What to Stream: Documentaries on John Candy and Victoria Beckham,
Battlefield 6 and 'Family Guy'
[October 06, 2025]
By The Associated Press
Documentaries on comedian John Candy and pop artist-turned-fashion
designer Victoria Beckham as well as a “Family Guy” Halloween special
are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a
device near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as
selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Keira
Knightley stars as a journalist in “The Woman in Cabin 10,” Electronic
Arts is ready to get back in the fight with the game Battlefield 6 and
hip-hop group Mobb Deep will release “Infinite,” their ninth and final
album.
New movies to stream from Oct. 6-12
— More than 30 years after his death at age 43, John Candy might be even
more beloved than he was during his all-to-short career. “John Candy: I
Like Me” (Friday, Oct. 10 on Prime Video), a documentary directed by
Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, is a kind of eulogy and
tribute to the actor of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “Uncle Buck”
and “Stripes.” The film, made with the cooperation of the Candy family,
includes many famous faces, from Bill Murray to Mel Brooks.
– In “The Woman in Cabin 10” (Friday, Oct. 10 on Netflix), Keira
Knightley stars as a journalist aboard a luxury yacht for an assignment.
In the middle of the night, she sees a woman go overboard, but the ship
has no record of her, and no one believes her. Simon Stone, who directed
2021’s underrated “The Dig,” directs this thriller, based on Ruth Ware’s
bestselling novel.
— It being October, just about everything streaming service has by now
trotted out their best horror offerings. By why mess around when you can
go to the source? Or, at least, one of the richest B-movie legacies of
synths and scares? In Directed by John Carpenter, the Criterion Channel
gathers some of the filmmaker’s most vivid nightmares, including “The
Fog,” “Escape Form New York” and “They Live.”
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
New music to stream from Oct. 6-12
— Mobb Deep hath returned. On Friday, Oct. 10, the hardcore New York
hip-hop duo will release “Infinite,” their ninth and final album and
first since the death of Prodigy in 2017. It features P’s distinctive
flow on a few posthumous tracks, produced by his other half Havoc and
their frequent musical collaborator, the Alchemist. It’s clearly a labor
of love.
— Indie fans might remember the upcoming and coming folk-rocker Avery
Tucker from his previous project, the primitive punk duo Girlpool. His
debut album, “Paw,” out Friday, couldn’t be further from that material —
but both lead with the heart. Start with “Big Drops,” “Like I’m Young,”
“Malibu,” and the ascendant closer “My Life Isn’t Leaving You.” The
album was co-produced by A. G. Cook, the hyperpop virtuoso best known to
many as one of Charli XCX’s “Brat” collaborators. This is not a release
for the club, but it one that grows and grows more bodily with each
listen.
— It has been six years since Jay Som, the project of
multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Melina Duterte, released
a new album. On Friday, the wait is over. “Belong” is an expansion of
her once nascent talents, a rush of electro-synths, punk-pop and other
variously nostalgic indie genres, presented in a new way. Perhaps it has
a little something to do with how Duterte has spent the last few years:
ranking up production credits on a number of beloved albums, including
the Grammy-winning boygenius’ “The Record” and Lucy Dacus’ “Forever Is A
Feeling.”
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
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This combination of images shows promotional art for "John Candy: I
Like Me," left, "Victoria Beckham," center, and "The Woman in Cabin
10." (Prime/Netflix/Netflix via AP)
 New series to stream from Oct.
6-12
— It's spooky season and “Family Guy” has a new Halloween special
debuting Monday on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. The episode, titled “A
Little Fright Music,” features Brian and Stewie's attempt to write a
hit Halloween song and Peter learning about the dangers of lying
about trick-or-treating.
— David Beckham's 2023 Netflix docuseries was both an Emmy Award
winner and internet fodder thanks to a scene where he repeatedly
told his wife Victoria to “be honest” about her family's economic
status as a child. It's only fitting that the filmmakers turned
their sights on her next and she agreed. “Victoria Beckham” is a
three-part docuseries launching Thursday on Netflix. Viewers will
see the former pop star-turned-fashion designer share her story —
and it's TBD whether David weighs in.
— On the subject of Emmys, Kathy Bates didn’t win this year for best
actress in a drama series as predicted for her work on “Matlock.”
The award instead went to Britt Lower for “Severance.” You can still
watch the performance that got Bates nominated though when the show
begins streaming its second season Friday, Oct. 10 on Paramount+. A
third season of “Elsbeth” will also begin streaming then, too.
— Another docuseries debuting Friday, Oct. 10 on Tubi also follows a
celebrity but this one's on the come-up. “Always, Lady London”
features the rising rapper, Lady London, as she records her first
album and gets ready to go on tour.
— Alicia Rancilio
New video games to play from Oct. 6-12
— When it comes to video-game warfare, there are two superpowers:
Call of Duty and Battlefield. The latter hit a rough patch with its
last major installment, 2021’s Battlefield 2042, but Electronic Arts
is ready to get back in the fight with Battlefield 6. You are part
of an elite Marine squad trying to stop a private military
corporation in a single-player campaign that bounces around the
globe. There’s plenty of gut-wrenching infantry combat, but you also
get to drive tanks and fly helicopters and fighter jets. And there
will be the usual assortment of multiplayer mayhem, including the
new Escalation mode, in which the territory shrinks every time a
team captures a control point. Take up arms Friday, Oct. 10, on
PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.
— Bandai Namco’s Little Nightmares games specialize in the kind of
things that terrified when you were a kid, presenting them in a
gloomy yet vivid world reminiscent of Tim Burton’s stop-motion
animation. Little Nightmares III promises more of the same, with one
major addition: You can now confront your night terrors with a
friend in co-op play. One of you gets a bow and arrow, while the
other uses a wrench to fix things or clobber enemies. Britain’s
Supermassive Games, the studio that has taken over the series, is
known for horror gems like Until Dawn and The Quarry, so don’t
expect pleasant dreams. The haunting begins Friday, Oct. 10, on
PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One, Switch and PC.
— Lou Kesten
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