New Family Titles to Watch Over The Weekend of May 2

The weekend is here, which means a fresh batch of movie and TV titles are in the queue. Whether you’re piling into the car on your way to the theater or piling onto the couch with your own snacks, there’s plenty to watch as a family.

Here’s your Family Watch List for the weekend of May 2.

‘Thunderbolts*’

• Releasing: In theaters May 2
• Rating: PG-13 (Action/Adventure/Thriller)

Another Marvel team of heroes is back in theaters this weekend. But this time, they aren’t so flawless. Thunderbolts* centers a group of has-beens and antiheroes forced to work together to save themselves and others, in what’s being called the best MCU film in years. We sure thought so.

Grab your teens and other Marvel action fans in the family and have a blast with this one.

‘Dora’ Season 3 Episodes 1-3

• Streaming: On Paramount+ April 27
• Rating: TV-Y (Kids & Family/Adventure/Learning)

If you haven’t already been watching Dora, the recent update on Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, the first three episodes of season three are available this weekend on Paramount+. It’s also airing on Nick Jr.

Come along with 7-year-old Dora as she goes on magical, educational adventures in the rain forest with her friend Monkey Boots. Fans of the classic show should enjoy this fresh spin with new things to see and learn.

‘Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld’ Premiere

• Streaming: On Disney+ May 4
• Rating: TV-PG (Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure)

May 4 has become an unofficial Star Wars holiday in the culture, (thanks to the “May the fourth be with you” pun), and fans can celebrate with a new six-episode anthology streaming on Disney+ this Sunday.

Instead of being Jedi-centric, these stories are told from the perspectives of bounty hunter villains Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane, as they try to outrun their pasts in an unpredictable galaxy.

If you want a sneak peek at the first two episodes of this new show before they go live on Sunday, we got some info on how Fortnite gamers can do just that.

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’

• Streaming: On Disney+ May 1
• Rating: PG (Kids & Family/Action/Adventure)

Spider-Man fans who may have been a little disappointed to hear this film was swinging out of Netflix in April may be happy to hear this news. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now streaming on Disney+.

In this hit second chapter of the super-popular superhero series, Miles Morales is coming into his own as the new Spider-Man–just in time for his world to get turned upside-down.

Netflix Kids & Family Roundup

• Streaming: On Netflix May 1

Netflix is dropping a batch of well-known family titles on the streaming platform just in time for the weekend. If you haven’t had a chance to watch any of these as a family, or you’d like to revisit a few of them, here’s what will be available:

• Trolls (Film)
• Home (Film)
• The Lego Movie (Film)
• Flushed Away (Film)
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Film)
• Twilight (Film) (PG-13)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 (Film) (PG-13)
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Film) (PG-13)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 (Film) (PG-13)
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Film) (PG-13)