Three to watch this week
The Sandman (10 episodes, streaming from August 5 exclusively on Netflix)
The imaginative work of Hampshire-born author Neil Gaiman has been successfully translated to the small screen as acclaimed TV series Lucifer, Good Omens and American Gods.
His beloved comic book series The Sandman, first published in 1989, was bound for the big screen until lead actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt announced his departure from the high-profile project in
2016.
Good things comes to those who wait because the dark fantasy materialises as a 10-part series on Netflix this week, boasting Gaiman as an executive producer.
Dream (Tom Sturridge) aka Morpheus has made numerous mistakes during his vast existence as one of the seven Endless comprising Death, Delirium, Desire, Despair, Destiny and Destruction.
He creates fantastical visions that shape the waking world including a nightmare called The Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook), who escapes the Dreaming and wreaks havoc among mortals.
Accompanied by trusty librarian Lucienne (Vivienne Acheampong), Dream must restore balance to the waking world.
Locke & Key – Season 3 (10 episodes, streaming from August 10 exclusively on Netflix)
The unshakable bonds that define a family are repeatedly tested in the third and final series of the fantasy drama adapted from the best-selling comic book series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez.
Nina Locke (Darby Stanchfield) and her children Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones) and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) mistakenly believe that normality has returned to their magical family home, Keyhouse.
Demonic entity Dodge (Lay-sla De Oliveira) has been banished and the enchanted keys that imbue the tykes with various powers are no longer causing mayhem.
The tranquillity is shattered when young Bode discovers the Timeshift Key concealed in a grandfather clock.
He unwittingly opens a portal to the American Revolutionary War and villainous British Army Captain Frederick Gideon (Kevin Durand), who has a diabolical plan for the keys that will destroy everything the Lockes hold dear.
The Box (3 episodes, streaming from August 11 exclusively on Paramount+)
A tenacious police detective unravels the shocking truth about one of America’s most prolific serial killers in a three-part documentary series directed by Robin Dashwood.
Detective Chris Loudon reopens the cold case of 16-year-old high school student Pamela Maurer, who was murdered in 1976.
DNA profiling leads to a suspect, Bruce Lindahl, who liked to photograph naked young women.
A box of revealing snapshots leads Loudon to wonder if other girls in the photographs might be victims.
Loudon’s investigation expands and he discovers that police suspected Lindahl but let him go free.