Weekend Watchlist: ‘Minari’ drops on HBO Go and other new shows to watch on Netflix
Looking for something new and inspiring to watch this weekend?
The Oscar-winning 2020 drama film Minari starring Steven Yeun was just released on HBO Go last Saturday, Oct. 2.
Minari follows a Korean family that moves out to a farm in Arkansas in search of their own American Dream. The A24 film bagged six Oscar nominations: best picture, best director and best original screenplay for Lee Isaac Chung, best actor for Steven Yeun, best supporting actress and best original score, so it should be worth checking out.
Over on Netflix, the top trending selections this week (after Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha and Squid Game) is The Guilty, a remake of a 2018 Danish film inspired by a real 911 call starring Jake Gyllienhaal.
Another popular pick seems to be There’s Someone Inside Your House, a high school slasher flick based on a New York Times bestselling book by Stephanie Perkis, brought to the screen by the producers of Stranger Things and The Conjuring Universe.
Check out the trailers for some of the newest releases from Netflix and HBO Go this week.
HBO GO
Minari
Synopsis: The unity of a Korean immigrant family is tested when it starts a farm in rural Arkansas. Minari shows the resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Reminiscence
Synopsis: A private investigator of the mind navigates the past by accessing lost memories, when his life is forever changed taking on a new client fighting to find the truth on her disappearance.
La Brea
Synopsis: When a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, hundreds of people who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive.
Six Minutes to Midnight
Synopsis: Just before World War II, a teacher disappears in an English boarding school for the daughters of top Nazi officials. British agent Miller is sent to find out what happened, much to his own peril.
15 Minutes of Shame
Synopsis: The groundbreaking documentary 15 Minutes of Shame, from executive producers Monica Lewinsky and Max Joseph, takes an in-depth look at the public shaming epidemic in our culture and explores our collective need to destroy one another.
NETFLIX
The Guilty
Synopsis: A troubled police detective assigned to 911 operator duty scrambles to save a distressed caller during a harrowing day of revelations and reckonings.
There’s Someone Inside Your House
Synopsis: Makani and her friends at Osborne High School try to identify and stop a masked killer who’s targeting students and exposing their biggest secrets.
Baking Impossible
Synopsis: Top bakers and engineers team up to build edible creations that must taste delicious and survive intense engineering stress tests to win $100,000.
Captain Phillips
Synopsis: Four Somali pirates hijack a cargo ship and hold the captain hostage, setting the stage for an explosive confrontation with the U.S. Navy.
The Way of the Househusband Season 1 Part 2
Synopsis: After disappearing from the underworld, the legendary yakuza Tatsu, “The Immortal Dragon,” resurfaces - as a fiercely devoted saty-at-home husband.
Pokemon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
Synopsis: Koko grows up in the jungle with a solitary Zarude. When he meets Ash and Pikachu, he discovers the human world - and a plot threatening his home.
Blue Period
Synopsis: Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.