The week opens with a crowded corner for anyone who likes their heroes with a grudge. A Kryptonian revenge story, a wall crawler's fourth outing, and the biggest anime event in years all land within days of each other, alongside a broadcast drama, a possession horror, and one deliberately provocative art world thriller for anyone chasing something outside the mainstream.
Supergirl reaches streaming on Tuesday, and it is worth knowing this is not the usual Super family formula. The film draws from Tom King's comic run, sending Kara Zor-El across the galaxy after the person responsible for killing her dog, Krypto, a setup that gives the story a wandering, western inflected shape rather than a city to save. Milly Alcock carries it with real bite, and critics have singled her out even where the overall response has been mixed, landing at 53 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The other reason to watch is Jason Momoa's Lobo, who arrives as pure chaos and steals every scene he is given.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into cinemas Friday as the first Tom Holland led entry not directed by Jon Watts. New director Destin Daniel Cretton has talked about picking up exactly where No Way Home's ending left Peter Parker: remembered by no one, stripped of his old friendships, and convinced that working alone is simply his job now. That isolation, plus a story pulled tighter by Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle, points to a noticeably darker register for a franchise that has mostly stayed breezy.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle streams the very same Tuesday as Supergirl, arriving fresh off a theatrical run that made it the highest grossing foreign language release in United States box office history. It is the first chapter of the story's climactic arc, and it lands on digital and streaming services having already earned its reputation rather than needing one.
The rest of the week fills in the smaller, stranger gaps. Someone Someday, a television drama about a dating app founder confronted by an old wound, begins Monday. Leviticus, a horror about two teenagers hunted by something that wears the shape of the person each of them wants most, streams Tuesday. I Want Your Sex, a drama about an artist and the assistant she takes as her muse, opens in cinemas Friday and does not pretend to be subtle about where obsession leads.
For anyone weighing the week by mood rather than by release date: Supergirl and Demon Slayer both give you a big swing without leaving the sofa, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the one worth a cinema trip, and Leviticus or I Want Your Sex are there for whoever wants the week to end on something sharper.
