What's Coming Out This Week In Theaters and On Streaming, VOD & TV: August 10 thru August 16, 2026
All the 🎥 films and 📺 shows hitting theaters and streaming this week!
August is in full effect, and while the summer movie season may be winding down, this week is surprisingly packed with new releases. Some big, some small, and plenty in between. Unlike the last couple of weeks, there’s actually a little bit of everything arriving over the next few days.
Television, meanwhile, is taking a bit of a breather. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a few big-ticket shows worth checking out, but for once, the movies are doing most of the heavy lifting.
So, like always, we’ve rounded up most of the major releases coming this week, both on the big screen and the small. And we won’t judge you if you have no idea what’s coming out. At this point, with new movies and shows dropping across every platform imaginable, keeping track of the release calendar can feel like a full-time job.
That’s where we come in. We’ve sorted through the pile and put together a handy list of what’s arriving over the next several days. So scroll down and enjoy!
🎥 In Theaters This Week
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🎥 KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS
(Wed, Aug 12th — limited theatrical screenings)
KATSEYE pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to become a global pop group. Following the members from the pressure cooker of Dream Academy through viral success, chart milestones, personal setbacks, and plenty of sacrifices along the way, the documentary shows there’s a lot more happening behind the scenes than the polished performances suggest. Mixing intimate interviews and unseen footage with videos from their EYEKONS fan community, the film captures everything that went into shaping KATSEYE’s rise.
🎥 The End of Oak Street
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)
There goes the neighborhood! But to where is the real question? Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as parents who are suddenly forced to hold their family together after a cosmic event rips their once-familiar neighborhood out of suburbia and drops it into a strange prehistoric world. Written and directed by It Follows filmmaker David Robert Mitchell, this sci-fi mystery turns ordinary suburbia into hostile prehistoric terrain, where roaming dinosaurs are now part of the neighborhood.
🎥 The Rivals of Amziah King
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)
Things are about to get sticky in rural Oklahoma. Matthew McConaughey stars as Amziah King, a bluegrass-loving beekeeper running a successful honey operation with a ragtag group of misfits. Things get complicated when his estranged foster daughter Kateri (Angelina LookingGlass) returns after a devastating loss, giving the two a chance to repair their relationship, while a dangerous local bigwig (Kurt Russell) looks to muscle in on Amziah’s business. Written and directed by The Vast of Night’s Andrew Patterson, this mixes family, bluegrass, and beekeeping with a fight over who gets to control the hive.
🎥 The Wrong Girls
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)
There are the right people for the job, and then there are Frankie and Molly. Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat star as two bong-loving best friends whose latest get-rich scheme goes completely sideways after they swallow an entire vial of an experimental psychedelic drug instead of selling it. Now they may have developed telepathic powers, their cats can talk, and some very dangerous people want what they’ve got. Written and directed by Dylan Meyer and also starring LaKeith Stanfield, Kate McKinnon, Geena Davis, with Seth Rogen lending his voice to one of the cats, this wild stoner comedy suggests that sometimes getting high isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
🎥 PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)
The PAW Patrol pups are going prehistoric. After a mysterious storm sends their ship crashing onto an uncharted island, the team finds itself surrounded by dinosaurs. There they meet Rex, a dino-savvy pup who knows the island well. But when Mayor Humdinger starts mining for natural resources and accidentally wakes a dormant volcano, the pups must stop him and save the island before their latest adventure ends in extinction.
🎥 The Brink of War
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)
The Cold War was at a breaking point and one false move could have changed everything. Jeff Daniels stars as President Ronald Reagan opposite Jared Harris as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as the two attempt to negotiate a deal to reduce their nuclear arsenals. With U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz (J.K. Simmons) caught in the pressure, this historical drama revisits a moment when a single meeting could move the world toward peace, or dangerously close to catastrophe.
🎥 Six: The Musical Live!
(Fri, Aug 14th — One Night Only Theatrical Event)
The Tony Award-winning musical turns Tudor history into a full-blown pop concert, and now it’s becoming a one-night-only theatrical event. Captured live at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, this filmed performance reunites the six original West End Queens as the wives of Henry VIII step out of his shadow and take center stage to tell their side of the story with powerhouse vocals, sharp humor, and plenty of attitude.
