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The 8 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, Good One: A Show About Jokes, and Steve! (martin).
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, Good One: A Show About Jokes, and Steve! (martin). Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Warner Bros., Apple TV+, Peacock, HBO

Sperm, jokes, and two bisexual kaijus hope to rule our screens this weekend. Alternately, you could just blast the Talking Heads by rewatching Stop Making Sense (and listen to Lorde’s spin on “Take Me to the River”). But this weekend we all know Beyoncé is at the top of your mind, so here are the new TV shows and movies to fill your time between Cowboy Carter listens. —Savannah Salazar

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

They should just kiss and get it over with already. —S.S.

In theaters now

Godzilla has pink hair now!

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Good One: A Show About Jokes

Sounds familiar? It should be! It’s because this new Peacock special is derived from our very own colleague Jesse David Fox’s Vulture podcast, Good One. Co–executive produced by Fox and directed by Eddie Schmidt, this docuspecial focuses on comedian Mike Birbiglia as he crafts new material after his Broadway show The Old Man and the Pool. Alongside Birbiglia, Good One features appearances from Seth Meyers (lesbian icon in the making), Atsuko Okatsuka, Joe Birbiglia, and Hasan Minhaj. —S.S.

Streaming on Peacock

The 19-Word Review

Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show 

It’s ostensibly about Jerrod Carmichael, but its most fascinating question is how well he can see those beyond himself. (Read more.)

Streaming on Max

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Steve! (martin)

Morgan Neville, Oscar-winning director of 20 Feet From Stardom and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, turns his lens on Steve Martin for this two-part show (subtitled “A Documentary in 2 Pieces”), which traces Martin’s career from his days of wearing a fake arrow through his head to present. —J.C. 

Streaming on Apple TV+

Another way to trace his career? Ranking all 37 of the man’s movies.

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Spermworld

Produced by the New York Times, Spermworld explores the world of sperm donors and their recipients who sidestep the typical process. In the trailer, one donor says he has 138 children, but that doesn’t top Vince Vaughn’s 533 children in Delivery Man, unfortunately. —S.S.

Streaming on Hulu

Finally Streaming

Stop Making Sense

Lamps beware: Stop Making Sense’s stunning 4K remaster is available on VOD now, and there’s no guarantee you won’t be tossed and whipped around as people watch and rewatch the incredible Talking Heads concert doc in their living rooms. —S.S.

Available on VOD

Rewatch it once as much as you want in a lifetime.

Lisa Frankenstein

Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams’s off-beat comedy stumbled in theaters, but how fitting for their zombie love story to seek an afterlife on streaming. Starring Kathryn Newton as the titular heroine, Lisa Frankenstein follows a grief-stricken teen who’d rather spend time in a local cemetery than in high school as she meets a corpse (Cole Sprouse, who barely utters a word) from that cemetery and, naturally, lovesick murderous chaos ensues. —S.S.

Streaming on Peacock

Also finally available again, after a long time gone: Berserk ‘97.

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It’s a Kaiju, Kaiju, Kaiju, Kaiju World

Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Everett Collection, Warner Bros.

We love our giant monsters, and, frankly one kaiju film — especially one as cutesy as the new one — isn’t enough for us. So for you, a few more:

15 Kaiju Not Named Godzilla or Kong
The Classic Godzilla Movies, Ranked
The Newer Godzilla Movies, Ranked

Want more? Read our recommendations from the weekend of March 22.

The 8 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend