What to Watch this Week (26 Sep - 3 Oct)

What to stream this week: Luke Cage

The MCU version of New York is getting pretty crowded. As well as the Avengers and Spider-Man on the big screen, the small screen has Charlie Cox’s Daredevil and Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones, who've been battling bad guys in the neighbourhood of Hell’s Kitchen. Now Harlem has a hero in the form of Luke Cage (Mike Colter), who we first met opposite Ritter in Jessica Jones.

Cage is bulletproof and super-strong, and Colter proved a charismatic presence in Jessica Jones as the title character's on-off boyfriend. We’re looking forward to him branching out on his own here. Streaming on Netflix from 30 Sep

Also worth a watch: Crisis in Six Scenes

Prolific New York auteur Woody Allen breaks a habit of a lifetime by venturing on to the small screen with a six-part mini-series Crisis in Six Scenes. The fact Allen hasn’t made a great movie in years may preclude your interest in this new project, but the presence of Miley Cyrus in the cast – along with the comic genius that is Elaine May – is more than a little intriguing though. Streaming on Amazon from 30 Sep

Read more: Can Miley Cyrus help revive Woody Allen's career?

What to watch on the big screen this week: Swiss Army Man

We’ve been desperate to see this gonzo buddy movie about a man stranded on a desert island (Paul Dano) who forms a deep friendship with a dead body (Daniel Radcliffe) that washes up on shore. Here’s how our reviewer Josh Slater-Williams described it: “From the directing duo behind the unforgettable music video for Turn Down for What comes Swiss Army Man, the most philosophically profound movie featuring a flatulent corpse yet made.” In cinemas 30 Sep

Also worth a watch: Under the Shadow

We also heard great things about this Iranian horror from first-time filmmaker Babak Anvari when it played back in Sundance. The Tehran-set story takes place in 1988 during the Iraq-Iran war. For Shideh (Narges Rashdi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi), who’ve been left alone in their creaky flat after Shideh’s husband has gone off to fight, there’s some presence in their home that’s much more terrifying than the bombs raining down on Tehran. In cinemas 30 Sep

...and: Deepwater Horizon

If gung-ho, kind of daft but fun action films are your thing, then Peter Berg (Battleship, Lone Survivor) is your man. His take on the 2011 BP drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico is reportedly hugely entertaining – at least as entertaining as possible given the circumstances. In cinemas 29 Sep