🎥 Nimrods
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release)
Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust star as three high school friends and bandmates who think they’ve landed the gig of a lifetime: opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve. The only problem? It’s all an elaborate prank. Hitting the road for Los Angeles armed with guitars and big dreams, they find themselves chasing a rock-star fantasy that quickly becomes one bad decision after another. Written and directed by Lee Kirk and also starring Mckenna Grace and Jenna Fischer, this coming-of-age rock comedy features Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool appearing as themselves.
🎥 Union County
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release)
Recovery is only the beginning of a long road. Will Poulter stars as Cody Parsons, an Ohio man trying to put his life back together after completing a court-mandated rehab program. Recovering from drug addiction, Cody is left to face the much harder challenge of staying sober and figuring out what comes next. Noah Centineo co-stars as his brother Jack, who is also fighting his own share of personal demons. Written and directed by Adam Meeks, this grounded indie drama focuses on the everyday struggle of recovery rather than turning addiction into another salacious headline.
🎥 All Night Wrong
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release)
Some first dates end with an awkward goodbye. This one comes with a stolen car, a backpack full of cash, and a bloodied body in the trunk. Zach Cherry and Maria Bakalova star as two online strangers whose hookup turns into a night of increasingly bad decisions after they wind up with a car belonging to someone dangerous. Calling the police isn’t an option, and surviving the night may be the closest either gets to a happy ending.
🎥 American Doctor
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; in select theaters)
Three American doctors from Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian backgrounds enter Gaza with the same goal: save lives. Director Poh Si Teng’s vérité documentary follows them inside besieged hospitals, where devastated infrastructure and mass casualties turn even basic medical care into an enormous challenge. But what they witness doesn’t stay behind when they return home. Back in the United States, the doctors take their experiences into the media and the halls of Congress, speaking out for the patients and colleagues they left behind as medicine and politics become increasingly difficult to separate.
🎥 An Eye for an Eye
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; via Jolt.Film)
Tahereh killed her abusive husband in self-defense. Now her life depends on whether her family can raise the money demanded by his relatives. Directors Tanaz Eshaghian and Farzad Jafari follow her son Mohsen as he races to secure the Diya and the forgiveness that could stop his mother’s execution. Through private negotiations and legal pressure, the documentary examines a system shaped by patriarchal values and religious law, where money can ultimately determine who lives and who dies.
🎥 Elijah Peel
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release)
Robert Malcolm Cumming stars as Elijah Peel, a fading rock star whose years of addiction and excess catch up with him after a heart attack nearly kills him. Forced to face the damage left behind, Elijah begins searching for a second chance. Inspired by a true story, this drama follows his path toward faith, healing, and forgiveness, as a friendship helps him find a reason to keep going when giving up might have been easier.
🎥 Train to Busan: 10th Anniversary
(Fri, Aug 14th — re-release)
All aboard for one of the wildest train rides in modern zombie cinema. Yeon Sang-ho’s now-classic horror thriller traps a father and daughter on a speeding train as a zombie outbreak tears across South Korea, turning every carriage into another fight to stay alive. Starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Don Lee, and Kim Su-an, this 10th anniversary 4K theatrical re-release brings all the panic, momentum, and heartbreak back to the big screen. Just remember to fasten your seat belt... if you can find one.
🎥 Your Name: 10th Anniversary
(Fri, Aug 14th — re-release)
Body-swapping is complicated enough without discovering your connection might be written in the stars. This beloved 2016 anime romance returns in a new 4K remaster for its 10th anniversary. Rural teenager Mitsuha and Tokyo student Taki begin waking up in each other’s bodies, but when the switching suddenly stops, Taki goes looking for her and discovers their strange bond may be tied to something much bigger.
🎥 Wet Hot American Summer: 25th Anniversary
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; re-release)
David Wain’s 2001 cult comedy returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary, reminding audiences just how ridiculously chaotic the last day of summer camp can get. Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Molly Shannon, Christopher Meloni, Janeane Garofalo, and more make up the stacked ensemble as romances fall apart, a talent show approaches, and NASA’s Skylab threatens to come crashing down. After two and a half decades, it’s still one of the strangest and funniest ways to say goodbye to summer.
