This Week in Streaming (June 3rd)

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The Accountant 2 (Prime) Ben Affleck reprises his role as the autistic bookkeeper for the criminal underworld, who teams up with his assassin brother (Jon Bernthal) to break open a conspiracy in the ultimate mashup of buddy movie and Deep State paranoid thriller. Premieres on 6/5.

Family Ties (Paramount+) Given Gen Z’s MAGA turn, now is as good a time as any to revisit the exploits of Reaganite teen Alex P. Keaton and his recovering hippie parents. The show that made Michael J. Fox a star while lampooning the politics of the Long 60s. 

The Velvet Underground (AppleTV+) You’d be forgiven for missing this doc about Lou Reed and John Cale’s influential rock group that hit theaters at the height of COVID. But Todd Haynes (May December, Far From Heaven) manages to avoid the “Behind the Music” trappings in bringing the Velvets’ story to life while offering up an energetic new framework for the possibilities of documentary.