This weekend, Netflix is bringing a new crime docuseries, the final season of a fantasy-horror TV series, a vampire movie, and the third season of an adult comedy-drama TV series. As the world continues to adjust to a new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic and theaters around the world are open and operating again, streaming platforms haven’t lost any steam as they continue to host films that skipped a theatrical release or shortened the window between theatrical and streaming release – and of course many of them also have a lot of original content to share. Such is the case with Netflix, which keeps adding new licensed and original content every week for all ages and tastes.
Last weekend, Netflix welcomed a lot of licensed content, notably the drama 8 Mile, the rom-coms Bridget Jones’ Diary and Bridget Jones’ Baby, the supernatural horror film Constantine, Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, comedies Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Miss Congeniality, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, the sports comedy Space Jam (1996) and Sam Mendes’ Skyfall, along with the documentary series Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99, the animated film Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, and the fantasy drama television series The Sandman. This weekend, the streaming giant will see less licensed content with the arrival of action comedy The Nice Guys, South African sci-fi film Office Invasion and comedy crime film Dope.
As for original content, Netflix subscribers will enjoy a docu-series about a murder case, the final season of Locke & Key, a vampire movie starring Jamie Foxx, and the return of Devi Vishwakumar and friends. Here are the best movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this weekend – August 12.
I Just Killed My Father
The latest addition to Netflix’s extensive documentary catalog are the documentaries I Just Killed My Father. Through three episodes, I Just Killed My Father tells the incredible, never-before-told true story of the Temple family. Anthony Templet shot his father and never denied it, but the question of why he did it is quite complex and has deep implications that extend far beyond one family. The series explores Anthony’s psyche leading up to the events of June 3, 2019 and the journey of his mental and emotional aftermath.
Locke & Key – season 3
The final season of Locke & Key can now be streamed on Netflix. Locke & Key follows Nina Locke (Darby Stanchfield), who, after the murder of Rendell Locke, moves with her three children, Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones) and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott), from Seattle to Matheson, Massachusetts, and take living in Rendell’s family home, Keyhouse. The children soon discover a series of mysterious keys throughout the house that can be used to magically unlock various doors, but they also become aware of a demonic entity that is also looking for the keys. In this final chapter, the Locke family uncovers more magic as they face a demonic new enemy hell-bent on possessing the keys.
Day Shift
Day Shift is a vampire action comedy film directed by J. J. Perry in his directorial debut. Read also : Best Movies and Shows on Netflix: What’s Coming August 6, 2022. Day Shift follows Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx), a hard-working father who just wants to provide a good life for his fast-paced daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is actually a front for his real source of income: hunting and killing vampires as part of an international union of vampire hunters. Day Shift also stars Dave Franco, Natasha Liu, Karla Souza, Scott Adkins and more.
Never Have I Ever – season 3
The growing comedy-drama TV series Never Have I Ever is back for its third season. Never Have I Ever is about Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), a 15-year-old Indian-American Tamil girl from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, dealing with the sudden death of her father and all that life as a teenager brings. On the same subject : Stranger Things Season 5: 7 Quick Things We Know About The Netflix Series. In Season 3, Devi and her friends can’t finally be single anymore, but they’re learning that relationships come with a lot of self-discovery… and a lot of drama, too.
