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The 15 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend

29 August 2024


Blink twice and maybe this weekend will go by quickly. Even the movie theaters are itching for next week’s four-day weekend, judging by this one’s meager offerings. But at least your at-home watch list is popping off. AMC sent Netflix some deliciously dark offerings, Oz Perkins’s horror Longlegs has hit digital, and The Crow is ripe for a rewatch. You might as well stay in and away from the sun this weekend. It would be so goth of you.

Pachinko season 2



Creator Soo Hugh’s adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel returns for its sophomore season. This installment dives back into its four generations of a Korean family’s questions of identity, especially as part of its narrative is set in Japan during World War II. —Roxana Hadadi

Blink Twice



Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, originally titled Pussy Island, follows a young woman (Naomi Ackie) who gets invited to a tech billionaire’s (Channing Tatum) private island. It seems like a dream come true, but if movies have taught us anything, it’s that following rich people to isolated islands or homes is a terrible idea.

City of God: The Fight Rages On



The 2002 hit film City of God was a nerve-tingling glimpse into the organized crime of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. Now, a new creative team picks up the mantle in this six-episode series, bringing photographer Rocket (and actor Alexandre Rodrigues) back with a press badge and another drug war to cover. —R.H.

The Killer (2024)



Well, he finally did it. John Woo finally released that American remake of The Killer that’s been in the works almost since the first one premiered back in 1989. Woo’s original, starring Chow Yun-fat and Danny Lee, was one of the key films that introduced Hong Kong genre cinema to western cinephiles. While this new Killer doesn’t have the insane grandeur of the old one, Woo does still know how to be creative with his action scenes, even when he’s just playing the hits. —Bilge Ebiri

Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War



Tombstone may be the definitive portrayal of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral (though the classic western that carries that name is also fantastic), but that hasn’t stopped everyone from Kevin Costner to Alex Cox from retelling the story of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clanton gang known as the Cowboys. This latest entry is a TV mini starring Ed Harris, Edward Franklin, and Tim Fellingham. —Eric Vilas-Boas

Interview With the Vampire season 1 (Netflix)



A handful of AMC shows have flown onto Netflix’s library for a while, including one of their best. Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’s small-screen adaptation run by Rolin Jones is sexy, terrifying, dramatic, and fantastic television. The Netflix deal will hopefully give the show a chance to get the eyeballs it deserves. (Unfortunately, the brilliant second season isn’t streaming on Netflix, but hey, it’s on AMC+.)

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