There’s every chance that Apple TV+ has passed you by, particularly in light of the excitement around Disney+. But to dismiss it outright would be to miss out on a number of really excellent films and TV shows that aren’t available anywhere else. It’s fair to say Apple’s streaming service has a tiny catalogue compared with its rivals, thanks to its complete reliance on original content, but the movies and TV shows it does have are almost universally well regarded. Picture and sound quality are brilliant, too, particularly if you have got a system capable of taking advantage of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Allow us to guide you through our current favourites on Apple TV+.
LOSING ALICE
Alice is a middle-aged film director, who feels lost both personally and professionally. That is, until she meets Sophie, a promising young femme fatale screenwriter who professes to be a fan of Alice’s work. Alice soon becomes obsessed with her, bringing her into her life in a way that goes far beyond the norms of professionalism. But Alice in turn is drawn into Sophie’s dark and destructive world. Expect twists until the end.
FOR ALL MANKIND
Created by Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica), For All Mankind adds a twist to the first moon landing that spins off into an alternative history in which the space race never ended. It’s lavishly produced and utterly believable, thanks in no small part to the creative use of genuine archive footage.
SERVANT
This psychological drama by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) is now on its second series. It focuses on a Philadelphia couple in mourning after the loss of their 13-week-old baby, who hire a nanny to look after their baby, Jericho, a reborn doll. But as the grief takes hold, the father becomes deeply mistrustful of their nanny. Series two delves deeper into the nanny’s past, weaving an ever more complex web of distrust and illusion.
PALMER
Well, he’s certainly not bringing sexy back here, but Justin Timberlake is surprisingly believable as an ex-con and former high school football star Eddie, who returns home after 12 years in stir to try to piece his life back together. In so doing, he forms an unlikely bond with an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie’s past threatens to come back and ruin his new life.
WOLFWALKERS
An animated film exploring a lost Irish legend. A young apprentice hunter heads to Ireland with her father intending to vanquish the last wolf pack, but her plan goes awry when she meets a free-spirited member of a tribe who, it is rumoured, can transform into wolves by night. Will she
