Film and Series Highlights: Relationship Drama and More This Week

Three major film premieres on streaming services make up for a thin new offering at the cinema. Here are the week's films and series.

» Published: May 21 2025

Film and Series Highlights: Relationship Drama and More This Week
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In the sequel to the Vasalopp comedy "Ur spår" from 2022, siblings Lisa (Katia Winter) and Daniel (Fredrik Hallgren) will ride Vätternrundan. But they are also "out cycling" in their relationships with their respective partners (Ulf Stenberg and Rakel Wärmländer). Can 31 miles on a bike fix that?

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Natalie Portman and John Krasinski play an odd sibling pair chasing the fountain of youth. A global adventure film directed by Guy Ritchie.

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The new film in Netflix's own violent slasher concept "Fear Street" takes place in 1988 when the school's queen is to be elected at the year's ball. But several of the candidates meet a bloody death.

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Agnès Jaoui plays the lead role in a French drama comedy about a bipolar mother who escapes from the clinic and moves in with her son.

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David Dencik plays a meticulous tax inspector in a Danish-German drama series, whose satirical tone feels inspired by films like "The big short". For several years, banks and other companies that discovered a loophole in the law managed to withhold billions in taxes in connection with stock deals. It wasn't until 2018 that the so-called "cum-ex" scandal was revealed. The series will air on SVT1 on June 9.

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A bit like last year's "The perfect couple", Meghann Fahy plays a woman who really doesn't fit in. She is waitress Devon, whose sister Simone (Milly Alcock) has started working for the wealthy Michaela (Julianne Moore) in a rich man's clique. Devon is convinced that Simone is involved in a sect – and sets out to free her.

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" (22/5, Prime Video).

Nine complete strangers assemble under the leadership of the mysterious wellness guru Masha (Nicole Kidman) to "clean the brain". Four years after the first season, it's new guests gathering at an old sanatorium in the Alps where Lena Olin plays the hotel manager. Masha has very strange methods and the guests all have heavy baggage with them. Murray Bartlett and Christine Baranski are in the cast. As is Dolly De Leon, whose breakthrough was as a cleaner in Ruben Östlund's "Triangle of sadness".

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