As we enter the dog days of summer, there’s no better month to stay shut up inside your house with the ample variety of options for you to binge watch. Here’s a look at some noteworthy picks to stream for August.
Starz
Survivor’s Remorse, season four
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Starz original comedy, Survivor’s Remorse, will start its fourth season on August 20th. The series, produced by basketball superstar Lebron James, continues to follow the misadventures of Cam Calloway (Jessie T. Usher) after he moved his family to Atlanta after signing a lucrative pro-basketball contract.
Bringing Out The Dead
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Director Martin Scorsese’s often under-appreciated film follows an ambulance driver (played by Nic Cage), as he drives through the streets of New York, haunted someone he wasn’t able to save.
Also, don’t forget to get caught up on the Starz smash hit, American Gods, which was recently renewed for a second season.
Sundance Now
The Off Hours
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A truck stop waitress, Francine (Amy Seimetz), longs for an overdue change in her life, which she may end up finding when she meets a banker-turned-big rig driver late one night.
Thomas Jefferson
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Master documentarian Ken Burns examines the life of founding father, and third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Burns peels back the layers of Jefferson, revealing him to be somewhat of a renaissance man, a prolific writer, inventor, and architect.
Netflix
The Founder
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Michael Keaton steals the show as Ray Kroc, a failed milkshake mixer salesman who’d go on to become the founder of McDonald’s.
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
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After the success of the prequel First Day At Camp, the gang from Camp Firewood returns for a reunion, set in 1991.
Amazon Prime
The Tick
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The cult comic hero returns to the small screen with The Tick, this time focusing on the character of Arthur (Griffin Newman), a midl-mannered accountant who realizes his boss is a super-villain. This realization ends up putting him in league with the titular blue-costumed hero (Peter Serafinowicz).
HBO Now
Jackie
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A biographical account of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis (Natalie Portman), the film focuses on her life following the assassination of her husband, John F. Kennedy, back in 1963. Portman’s performance earned her an Academy Award nomination.
Seeso
There’s… Johnny
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A naive 19-year-old Nebraskan, Andy Klavin (Ian Nelson) lands a job at The Tonight Show working for his hero, fellow Nebraskan Johnny Carson. Will he be able to navigate the fast-paced world of Hollywood circa 1972?
