What to watch at home this week – August 26 to Sept. 1

By Alexandra Heilbron on August 26, 2024 | Leave a Comment

Discover what’s new this week on streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, Crave, Paramount+, BritBox, CBC Gem and more, including the new season of Only Murders in the Building, as well as new DVD and Blu-ray releases. View the full list of new titles below and watch the trailer. ~Alexandra Heilbron

Only Murders in the Building: Season 4 – When Charles’ longtime stunt double and beloved friend, Sazz (Jane Lynch), is murdered, Mabel, Charles and Oliver get to work on solving this new crime. Debuts August 27 on Disney+.

KAOS – As discord reigns on Mount Olympus and almighty Zeus (Jeff Goldblum) spirals into paranoia, three mortals are destined to reshape the future of humankind. Debuts August 29 on Netflix.

A Quiet Place: Day One – Sam (Lupita Nyong’o), a cancer patient attending a show in Manhattan for the day, and her service cat, Frodo, try to stay safe along with thousands of other people when aliens crash land on the streets of New York. Out on the streets, as swarms of people head along the streets to get on boats, she runs into a stranger named Eric (Joseph Quinn) who’s traumatized. Debuts August 27 on Paramount+

A Quiet Place: Day One director/screenwriter Michael Sarnoski reveals how he was chosen by John Krasinski to write and direct the latest installment in the A Quiet Place franchise. He talks about why he decided to include a cat as a main character in the film and tells which characters he would include if there were to be a fourth installment in the series.

The Deliverance – Ebony Jackson (Andra Day), a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Debuts August 30 on Netflix.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – As a new tyrannical ape leader (Kevin Durand) builds his empire, one young ape (Owen Teague) undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. Available August 27 on DVD/Blu-ray.

Owen Teague, who plays the protagonist ape Noa, and Kevin Durand, who plays Proximus Caesar, describe what they learned during their six weeks of ape training for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. They also reveal how much of the movie was set in the real outdoors and how much of it was on sets or on blue screen.

The Bikeriders – Following the rise of the Vandals, a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club, including young biker Benny (Austin Butler) and Johnny (Tom Hardy), the gang’s leader. The club evolves over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life. Available August 27 on DVD/Blu-ray.

The Garfield Movie – Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a high-stakes heist. Available August 27 on DVD/Blu-ray.

August 26
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Netflix)
Futurama: Season 12, New Episode (Disney+)
No Gain, No Love (Prime Video)

August 27
A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount+)
Abigail (Prime Video)
Baby Shark’s Big Show, New Episode Block (Paramount+)
Hush (Digital/VOD)
Kinds of Kindness (Digital)
Only Murders in the Building: Season 4, Premiere Episode (Disney+)
Playing with Fire (Paramount+)
Running on Empty (VOD)
Signs (4K UHD Digital)
The Sixth Sense (4K UHD Digital)
Succession: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
Untold: Sign Stealer (Netflix)
Vikings: Valhalla: The Complete First Season (Blu-ray/DVD)
Wander (Paramount+)

August 28
Untamed Royals (Netflix)
The Zone: Survival Mission: Season 3, New Episode (Disney+)

August 29
21 Bridges — Starz (Crave)
Are You Sure?!: Season 1, New Episode (Disney+)
Bad Monkey, New Episode (Apple TV+)
Chastity High (Netflix)
Informer: Season 1 (BritBox)
KAOS (Netflix)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 2 (Prime Video)
Represent: Season 2 (Netflix)
Terminator Zero (Netflix)
Wayne Brady: The Family Remix, New Episode (Disney+)

August 30
A-List to Playlist (Netflix)
Blindspot (Prime Video)
Breathless (Netflix)
Code Geass: Roze of the Recapture, New Episode (Disney+)
The Deliverance (Netflix)
Double The Money (CBC Gem)
Ex Machina — Starz (Crave)
Gary Gulman: Born on Third Base (Crave)
Green Fish (1996) (Digital)
Murder, She Baked #1: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (Crave)
Murder, She Baked #2: A Plum Pudding Mystery (Crave)
Murder, She Baked #3: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (Crave)
Murder, She Baked #4: A Deadly Recipe (Crave)
Murder, She Baked #6: Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Crave)
Oasis (2002) (Digital)
OMG Fashun: Season 1 (Crave)
Pachinko: Season 2, New Episode (Apple TV+)
Paw Patrol: Mission Paw (Paramount+)
Peppermint Cancy (1999) (Digital)
Poetry (2010) (Digital)
Prey (Paramount+)
Rudy — Starz (Crave)
Spies in Disguise — Starz (Crave)
(Un)lucky Sisters (Netflix)
Without Remorse (Crave)

August 31
NWSL: NWSL: Portland Thorns FC v Bay FC (Prime Video)

September 1
5 Centimeters Per Second (Netflix)
The Belko Experiment (Prime Video)
The Black Phone (Netflix)
BLUE GIANT (Netflix)
Bubba Ho-Tep (Prime Video)
The Caretaker (Prime Video)
Carrie (2013) (Prime Video)
Carrie (1976) (Prime Video)
The Dive (Prime Video)
Dressed to Kill (Prime Video)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (Prime Video)
Fast & Furious (Netflix)
The Fast and the Furious (Netflix)
The Fate of the Furious (Netflix)
The Fog (Netflix)
Frogs (Prime Video)
F/X (Prime Video)
Gorky Park (Prime Video)
Invaders From Mars (Prime Video)
Invasion of the Body Snachers (Prime Video)
Invasion U.S.A. (Prime Video)
Inside Man: Most Wanted (Netflix)
Jurassic World: Dominion (Netflix)
Lifeforce (Prime Video)
Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me! (Disney+)
Macross Dynamite 7 (Disney+)
Macross Fb7 Listen to My Song! (Disney+)
Macross Plus (Disney+)
Macross Plus Movie Edition (Disney+)
Me Before You (Prime Video)
Miss Congeniality (Netflix)
My Name is Gabriel, New Episode (Disney+)
he Rage: Carrie 2 (Prime Video)
The Russia House (Prime Video)
The Stepfather (Netflix)
Stigmata (Prime Video)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Prime Video)
Troll (Prime Video)
The Woods (Prime Video)
Young Sheldon: Season 7 (Netflix)

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