It's actually a pretty good week for new TV shows and movies on streaming services. As TV networks and streamers look for ways to get their favorite shows back to filming (The Witcher season 2 will restart filming next Monday!), streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Apple TV Plus are still struggling. . regular releases of TV series and movies. to. Below, therefore, our collection of the week's highlights on streaming services. If you're looking to check out any of the show recommendations over the next few days, our pick is HBO's Lovecraft Country, which features Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams as its executive producers, and is based on well-regarded source material. For that and the rest of the highlights from this week's stream, keep reading.
Lovecraft Country (HBO / Sky)
HBO's long-awaited adaptation of Matt Ruff's novel is garnering rave reviews for how it explores racism in Jim Crow-era America, while mixing in plenty of cosmic horror imagery. Searching for his father (Michael Kenneth Williams), Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) leaves Chicago for a cross-country road trip with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and her uncle (Courtney B Vance). ) to continue on your way. father down. This journey soon confronts travelers with horror in various forms: the real-world racist attitudes of white America in the 1950s, and those fictional entities associated with HP Lovecraft's writing (so, you know, the tentacles and all). Lovecraft Country debuts this Sunday, August 16 on HBO in the US, and you can stream it on HBO Max. In the UK, you can watch it from August 17 on Sky Atlantic and Now TV. Streaming on HBO starting August 16
Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)
Jason Sudeikis stars as an American football manager who takes on the role of manager of an English football (or soccer) club, to mixed effects. The Ted Lasso character was created to sell football to NBC viewers in the United States; you might remember him in a fictional Tottenham Hotspur-themed viral video a few years back. Whether this will work as a full series remains to be seen, but Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence is behind the series. Hopefully this will be another solid series in a quiet and busy year for Apple TV Plus. Streaming on Apple TV Plus starting August 14
Project Power (Netflix)
Obviously, the Netflix Original Movie Vault will never run out of things to watch. This latest movie is about a pill that gives each user a specific superpower, for better or worse. That very pill soon leads to a spike in crime, and an ex-soldier (Jamie Foxx), er, cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and a teenager (Dominique Fishback) team up to take down the company responsible for this narcotic. Project Power takes place in New Orleans. It's been a mixed month for Netflix original movies, which continue to only occasionally look like actual movies you'd pay to see in theaters (Da 5 Bloods, for example, or maybe Ripping with Chris Hemsworth). Still, we can't deny that having new movies to watch right now seems like a treat, at least until theaters reopen with the arrival of Tenet. Streaming on Netflix from August 14
Murders in Mapleworth (Quibi)
Look, we're not looking at Quibi right now, because it's a mobile-focused streaming service and we haven't left our homes in five months. That said, much like The Fugitive's reboot last week, Mapleworth seems worth a look for subscribers to the short video platform. Starring a cast of 30 Rock and SNL alumni, Mapleworth is a murder mystery comedy that is released every Monday and stars SNL writer Paula Pell as a detective. . This could be a good excuse to use Quibi's free trial of hers. Now streaming on Quibi
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits (Disney Plus)
You won't find anyone on the TechComparison team comfortable going to a theme park right now (even though they're all open), but this special brings a bit of the Disney pull. in your living room. It absolutely sounds like a 90-minute marketing video, but if Disneyland is somewhere that seems years away, you might want to check out this huge Star Wars-themed space explained by a variety of celebrities. Interestingly, this one isn't available on Disney Plus in the UK, but was added last weekend in the US. Now streaming on Disney Plus