Netflix, Peacock, Amazon & Max to Add 42 New Titles This Weekend – Here’s the 4 Most Interesting

By Phillip Swann
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It’s the next to the last weekend of summer before Labor Day. But if you’re not heading to the beach, Netflix, Peacock, Hulu, Amazon’s Prime Video and Max plan to add 42 new titles from Thursday, August 22 through Sunday, August 25. Here’s the four most interesting, in my humble opinion.

The Killer (2024) (Peacock)
Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones) stars in this John Woo-directed film (a remake of this 1989 movie) as an assassin who must commit one final murder before hanging up her holster. Omar Sy (Netflix’s Lupin) plays a detective who’s on her trail. No one does action better than Woo and the trailer looks sensational. (Plus, it’s a Peacock exclusive.) Debuts Friday, August 23.

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) (Amazon’s Prime Video)
Elizabeth Winstead stars as a young woman who wakes up after a car crash in a house where the owner (John Goodman) is keeping her a prisoner. Making matters even more confusing, the homeowner is convinced that they can’t leave the house because there are unknown monsters lurking outside. Is he telling the truth? The young woman doesn’t think so but she’s not totally sure. This is a great premise (and, loosely, a sequel to the 2008 film, Cloverfield) and Winstead and Goodman’s cat-and-mouse play is fun to watch. Debuts Saturday, August 24.

Horizon: An America Saga, Chapter 1 (Max)
The first part of Kevin Costner’s sweeping epic of the American West comes to Max after disappointing box office returns this summer. But don’t be put off by the mixed critical and theatergoer response. The biggest knock against Horizon is its length – 181 minutes — but you can hit the Pause button now that it’s on streaming. (Not that we advocate that.) Horizon (which Costner stars in and directs) chronicles the tensions between white settlers and Native Americans during the Manifest Destiny era of American History. It’s an ambitious, thoughtful and often stirring rendition and well worth your time, even at three hours. Debuts Friday, August 23. 

City of God: The Fight Rages On (Max)
In 2002, directors Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund unleashed a dazzling crime drama called City of God, which told the real-life stories of gang warfare and drug addiction in Brazil in the 1980s and 90s. Critics compared it favorably to the work of Martin Scorsese (I agree!) due to its fast cuts and stylized displays of cold-blooded violence. Now, 22 years later, the story finally continues with a TV series exclusively on Max. City of God: The Fight Rages On follows ‘Rocket,’ the star of the film (played by Alexandre Rodrigues), 20 years later after the final scenes. He’s now a photojournalist who reports on the continued war between drug dealers and its impact on the innocent. If the series is half as good as the film, we’re in. Debuts Sunday, August 24. City of God, the film, is now on Paramount Plus.

Complete List of New Titles Coming to Netflix, Peacock, Amazon’s Prime Video, Hulu and Max This Weekend:

Netflix
Thursday, August 22
Baby Fever: Season 2 (DK) — Netflix Series
GG Precinct (TW) — Netflix Series
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie (JP) — Netflix Anime
Secret Lives of Orangutans (GB) — Netflix Documentary

Friday, August 23
Incoming — Netflix Film
Tòkunbọ̀ (NG) — Netflix Film

Max
Thursday, August 22
Unbelievably Vegan with Chef Charity (Max Original)
House Hunters: Volume 9 Season 218 (HGTV)

Friday, August 23
The Thaw (Odwilż), Season 2 (Max Original)
Horizon: An America Saga – Chapter 1

Saturday, August 24
The Kitchen, Season 36 (Food Network)

Sunday, August 25
City of God: The Fight Rages On (Cidade de Deus: A Luta Não Para), Season 1 (HBO Original)
Evil Lives Here, Season 16 (ID)
Married to Evil, Season 2 (ID)
Serengeti III (2024)

Hulu
Thursday, August 22
Biography: WWE Legends: Complete Season 1
Cursed Gold: Shipwreck Scandal: Complete Season 1 National Geographic
Deadly Alibi: Complete Season 1
Reasonable Doubt: Season 2 Premiere Hulu Original
WWE Rivals: Complete Seasons 1 and 2

Friday, August 23
Holly Hobbie: Complete Season 5
Adam Cayton Holland: Wallpaper (2024)
The Dive (2023)
Greg Warren: Where the Field Corn Grows (2020)
Lewis Black: Thanks for Risking Your Life (2020)

Mike Vecchione: The Attractives (2023)
Reverse the Curse (Bucky…Dent) (2023)
Sasheer Zamata: The First Woman (2023)

Saturday, August 24
FX’s The New York Times Presents: Lie to Fly: Documentary Premiere FX Productions

Sunday, August 25
The Courier (2021)
Total Drama Island: Reloaded: Complete Season 1A

Amazon’s Prime Video
Thursday, August 22
Classified (2024)
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Thursday Night Football (2024)
WNBA on Prime Video (2024)

Friday, August 23
NWSL on Prime Video (2024)

Saturday, August 24
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Peacock
Thursday, August 22
Bel-Air, season three, 3 new episodes.

Friday, August 23
The Killer (Peacock Original)
Days of Our Lives, Season 59 – Finale (Peacock)*

Saturday, August 24
Engaged to be Murdered

Sunday, August 25
The Magic of Lemon Drops

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