Every evening we publish our night viewing recommendation here on the “Time Out” website. We aim low: things you can watch at night without burning your brain with an overdose of stupidity – you can do that yourself – even if they are not supertemporal masterpieces. The recommendations are sometimes based on watching individual episodes that show potential, but you are definitely welcome to complain about us in the secret Facebook group “The spoiler: what are you seeing today”. In honor of the end of the weekend and for your convenience, we are grouping all the recommendations in one place for the traditional end-of-the-weekend binge, ranked according to how much we like them.
1. The Peripheral
We haven’t really recovered from the first two episodes yet, but they are enough to establish that this is the most promising TV series of the year. So far it looks intriguing and a great production, Chloe Grace Moretz (“Kick-Ass”) is excellent in the lead role, we start in the near future of 2032 And then jump into the more distant future of the 22nd century, and they’re somehow connected through a disturbingly realistic VR game, so realistic that it is, in fact, maybe the real world. And maybe not. Based on the book by cyberpunk prophet William Gibson, and this is the first time his work has been adapted to television We will keep our fingers crossed for this invested series of Amazon Prime Video and we will update later.
2. Guillermo del Toro’s Room of Wonders
In the run-up to Halloween, the screens are filled with horror and blood, and Netflix managed to get the jackpot with The best horror anthology of recent times, from the creator of Guillermo del Toro and with the participation of some of the best directors in the genre, with the maestro of the new horror here mainly on a producer’s standard, but everything should maintain his unique tone (and nod to classic horror genres). Indeed, at least in the first two episodes that came out in the middle of the week, an impressive visual effort is evident and everything is creepy as del Toro likes. And when he is satisfied – so are we.
3. From scratch
Netflix’s tragic romantic drama is the big hit of the week in terms of viewing figures, far above flashy and much-invested productions, and proves once again that from the audience’s point of view, a little romance and heartache (or in this case, a lot) always do the trick. The adaptation of the memoirs of the actress Tambi Locke Hits all the right emotional buttons and doesn’t miss a single emotional manipulation on the viewers, but made sensibly and sensitively and does not degenerate into hysterical kitsch, and Zoe Saldana is wonderful in the lead role even without tons of green or blue makeup.
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4. Atlanta
Okay, we realized that we are the only ones who watch it, and certainly the only ones who write 5,000 words about each episode, and certainly the only ones who think it is one of the best series ever seen on television, and certainly the only ones who enjoy every reference and then look for the references we didn’t understand. OK. We will come back and recommend until you surrender. This fun season is going to end, and then the series will end, and what will we write 5,000 words about every week now.
5. American Horror Story: NYC
We can’t believe we’re recommending a Ryan Murphy series, but the man who brought no less than five series to the Netflix television screens this year, returns here to his successful horror anthology (no one calls it “American horror”, get over it) with an interesting twist that gives it new life: the season takes place in the New York of the The 80’s gay scene is sizzling, there is a dangerous new virus around (not AIDS), there are allegories (yes AIDS), there is a serial killer or ghosts or something, and everything is twisted as Ryan Murphy likes. And if he loves, we usually hate. But not this time.
6. Sumo yes, sumo no
There are nights like this when we don’t want to watch anything specific, just scroll and scroll through the series library until we come across something bizarre and idiotic enough to arouse our interest. And so it happened that one evening we realized thatA Japanese sumo comedy drama is what we need right now. And you too. There is an English dubbing but it’s more fun to watch in Japanese with translation, and it’s especially nice to see how similar it is to “Cobra Kai” and “Karate Kid” (and yes, this series is also based on an old cult movie). Either way, Japanese sumo comedy promises the following: it will be fun, and exciting when it needs to be, and most importantly, everyone will be wearing those ridiculously huge loincloths.
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