Excited for the new season of Lodge 49 and Mindhunter but otherwise plugging away on my overfilled streaming plate plus the series finale of Elementary plus intrigued by the first of BH90210 and Bulletproof to keep going though not Two Sentence Horror Story.
- Our Boys (HBO) Series Premiere, Monday 8/12, 9pm – Filmed in Israel and based on the true story of murder and the events that led to the outbreak of war in Gaza, initial reviews are positive.
- The Terror (AMC) Season Premiere, Monday 8/12, 9pm – I didn’t dabble on the first season of this where they were at sea but people had good things to say so intrigued for the second season which starts a new at Japanese internment camps.
- Why Women Kill (CBSAA) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/15 – A look at three generations of women betrayed, not much advanced review but worth a look with leads like Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.
- The Righteous Gemstones (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 8/18 – From Danny McBride a look at a famous televangelist family with John Goodman playing the patriarch, worth a shot.
- I Ship It (CW) Series Premiere, Monday 8/19, 9:30pm – Musical comedy about a fangirl who gets a job on her favorite show.
- On Becoming a God in Central Florida (Show) Series Premiere, Sunday 8/25 – Kirsten Dunst stars as a woman who works at a water park while trying to make it to the top of a pyramid scheme, no reviews yet of this 90s set dark comedy.
Other streaming releases:
- 45RPM (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/16 – Spanish romantic drama on the launch of a rock ‘n’ roll label in ’60s Madrid.
- Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/16 – Latin American drama on Tevez’s rise to soccer stardom.
- Better Than Us (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/16 – Russian political drama where a family becomes owners of a cutting edge robot.
- Green Frontier (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/16 – Latin America thriller about a Bogota-based detective uncovering magic and other turmoil.
- This Way Up (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/21 – UK comedy about a woman trying to pull her life back together after a nervous breakdown.
- Love Alarm (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/22 – Korean romantic drama where an app tells you if someone in the vicinity likes you.
Returning streaming: Sacred Games (Netflix, Thursday 8/15), Find Me in Paris (Hulu, Friday 8/16), Mindhunter (Netflix, Friday 8/16), Riviera (SundN, Thursday 8/22), 13 Reasons Why (Net, Friday 8/23), Hero Mask (Net, Friday 8/23),