The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend
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Alien: Earth is a new streaming prequel series created by Noah Hawley, featuring a familiar plot where a spaceship crash-lands on Earth. A crew of soldiers finds themselves in peril. The show draws unexpected inspiration from Peter Pan, showcasing notable performances, including Timothy Olyphant as an android. Meanwhile, Denzel Washington reunites with Spike Lee for a film adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's thriller High and Low. Bob Odenkirk's performance in Nobody 2 highlights his character's emotional depth, while Paul Walter Hauser stars alongside Sydney Sweeney and Halsey in the crime thriller Americana.
Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for Lee's adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 thriller, High and Low. In this version, Washington stars as the head of Stackin' Records, who gets entrapped in a ransom plot.
But the most fascinating thing about Nobody 2, as with the previous entry, remains Bob Odenkirk's face. With his sharp eyebrows, perpetually quizzical grimace, and quivering voice, he locates a certain lostness in Hutch that actually runs counter to the character's expertise at killing people.
Noah Hawley, who created Fargo and Legion, is behind this TV prequel to the original Alien set on our little planet. The plot is familiar enough - a spaceship crash-lands on Earth, a crew of soldiers find it and quickly realize the danger they're facing - but Hawley has pulled a lot of inspiration from, strangely, Peter Pan.
Paul Walter Hauser summer continues. Joining The Naked Gun and Fantastic Four actor is Sydney Sweeney and Halsey as they star as a trio fighting to grab ahold of a valuable Native American ghost shirt, in this crime thriller from Tony Tost.
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