Streaming Queer: December 2024

As an official welcome into the holiday season, December's streaming offering is a strong mix of suspenseful, can't-look-away action, mysteries (a gay assassin moves back to London to help his best friend solve a murder while trying to avoid his ex, the love of his life) and queer shenanigans (the Fab Five of "Queer Eye" are back with a new member, enthusiastically transforming the lives of heroes in Vegas; and Sabrina Carpenter's Christmas variety show is filled with queer performers, special guests, and innuendo like only she can do it).

As a bonus, we've got both Kleenex and head-to-toe sequin outfits ready for the emotional look into Elton John's history-making career in a documentary that his husband of nearly two decades co-directed.

Also streaming this month: Megan Fox as a lifelike AI service robot that wants to kill the wife of her hot Italian client so that she can have him all to her android self; Stephanie Hsu leads the rom-com series "Laid," in which she must retrace her sexual steps to inform her previous partners that her body count is... gradually becoming literal, as all her exes are suddenly dropping dead in random accidents.

And we've got a dark comedy about couples competing to buy a house in LA that is not as picture-perfect as it looks. All this and more! What more could we ask for?

Happy holidays, and happy streaming!

"Pop Culture Jeopardy!" Season 1

Colin Jost hosts this fun twist on a reality competition TV classic. This is "the show that reminds us that without Pop culture, there's just... culture." The concept of "Pop Culture Jeopardy!" is super gay in itself: Contestants need to have a wide range of general knowledge and an understanding of what Brat summer is, combining their clever recall abilities with quick answering techniques, performing the Apple dance, and sassy comments for the playful banter between rounds. 81 teams of three compete in this season, and it just makes total sense that the winner of the $300,000 grand prize should be gay! We'll be tuning in to find out.

"Pop Culture Jeopardy" Season 1 premieres December 4 on Prime Video.

"Black Doves" Season 1

"Black Doves" is a spy thriller set in London following Helen Webb (Kiera Knightley), an undercover spy posing as a politician's wife, passing along information from her husband to the agency she works for. When she learns that her secret lover (Andrew Koji, "Warrior") was killed by a sniper, Helen reunites with an old friend, Sam (out actor Ben Whishaw), to investigate the truth behind his death. In the process, they uncover a huge "interconnected conspiracy linking the murky London underworld to a looming geopolitical crisis." Entertainment Weekly describes Sam as "an efficient killer but also a gentle, sad-eyed sweetheart who could really use a hug," adding that returning to London "puts him in painful proximity" to Michael (Omari Douglas, "It's a Sin," "Rye Lane"), the now-estranged love of his life. The men had been building a perfect life together, with daring deception at its core, as Sam could never be honest about his work as an assassin. This is gonna be a hit for fans of the brilliant AppleTV+ adaptation "Slow Horses," the Prime Video spy series "Citadel" and, according to Netflix, for the "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" crowd. Also per Entertainment Weekly: "The bloody, satisfying final hour sets up a series of new challenges for our antiheroes" which they'll tackle in the second season, for which the show has already been renewed.

"Black Doves" Season 1 premieres December 5 on Netflix.

"Subservience"

When his wife is bedridden with an illness and awaiting an organ donor, Nick (Italian actor Michele Morrone, of Netflix hit "365 Days" fame), a struggling father in a futuristic America buys a spectacularly lifelike (and spectacularly sexy) robot programmed for domestic tasks. Played by bisexual actress Megan Fox, Alice is "the most sophisticated AI on the planet," designed to help care for the family by taking on some of Nick's workload, like preparing dinner and reading his daughter a bedtime story. When she suddenly gains self-awareness and recognizes her intense desire to have Nick all to herself, Alice begins seducing him, and threatening his wife with unspeakable violence. The android's determination to win Nick's love at any cost leaves a blazing, bloody path of destruction.

"Subservience" premieres December 5 on Netflix.

"Sabrina Carpenter's A Nonsense Christmas"

With this glamorous variety music special, pop star Sabrina Carpenter continues her contribution to the horny, hilarious holiday fun she delivered in her holiday EP, "Fruitcake" last year. "A Nonsense Christmas" is filled with Carpenter's signature innuendo, humor, and style. Performances include classic holiday hits, songs from "Fruitcake," unexpected duets (Chappell Roan, Tyla, Kali Uchis, and Shania Twain to name a few!) and comedic cameos from queer celebs including Cara Delevigne, Meg Stalter, and Owen Thiele. In the trailer, Carpenter is seen choosing between outfits "for the girls" and "for the gays," which is a perfect encapsulation of the "Short n' Sweet" singer's whole vibe.

"Sabrina Carpenter's A Nonsense Christmas" premieres December 6 on Netflix at 6 p.m. PST / 9 p.m. EST.