Victor flies solo this week (Darren's on vacation) for a mid-summer catch-up: a big batch of streaming recommendations you may have missed, plus a first look at the new Apple TV+ crime thriller Lucky, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. Wife Kim stops by at the end to talk Project Hail Mary, Obsession, and her early verdict on Lucky.

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Chapters

00:00 — Welcome & what's on deck (Cape Fear with Sona, The Odyssey in IMAX, next week's Lucky breakdown with Darren)
03:40 — Obsession: the box-office phenomenon (hits Peacock Fri the 17th) + Backrooms now available to rent
06:02 — Family Night Project Hail Mary (Amazon Prime) and The Sheep Detectives (Amazon Prime)
10:57 — Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Hulu) and They Will Kill You (HBO Max) — Zazie Beetz
12:00 — The Mummy (HBO Max) The Evil Dead Series
13:00 — Send Help (Hulu) — Sam Raimi, Dylan O'Brien, Rachel McAdams
13:30 — Underseen: How to Make a Killing — Glen Powell and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (Hulu) — Gore Verbinski, Sam Rockwell
16:30 — The Long Walk (HBO Max) — Stephen King adaptation
17:30 — Coming this fall: Carrie (Mike Flanagan teaser) & Crystal Lake (Friday the 13th prequel)
18:30 — Awards-season catch-up: Sinners, Marty Supreme, Weapons, Begonia, Hamnet, Sentimental Value, Wuthering Heights
19:45 — Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed season finale (Apple TV+)
22:00 — Introducing Lucky: Kim's early thumbs-up
40:00 — Episode 3 preview ("Read the Room") & the mysteries ahead
42:00 — Kim joins: Margot's Got Money Trouble & Emmy nods
43:00 — Kim on Project Hail Mary and Obsession (rattled but riveted)
49:00 — Kim on Lucky + wrap-up (Cape Fear, The Odyssey, what's next)

Where to stream everything mentioned Peacock: Obsession (7/17). Amazon Prime: Project Hail Mary, The Sheep Detectives, Nickel Boys. Hulu: Ready or Not 2, Send Help, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, Sentimental Value. HBO Max: They Will Kill You, The Mummy, The Long Walk, Sinners, Marty Supreme, Weapons, Wuthering Heights, the Evil Dead films. Netflix: Begonia, Hamnet. Apple TV+: Lucky, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed. To rent: Backrooms, How to Make a Killing.

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