🎥 Mysterious Skin: 4K Remaster
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; re-release)
Gregg Araki’s acclaimed adaptation of Scott Heim’s novel returns to theaters in a new 4K restoration. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet star as Neil and Brian, two young men whose lives have gone in very different directions since childhood. While Neil has become reckless and emotionally distant, Brian believes he was abducted by a UFO. When their paths cross again, buried memories begin to surface, forcing both to confront the painful truth connecting their pasts.
🎥 Gypsy 83: The Director’s Cut
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; in NY’s Quad)
Todd Stephens’ 2001 queer goth road movie is heading back to theaters in a newly restored 4K director’s cut. Sara Rue and Birkett Turton star as Gypsy and Clive, two Ohio misfits who hit the road for New York’s Stevie Nicks-themed festival, “Night of 1000 Stevies,” hoping to find a place where they actually belong. Expanded with more than 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage, this 25th anniversary release is a coming-of-age road trip fueled by black eyeliner, big dreams, The Cure, and a whole lot of Stevie Nicks.
🎥 Billy Liar: 4K Restoration
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; in NY’s Film Forum)
Fantasy is cheaper than freedom, at least for Billy Fisher. Directed by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man), this 1963 British New Wave classic returns in a new 4K restoration. Tom Courtenay stars in the title role as a young undertaker’s clerk who spends most of his time escaping into elaborate daydreams, even as his job, family, and increasingly tangled love life keep dragging him back to reality. Also starring Julie Christie, this sharp comedy-drama gives Billy’s restless imagination another chance to run wild on the big screen.
🎥 Point Break: 35th Anniversary
(Sun, Aug 16th & Wed, Aug 19th — re-release)
Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 action classic returns to theaters in restored 4K, with Keanu Reeves starring as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, who goes undercover among Southern California surfers while hunting the masked bank robbers known as the Ex-Presidents. Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi pulls Johnny deeper into a world of freedom, danger, and “pure adrenaline,” turning a simple investigation into something far more personal. Thirty-five years later, the rush still hits like a tidal wave.
🎦 Streaming This Week
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🎦 Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear
(Thurs, Aug 13th — premiering on Hulu / Disney+)
Before Travis Barker became one of rock’s most recognizable drummers, he was a kid in Laguna Beach chasing every chance to play. Directors Justin Krook and Michael Dwyer trace his rise from joining Blink-182 to becoming a defining drummer of his generation. After surviving a plane crash that nearly killed him, Barker faced severe injuries, grief, fear, and a difficult recovery. Told through Barker and those closest to him, the documentary explores how he found the strength to keep going.
🎦 A Child of My Own
(Thurs, Aug 13th — premiering on Netflix)
How far can the desire to become a mother go before it turns into something dangerous? Director Maite Alberdi revisits a shocking case in Mexico involving Alejandra, a woman struggling with repeated pregnancy loss and mounting pressure from her family. Desperate to become a mother, she fakes a pregnancy, setting off a lie that eventually spirals into deception, crime, and a national scandal. Using testimony and reenactments, this hybrid documentary looks past the headlines to the complicated emotions and social pressures that helped push the situation so far.
🎦 The X-Files: I Want to Believe — Vrach Frankenshteyn
(Fri, Aug 14th — Director’s Cut; streaming on Hulu / Disney+)
It’s the cut X-Files fans have waited years to see. Chris Carter has finally assembled an R-rated director’s cut of his 2008 standalone film. Titled Vrach Frankenshteyn, this darker version brings Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) back to a case involving a missing FBI agent, a disgraced psychic priest (Billy Connolly), and human experimentation. Restoring Carter’s original horror-driven vision, the new cut promises a harder-edged version of the feature sequel. The truth is still out there... only now, it’s not meant for anyone under 17.
