What I'm watching this weekend: Lupin is back, The Terminal List is already out, and the AI movie critics didn't love

The theater pick everyone was told to see this weekend got rough reviews, and the best thing new is a show you can watch on your couch. Here's what's out and the order I'd watch it in.

Lupin Part 4, Netflix, today

All eight episodes are up as of 3 a.m. Eastern. Part 4 picks up with Assane Diop, Omar Sy, still in prison and keeping a promise to his son to serve his time. Then someone signs Lupin's name to a string of simultaneous museum heists, security footage puts Assane at one of them, and a police captain is badly hurt. So the gentleman thief has to break out to catch a copycat wearing his name. (Source)

That's a better setup than the one I was sent, which described an "international heist across Europe to clear his family's name." It's a frame-up, and the whole point is that the thief is innocent for once. Lupin has been one of Netflix's best shows since 2021. If you've never watched it, start at Part 1. It's French with subtitles, and the dub is fine but you lose Omar Sy's voice, which is half the charm.

The Terminal List season 2, Prime Video

This one isn't a weekend premiere. All eight episodes came out on Wednesday. Chris Pratt is back as James Reece, adapted from Jack Carr's second novel, True Believer. The CIA offers Reece a presidential pardon for his season one revenge spree if he hunts down a terrorist network, which sends him through Africa, the Middle East and Europe, and the man he's chasing is someone he used to serve with. (MovieWeb)

If you liked Reacher or Jack Ryan, it's your show. Season one was grim, and nothing I've read suggests the second one lightened up.

Klara and the Sun, in theaters

I wanted this one to be good. Taika Waititi directs an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, with Jenna Ortega as Klara, an "Artificial Friend" bought to keep a sick teenager company, and Amy Adams as the girl's mother. I write about AI on this site every week, and a machine built to cure a kid's loneliness is the most current premise in theaters this year. (Source)

The reviews are bad. As of Thursday it sits at 26 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 43 reviews, and David Rooney at The Hollywood Reporter called it "fatally twee." (Rotten Tomatoes) (THR) Sony's Columbia Pictures planned a release in more than 2,000 theaters and pulled it back to about 850 after the festival reception, with Variety projecting around $2 million for the weekend. It's PG-13 and just under two hours.

The summary I was handed called it "the weekend's standout theatrical choice." It isn't, by any measure I can find. If you loved the book, go and decide for yourself, because critics and readers don't always agree on Ishiguro. If you're curious, it'll be on streaming before long, and you'll lose nothing watching it at home.

Also new

• Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story, Netflix, today. A documentary about one of the most honest comics working.
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, Netflix, out now. The first season was the best thing to come out of that game.
• The Invite, HBO Max, today, and The Cycle, Shudder, today, if you want something for October.

My watch order

Tonight, the first two episodes of Lupin. Saturday, more Lupin, because I won't be able to stop. Sunday, the Maria Bamford documentary. The Terminal List waits for a weeknight, and Klara waits for streaming.

Verified October 22, 2026. Release dates and the full weekly list from Mashable. Lupin Part 4 details from Screen Rant. The Terminal List season 2 from MovieWeb. Klara and the Sun cast, distributor, release and the theater count from Wikipedia, which cites Variety for the box office projection. Scores from Rotten Tomatoes, a live number that will change.