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On this episode of Why Watch That: 

SERIES PREMIERES

Pure 

Website: HBO Max

Transplant 

Website: NBC 

Noughts + Crosses 

Website: Peacock

Raised by Wolves

Website: HBO Max

SEASON FINALES

I May Destroy You 

Website: HBO

P-Valley 

Website: Starz

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On this episode of Why Watch That: 

Sneak Peek: Mulan

NOTE: After we recorded this episode, Disney announced that it will release “Mulan” for free to all Disney+ subscribers on December 4, 2020. So, the $29.99 Premier Access fee will give you access to “Mulan” for three months before anyone gains free access. Also, Premier Access will be available for purchase until November 2, 2020 at 11:59pm PT. As a result, from November 3, 2020 to December 3, 2020, only Disney+ subscribers who previously paid for Premier Access will have access to the film.

Website: Disney+

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NETFLIX TV SNEAK PEEK 

Away 

Website: Netflix

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On this episode of Why Watch That:

Our Tribute to Chadwick Boseman

Marvel Entertainment’s Tribute Video: YouTube

Chadwick’s Howard University Commencement Speech: YouTube

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On this episode of Why Watch That:

SERIES PREMIERES

Five Bedrooms 

Website: Peacock

Dead Pixels 

Website: CW

Ted Lasso 

Website: Apple TV+

Lovecraft Country 

Website: HBO

FIRST LOOK

Project Power 

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: “An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.”

Release Date: August 14, 2020

Directed by: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

Screenplay by: Mattson Tomlin

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker, and Courtney B. Vance

Distributor: Netflix

Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Running Time: 1 hour 53 minutes

Rated R

SNEAK PEEK

The Personal History of David Copperfield 

Website: Searchlight Pictures

Synopsis: “THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD re-imagines Charles Dickens’ classic ode to grit and perseverance through the comedic lens of its award-winning filmmakers — giving the Dickensian tale new life for a cosmopolitan age with a diverse ensemble cast of stage and screen actors from across the world. Emmy® winners and Oscar® nominees Armando Iannucci (IN THE LOOP, THE DEATH OF STALIN, HBO’s Veep and Avenue 5) and Simon Blackwell (IN THE LOOP, HBO’s Succession) lend their wry, yet heart-filled storytelling style to revisiting Dickens’ iconic hero on his quirky journey from impoverished orphan to burgeoning writer in Victorian England.”

Release Date: August 28, 2020

Directed by: Armando Iannucci

Screenplay by: Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens

Starring: Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Gwendoline Christie, and Benedict Wong

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rated PG

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SNEAK PEEK

Unhinged

Website: Unhinged

Synopsis: “Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe stars in UNHINGED, a timely psychological thriller that explores the fragile balance of a society pushed to the edge, taking something we’ve all experienced – road rage – to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late to work when she has an altercation at a traffic light with a stranger (Crowe) whose life has left him feeling powerless and invisible. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who decides to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know just how close you are to someone who is about to become unhinged.”

Release Date: August 21, 2020

Directed by: Derrick Borte

Screenplay by: Carl Ellsworth

Starring: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, and Austin P. McKenzie

Distributor: Solstice Studios

Genre: Thriller

Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Rated R

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On this episode of Why Watch That:

Series Premieres

Frayed

Website: HBO Max

Britannia 

Website: Epix and Amazon Prime

Coroner 

Website: CW

Hitmen

Website: Peacock

We Hunt Together

Website: Showtime

Season Finales

Bulletproof

Website: CW

Perry Mason

Website: HBO

First Look

An American Pickle

Website: HBO Max

Synopsis: “AN AMERICAN PICKLE, directed by Brandon Trost, is based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella and stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1920 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family. One day, while working at his factory job, he falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. The brine preserves him perfectly and when he emerges in present day Brooklyn, he finds that he hasn’t aged a day. But when he seeks out his family, he is troubled to learn that his only surviving relative is his great grandson, Ben Greenbaum (also played by Rogen), a mild-mannered computer coder whom Herschel can’t even begin to understand.”

Release Date: August 6, 2020

Directed by: Brandon Trost

Screenplay by: Simon Rich

Based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella, “Sell Out”

Starring: Seth Rogen

Distributor: HBO Max

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 29 minutes

Rated PG-13

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Sneak Peek:

I Used to Go Here

Website: iTunes Preview

Synopsis: “Following the lackluster launch of her debut novel, 35-year-old writer Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs) receives a welcome invitation from her former professor and old crush (Jemaine Clement) to speak at her alma mater. With her book tour cancelled, and her ego deflated, Kate hopes that returning to her old college as a published author will give her the morale boost she sorely needs. Instead, she falls into a comical regression — from misadventures with eccentric twenty-year olds to feelings of jealousy toward her former professor's new favorite student. Bittersweet emotion and awkward humor abound as Kate journeys through her past to redefine her future in this big-hearted fourth feature from writer/director Kris Rey.”

Release Date: August 7, 2020

Directed by: Kris Rey

Screenplay by: Kris Rey

Starring: Gillian Jacobs, Jemaine Clement Hannah Marks, Kate Micucci, Jorma Taccone, Josh Wiggins, and Forrest Goodluck

Distributor: Gravitas Ventures

Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Not Rated 

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On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV Series Premiere

Foodie Love 

Website: HBO

TV Season Premiere

The Alienist: The Angel of Darkness 

Website: TNT

MainSTREAM: PEACOCK Platform Premiere

Intelligence 

Website: Peacock

Brave New World 

Website: Peacock

The Capture 

Website: Peacock

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SNEAK PEEKS

Radioactive

Website: Amazon Prime 

Synopsis: “From the 1870s through our 21st century, RADIOACTIVE tells the story of pioneering scientist Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike) through her extraordinary life and her enduring legacies – the passionate partnerships, her shining scientific breakthroughs, and the darker consequences that followed. In late 19th century Paris, Polish-born genius Marie Sklodowska met fellow scientist Pierre Curie (Sam Riley). The pair went on to fall in love, marry, raise two daughters -- and change the face of science and our world forever as their work proved the existence of what Curie called "radioactivity." In 1903, the pair jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery, making Marie the first woman to earn the esteemed prize. After the death of her beloved Pierre from a tragic accident in 1906, Marie's commitment to science remained strong and her work 'discovering' and explaining previously unknown radioactive elements went on to win her a second Nobel Prize, even as it became terrifyingly evident that Curie's work in radioactivity would lead to applications in medicine that could save lives by the thousands -- or applications in warfare that could destroy them by the billions. RADIOACTIVE is a bold, visionary depiction of the life and loves of an extraordinary woman, as well as an unblinking look at the transformative effects and ensuing fallout of the Curie's work and how the defining moments and bleakest fears of the 20th Century came from the Pandora's Box of a small lab in Paris at the turn of the 19th century.”

Release Date: July 24, 2020

Directed by: Marjane Satrapi

Screenplay by: Lauren Redniss and Jack Thorne

Starring: Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, and Anya Taylor-Joy

Distributor: Amazon Studios

Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance

Running Time: 109 minutes

Rated PG-13

The Rental

Website: The Rental

Synopsis: “Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a whole new light. Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White and Sheila Vand star in this unnerving and sophisticated debut thriller from Dave Franco (NEIGHBORS, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, THE DISASTER ARTIST).”

Release Date: July 24, 2020

Directed by: Dave Franco

Screenplay by: Dave Franco and Joe Swanberg

Starring: Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White, and Toby Huss

Distributor: IFC Films

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Running Time: 89 minutes

Rated R

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