🎦 Don’t Say Good Luck
(Fri, Aug 14th — premiering on Netflix)
In this new coming-of-age comedy, Sunny Sandler stars as a teenager who finally lands the lead in her high school musical just as things at home start falling apart. With opening night getting closer, she is caught between the role she’s worked so hard for and family problems that only keep getting worse. Also starring Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Jack Champion, Stephanie Beatriz, Bebe Neuwirth, and Steve Buscemi, the film suggests that sometimes the hardest part isn’t getting onstage. It’s dealing with everything waiting for you when you step off it.
🎦 Hellcat
(Fri, Aug 14th — premiering on Shudder)
Waking up injured inside a camper speeding down an empty highway is bad enough. Finding out you may have less than an hour to live makes things a whole lot worse. Written and directed by Brock Bodell, this claustrophobic horror thriller stars Dakota Gorman as Lena, who wakes up trapped inside a moving camper while an unseen stranger behind the wheel claims he’s taking her to a doctor before a mysterious infection kills her. But the more Lena searches for answers, the harder it becomes to tell whether she’s being rescued, abducted, or driven straight toward something worse.
🎦 Normal
(Fri, Aug 14th — streaming on HBO Max)
Retirement plans don’t last long in a town like this. Bob Odenkirk plays a battle-worn sheriff who heads to a quiet Midwestern community expecting an easy final stretch, only to uncover a deeply embedded criminal network after a robbery goes sideways. As the violence escalates and the town’s friendly veneer cracks, cult British filmmaker Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, Meg 2: The Trench) and John Wick writer Derek Kolstad turn this neo-Western into a darkly funny, hard-hitting showdown where one last stand is all that’s left.
🎦 The Wizard of the Kremlin
(Fri, Aug 14th — streaming on Hulu)
Power doesn’t just rise; it gets carefully scripted. In Olivier Assayas’ icy political drama, Paul Dano plays a soft-spoken Russian filmmaker drawn into the inner circle of Jude Law’s emerging KGB strongman, Vladimir Putin, where image, manipulation, and fear become tools of control. As he helps shape a regime built on illusion, the stage grows larger, the stakes turn global, and the performance becomes impossible to escape.
🎦 Busboys
(Fri, Aug 14th — streaming on Hulu)
Comedians David Spade and Theo Von team up as two aimless friends who think waiting tables will somehow fix their lives... until their total lack of skill turns every shift into a full-blown disaster. With botched orders, frustrated coworkers, and chaos piling up by the minute, this fast, loose comedy serves up a nonstop stream of trouble where nothing (and no one) comes out unscathed.
🎦 Girls Like Girls
(Fri, Aug 14th — streaming on Peacock)
One summer can change everything, especially when the feelings are too big to keep quiet. Maya da Costa stars as Coley, a shy teenager whose connection with Sonya, played by Myra Molloy, pushes her toward a more complicated understanding of herself. From writer-director Hayley Kiyoko, this coming-of-age romance expands on her bestselling novel and music video with a story about identity, risk, and the emotional charge of first love.
✅ On VOD This Week
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✅ Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
Zoey Deutch stars as Gail, a small-town hairdresser whose engagement falls apart after her fiancé uses his celebrity hall pass to cheat on her. Determined to even the score, she heads to Los Angeles in pursuit of her own celebrity crush: Mad Men’s Jon Hamm. Directed by David Wain and co-starring John Slattery and Hamm as themselves, this oddball comedy turns heartbreak into one very bad Hollywood idea. Some celebrity crushes are probably better left hypothetical.
✅ The Invite
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen play a long-married San Francisco couple whose dinner with upstairs neighbors Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz turns painfully awkward when an unexpected invitation crosses a few boundaries. Directed by Wilde and written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, this dramedy adapts Cesc Gay’s Sentimental into a pressure-cooker relationship comedy where one uncomfortable night brings years of tension, desire, and insecurity bubbling to the surface.
✅ Our Hero, Balthazar
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
In this dark satirical thriller from the producer of Uncut Gems, Jaeden Martell plays a New York teen whose anti–school shooting activism takes a dangerous turn when an online troll catches his attention. Convinced the threat could become real, he tracks down the supposed culprit, a gun-obsessed Texas teen played by Asa Butterfield. What follows is an uneasy cross-country journey where assumptions start to fall apart and the reality behind the screen proves far more complicated.
