Netflix Picks: August 2017

I inadvertently skipped July because your brain forgets things when you move across the country. So here are the picks for August, which is surprisingly lean.

BEST BET – FILM
Cloud Atlas – 8/1
Though its cult is very enthusiastic, too few people know about Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis incredible, controversial, life-affirming masterpiece that spans centuries, countries, races and genders. Don’t read anything about it. Just watch it and be overcome.

BEST BET – TV
The Good Place (Season 1) – 8/29
I banged the drum on this show – about a not-so-great woman who dies and finds herself in Heaven – loudly last fall, and you better believe I’ll be doing a rewatch once this hits Netflix.

BEST BET – COMEDY
Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo – 8/15
Do I have any idea what this is? Not even close. But when Netflix has given other stars their own wacky specials, it’s mostly worked.

NETFLIX ORIGINALS
Maz Jobrani: Immigrant – 8/1
Surviving Escobar: Alias J.J. (Season 1) – 8/1
Icarus – 8/4
Voltron: Legendary Defender (Season 3) – 8/4
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later – 8/4
Atypical (Season 1) – 8/11
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh (Season 3) – 8/11
Naked – 8/11
True and the Rainbow Kingdom (Season 1) – 8/11
White Gold – 8/11
The Defenders (Season 1) – 8/18
Dinotrux (Season 5) – 8/18
Glitter Force Doki Doki (Season 1) – 8/18
What Happened to Monday – 8/18
Lynne Koplitz: Hormonal Beast – 8/22
Disjointed (Part 1) – 8/25
Dragons: Race to the Edge (Season 5) – 8/25
Ryan Hamilton: Happy Face – 8/29

CATALOG SHOWS
The Hollywood Masters (Season 1) – 8/1
The Royal House of Windsor (Season 1) – 8/1
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Season 7, Part 1) – 8/8
Murderous Affair (Season 1) – 8/15
Once upon a Time (Season 6) – 8/25

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