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    What to watch: The must-watch things to stream this week, August 23 - August 30, 2024

    By Your Oregon News,

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    “Superkitties” - Season 2, New Episodes (Aug. 28)

    Adorable and packed with adventure, this animated series follows four fierce and furry superhero kittens — Ginny, Sparks, Buddy and Bitsy — who are on a mission to make their town of Kittydale a more caring and “pawesome” place. Geared to kids ages 2-7 and their families, each episode features two 11-minute stories that highlight the SuperKitties as they receive a “SuperKitty Call” from one of their animal friends with a problem that only the SuperKitties can help with.

    “Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal” (Available Now)

    Across three episodes, this docuseries tells the true story of maverick scientist Tommy Thompson and his resourceful team who stunned the world in 1989 by recovering three tons of gold from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean from the famous 1857 shipwreck, SS Central America. The series follows the 30-year story of adventure, deception and personal turmoil that takes Tommy from celebrated explorer to infamous fugitive and, ultimately, lands him in a prison cell.

    “Coco” (Available Now)

    Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector (Gael García Bernal), and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.

    “Zootopia” (Available Now)

    From the largest elephant to the smallest shrew, the city of Zootopia is a mammal metropolis where various animals live and thrive. When Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) becomes the first rabbit to join the police force, she quickly learns how tough it is to enforce the law. Determined to prove herself, Judy jumps at the opportunity to solve a mysterious case. Unfortunately, that means working with Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), a wily fox who makes her job even harder.

    What’s Available NOW On Prime Video

    “No Gain No Love” (Aug. 26)

    What does it take to have it all? This K-drama rom-com follows Son Hae-yeong (Shin Min-a), who is tired of feeling like she’s losing in every aspect of her life — from love, to her career, to her family. Fed up with things not going the way she wants, Hae-yeong arranges a fake marriage to Kim Ji-uk (Kim Young-dae), a hard-working and generous neighborhood convenience store employee. Using her marital status to avoid being passed over for a promotion at work, Hae-yeong soon finds herself wrapped up in a complicated quest for love and fulfillment.

    “Fargo” (Available Now)

    This Oscar-winner from 1996 is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi), (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell), paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper.

    “22 Jump Street” (Available Now)

    After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don’t have to just crack the case — they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship.

    “Pulp Fiction” (Available Now)

    Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together in a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

    What’s Available NOW On Netflix

    “UNTOLD: Sign Stealer” (Aug. 27)

    During football games, signs and signals from the coaching staff help players on the field to see what play they’re running, where they’re supposed to go and much more. In the fall of 2023, Connor Stalions, who developed a database of thousands of signals, was working as an analyst for the Michigan Wolverines. When Stalions’ constant presence on the sidelines was noticed while his team racked up a pile of wins, enraged parties started to call it foul play. Now, as “UNTOLD” digs deep into the story, Stalions sits down to tell his side for the first time.

    “Kaos” - Season 1 (Aug. 29)

    Zeus (Jeff Goldblum) has long enjoyed his status as King of The Gods — that is, until he wakes up one morning and discovers a wrinkle on his forehead. Neurosis sets in, setting him off on a dangerous, paranoid path. Zeus becomes convinced his fall is coming — and starts to see signs of it everywhere. A story of Greek gods and their many problems, the battle is taken up by a rag-tag group of mortals determined to protect the world and bring down the Gods.

    “Terminator Zero” - Season 1 (Aug. 29)

    A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. When a soldier (Sonoya Mizuno) is sent back in time to change the fate of humanity, she arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee (André Holland) who is working to launch a new AI system designed to compete with the AI, Skynet’s, impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by the Terminator (Timothy Olyphant), an unrelenting assassin from the future.

    “The Deliverance” (Aug. 30)

    Ebony Jackson (Andra Day), a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But, when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story, the movie also stars Glenn Close, Mo’Nique, Anthony B. Jenkins, Aunjanue Ellis, Demi Singleton and Caleb McLaughlin.

    What’s Available NOW On Apple TV+

    “Slow Horses” - Season 4 (Sept. 4, Season Premiere)

    Adapted from “Spook Street,” the fourth novel in the CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Mick Herron series, this new season opens with a bombing that detonates personal secrets, rocking Slough House’s already unstable foundations. Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan and Jonathan Pryce also return to the cast.

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