✅ Minions & Monsters
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
The Minions are making a monster movie, which means the biggest disaster may be happening behind the camera. Pierre Coffin returns to direct and voice the yellow chaos machines as they hunt for the perfect creature to star in their kaiju-sized production. But once Hollywood gets involved, their big-screen dream quickly turns into pratfalls, gibberish, banana-fueled mayhem, and complete cinematic chaos. Zoey Deutch, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeff Bridges, Allison Janney, and Christoph Waltz also lend their voices.
✅ Jackass: Best and Last
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
Johnny Knoxville and the gang are back for one last big-screen wipeout. Directed by longtime franchise filmmaker Jeff Tremaine, this farewell comedy mixes new stunts with greatest-hits moments from the past, turning 25 years of bruises, bad decisions, battered dignity, and reckless nostalgia into one final sendoff. It’s a raucous goodbye to a crew still willing to risk safety, pride, and dental work for the laugh.
✅ Night Nurse
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
Cemre Paksoy stars as Eleni, a new caregiver at an upscale retirement community who finds herself drawn into a disturbing chain of scam calls aimed at elderly residents. Written, produced, and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Georgia Bernstein, this sexually charged thriller follows Eleni as her connection with the elusive Douglas twists care and concern into something more dangerous.
✅ Young Washington
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
Before he became a national legend, George Washington was a young soldier facing brutal battlefields, personal trials, and impossible choices that would help shape the future of a country not yet born. William Franklyn-Miller stars in this historical drama, with Mary-Louise Parker, Kelsey Grammer, Andy Serkis, and Ben Kingsley rounding out the cast. Directed by Jon Erwin and arriving for America’s 250th anniversary, the film looks at the pressure, sacrifice, and rebellious spirit behind the man who would become the nation’s first president.
✅ Mars Attacks! 30th Anniversary
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital in 4K)
Ack! Ack! Ack! Thirty years later, Tim Burton’s wonderfully weird alien-invasion comedy is back in newly remastered 4K. Jack Nicholson leads the all-star cast as the President of the United States, who quickly discovers diplomacy won’t get very far with a bunch of gleefully destructive Martians. Packed with bizarre humor, over-the-top destruction, and Burton’s offbeat style, this cult favorite still plays like one big sci-fi fever dream. Now the Martians are back to fry brains in sharper detail than ever.
✅ Papercuts: My Life as an Indie Animator
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
Independent animator Eric Power looks back on more than two decades of making movies by hand, often handling nearly every part of the process himself. Using cut-paper stop motion and personal reflection, he shares both the thrill of watching his creations come to life and the much harder reality behind them: financial struggles, isolation, setbacks, and the persistence it takes to keep going.
✅ The Boy from Below
(Tues, Aug 11th — on VOD/Digital)
It’s Halloween night, 1997, and a video store clerk’s shift is about to turn into a real-life horror movie when a masked killer starts picking off her friends one by one. Directed by Tory Jones, this retro slasher stars Jack Norman, Spooky Madison, Dee Wallace, Felissa Rose, Chaney Morrow, Tommy Lee Wallace, and Richie Ramone, leaning into the glory days of VHS tapes, horror aisles, and late-night rentals. Just remember: be kind, rewind, and maybe lock the door.
✅ If These Walls Could Rock
(Fri, Aug 14th — on VOD/Digital)
For 60 years, the Sunset Marquis has been a home away from home for many rock legends. It’s also been the kind of place where some of their best stories stayed behind closed doors... until now. Directors Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams dig into the Los Angeles hotel’s musical history through the artists who checked in, stayed up late, and helped turn this discreet hideaway into a rock ’n’ roll landmark. Using interviews and archival footage, the documentary looks back at the famed hotel and digs up a few rock ’n’ roll tales that probably were never meant to leave the building.
✅ All Night Wrong
(Fri, Aug 14th — on VOD/Digital)
Some first dates end with an awkward goodbye. This one comes with a stolen car, a backpack full of cash, and a bloodied body in the trunk. Zach Cherry and Maria Bakalova star as two online strangers whose hookup turns into a night of increasingly bad decisions after they wind up with a car belonging to someone dangerous. Calling the police isn’t an option, and surviving the night may be the closest either gets to a happy ending.
