airs, providing viewers with any clues to the series-long mystery along with keeping an eye out for any additional Easter eggs and allusions to How I Met Your Mother. How I Met Your Father has generally improved as its first season has progressed, and hopefully, the season will close out a strong note while setting up its second season.
The Boys Is Still as Good as It Gets
The beginning of the month saw the premiere of The Boys: Diabolical, an animated spinoff to Prime Video adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s darkly irreverent comic book series. After powering through the anthology of wacky cartoon stories inspired by the comic and main television series, now is the perfect time to revisit The Boys and remember why it’s among Prime’s most popular original shows in the first place.
While The Boys Season 3 wrapped principal photography this past September, the season isn’t set to premiere until this June, while a fourth season has been ordered by Prime Video. This gives audiences plenty of time to rewatch the show’s first two seasons while Diabolical is still fresh in their minds, especially with The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke confirming that Diabolical‘s season finale is considered canonical to the main series.
Oculus Takes Viewers Back to Mike Flanagan’s Early Days
One of the most acclaimed horror filmmakers in the game today is Mike Flanagan, creator of television series like The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass and feature films like Doctor Sleep. One of Flanagan’s earliest projects, the 2013 independent horror movie Oculus, has arrived to stream on both Hulu and Prime Video for those that may have missed it.
Starring Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff and a pre-Titans Brenton Thwaites, Oculus follows a pair of siblings who discover the haunted mirror that ruined their family when they were children. Featuring of familiar tropes and themes to Flanagan’s other horror work, Oculus is an effective horror movie that shows how adept Flanagan was a storyteller, even that early into his career. Beautifully filmed and a masterclass in building cinematic tension, Oculus remains an overlooked gem in Flanagan’s catalogue.
Upload’s Second Season Is Finally Here
Greg Daniels, who developed the American version of The Office, unveiled his latest television series Upload in 2020, and Season 2 is finally here. Starring Robbie Amell, the show follows a young man who is hit by a grievous accident and awakens in a digital afterlife, complete with micro-transactions and unforeseen glitches to shape his out-of-body experience.
Upload Season 2 is set to complicate the love triangle between Amell’s Nathan, his girlfriend Ingrid and his digital support handler Nora. With Ingrid uploading herself into the digital world of Lakeview to reunite with Nathan, the young man is not quite as alone in the digital afterlife, but there are still plenty of kinks to work out as the presumably happy couple settles into this constructed reality.
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