What to watch
August 5, 2022
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Prey Hulu
■ Original Film
A prequel to the 1987 action/horror classic Predator, Prey is set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago and tells the story of Naru (Amber Midthunder), a fierce and highly skilled warrior raised among legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains. When danger threatens her camp, Naru sets out to protect her people. The prey she stalks is a highly evolved alien predator with an advanced arsenal, resulting in a vicious and terrifying showdown between the two adversaries. This is the first movie to have a full dub in the Comanche language.
The Sandman New Series
Netflix ■
This live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s (American Gods) beloved DC comic offers a rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are interwoven. It follows the people and places affected by Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), the Dream King, as he mends the cosmic — and human — mistakes he’s made during his long existence.
The large ensemble cast also includes Gwendoline Christie, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, Joely Richardson, Stephen Fry, and the voices of Patton Oswalt and Mark Hamill.
They/Them Original Film
Peacock ■
Three-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall, Gladiator) makes his directorial debut with, and also wrote, this LGBTQIA+ slasher horror film produced by Blumhouse. The film’s empowering story takes place at a gay conversion camp, where several queer and trans campers join camp director Owen Whistler (Kevin Bacon) for a week of programming intended to “help them find a new sense of freedom.” As
the camp’s methods become increasingly
psychologically unsettling, the campers must work together to protect themselves. When a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, things get even more dangerous. Anna Chlumsky, Carrie Preston and Theo Germaine also star.
The Outlaws
Prime Video ■ Season Premiere
The British comedy/thriller is back for Season 2, with all six episodes available today. Picking up a few months after the climax of Season 1, the new season finds the disparate group of seven strangers still with some time to serve on their communityservice sentences. But they quickly realize
that the criminal underworld is not done with them yet. The ragtag group of misfits’ shared past comes back to haunt them in the shape of a terrifying London drug lord — the Dean (Claes Bang) — who is out for blood. Co-creator/writer/director Stephen Merchant leads the cast, which also includes Christopher Walken, Rhianne Barreto, Darren
Boyd, Gamba Cole, Clare Perkins and Eleanor Tomlinson.
Lies Beneath the Surface LMN, 7 p.m.
In this world TV movie premiere, Hanna is kayaking by herself in a remote lake when
she notices some suspicious activity at a nearby cabin, and she believes a woman and daughter staying there may be in danger.
After the authorities find nothing unusual, she looks in on the family herself, and it sets off a deadly cat-and-mouse game of survival. Stars Lelia Symington and Michael Perl.