📺 On TV This Week
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📺 Reacher: Season 4
(Wed, Aug 12th — on Prime Video)
One late-night subway ride is all it takes to drag Jack Reacher into another dangerous conspiracy. Alan Ritchson returns as the former military investigator, who witnesses a woman take her own life and soon learns she was a Pentagon employee caught up in something far bigger. Based on Lee Child’s Gone Tomorrow, Season 4 sends Reacher after answers involving political power, terrorism, murder, and a missing child. This time, he’s up against people who expect fear and silence... two things Reacher has never been very good at.
📺 Women in Blue (Las Azules): Season 2
(Wed, Aug 12th — on Apple TV)
Mexico’s first female police force is back on the case. Newly promoted María and the other Azules investigate the murder of a student activist, only to uncover a connection to the 1968 student massacre. When another victim turns up, the case points toward someone delivering their own version of justice. With corruption and buried history standing in the way, the women find themselves chasing the truth through a system that would rather keep it hidden.
📺 Tires: Season 3
(Thurs, Aug 13th — on Netflix)
Valley Forge Auto is still running, which might be its biggest accomplishment. Steve Gerben returns as Will, now dealing with the headaches of shared ownership while wondering what his life might have looked like outside the shop. Shane Gillis’ Shane, meanwhile, finds adulthood creeping up on him whether he wants it or not. Created by Gillis, Gerben, and John McKeever, Season 3 keeps the chaos close to home, where one bad idea can still derail just about everything.
📺 MLB at Field of Dreams
(Thurs, Aug 13th — on Netflix LIVE)
Baseball is heading back to the Iowa cornfields. The Philadelphia Phillies face the Minnesota Twins beside the diamond made famous by the 1989 film Field of Dreams, with both teams suiting up in throwback uniforms for the occasion. Streaming live on Netflix, the game brings baseball history and Hollywood nostalgia together for another night in one of the sport’s most memorable settings.
📺 My Brilliant Career
(Thurs, Aug 13th — on Netflix)
Developed by Liz Doran from Miles Franklin’s novel, this six-episode period drama stars Philippa Northeast as an ambitious young writer growing up in 1900 Australia, where family expectations and marriage threaten the future she wants for herself. But when she meets Harry (Christopher Chung), romance complicates her plans for independence. The series explores love, family, class, and the struggle to choose your own path when everyone else already has one picked out for you.
📺 Camp Rock 3
(Thurs, Aug 13th — on Disney Channel; Next Day on Disney+)
Camp Rock is back, and a new group of performers is ready to fight for the spotlight. When Connect 3 suddenly needs an opening act for its reunion tour, the band heads back to the camp where it all started and launches a talent search. Sage enters alongside her brother Desi, but as the competition heats up, rivalries turn into friendships, sparks start flying, and winning begins to feel a lot less important than expected.
📺 Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes
(Fri, Aug 14th — on HBO / HBO Max)
Comedian/musician Whitmer Thomas makes his second HBO special feel more like hanging out with the people who know him best than watching a traditional stand-up set. Mixing comedy and original music with home videos, photographs, and stories about friends, family, and fellow weirdos, Thomas turns his own history into something surprisingly tender and funny, while looking back at the people and moments that helped shape who he became.
📺 Lanterns
(Sun, Aug 16th — on HBO / HBO Max)
DC’s Green Lantern Corps is finally coming back to Earth, but don’t expect a typical superhero show. Kyle Chandler stars as the worn-down Hal Jordan opposite Aaron Pierre as rookie John Stewart, two intergalactic cops whose uneasy partnership pulls them into a small-town murder investigation. This eight-episode HBO series trades cosmic spectacle for a grittier neo-western mystery, with Kelly Macdonald playing the local sheriff caught up in the investigation. Somewhere between cosmic conspiracy and bickering buddy-cop drama, something about this town is clearly very wrong. And it’s up to Hal and John to figure out what it is before the case grows into something far bigger than either of them expected.
