Carnival starts this Friday (17). And for those who aren’t fans of street revelry, it’s a excellent time to watch movies and marathon series. Therefore, Minha Série brings the weekly list with the highlights on the main streaming services here in Brazil.
The main highlight is the return of Carnival Row. After four years, the series has finally won its second and final season on Amazon Prime Video. On Apple TV, the highlight is the suspense Sharper – A Life of Deceitwhich features an engaging plot and an all-star cast.
Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne Return to Carnival Row on Amazon Prime VideoSource: NME
Netflix, on the other hand, takes advantage of the revelry period on the couch to launch red rosea horror series from the producers of Sex Education. Also highlighted on the platform is the novel My Astronaut Boyfriendabout a pilot finding his great love again after decades, and the Korean feature In the Palm of the Handwhich promises to be the new darling of the streaming service.
Check out our list of the best options to watch over the weekend!
1. Carnival Row – Season 2 – Amazon Prime Video
For fans of Carnival Row the wait was long. But after four years, the series finally won its new season on Amazon Prime Video. A pity that it will also mark the end of the fantasy series, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne, and which was one of the first exclusives to become popular on the platform.
Carnival Ro, an Amazon Prime Video exclusive series, has won a new season after a four-year hiatusSource: Prime Video
The new and final season brings tensions between humans and fairies, after the mysterious serial murders. In the midst of an imminent conflict, it will be necessary to make an important choice about which side to support in this war between different peoples.
2. Red Rose – Season 1 – Netflix
red rose is a series that, although it has the same name as a horror work by the master Stephen King, has nothing to do with it. The Netflix series is one more to mix elements of technology with the supernatural, in a plot with hints of a good teen soap opera, since the producers are the same as Sex Education.
Red Rose is Netflix’s new teen horror seriesSource: Netflix
The story brings a group of teenagers who, after downloading an application controlled by an evil entity, are forced to commit a series of threats, being forced to commit a series of crimes. Now they need to race against time to discover how to get rid of the curse and survive the supernatural dangers.
3. My Astronaut Boyfriend – Netflix
The Polish feature promises to be the next darling of romance fans on the streaming platform. That’s because it brings a plot that mixes space travel, the realization of a dream, and the search for a love from the past. All this with a highly praised performance by the critics, and a plot beyond exciting.
My Astronaut Boyfriend is the new romance movie available exclusively on NetflixSource: Netflix
The feature tells the story of a pilot, whose greatest desire is to participate in a space trip. After much battle, he finally manages to fulfill his dream. However, after a mysterious failure, he must return to Earth three decades later, where he will do everything to win back his past love.
4. In the Palm of the Hand – Netflix
In the Palm of the Hand is a suspense film, exclusive to Netflix, which is based on a Japanese novel of the same name, by author Akira Teshigawara. The work seeks to surf the wave of success of recent Korean works, such as zombie invasion, Round 6, All of Us Are Dead It is Hell Prophecy.
In the Palm of the Hand is the new Korean feature exclusive to Netflix, with an engaging and frightening plotSource: Netflix
The plot follows a young woman who ends up losing her smartphone with various information about her. The device ends up falling into the hands of a hacker, who installs an application to start spying on her. As a result, her life gradually turns into hell, as her privacy is increasingly exposed by the criminal, who in turn begins to blackmail her.
5. Sharper – A Lifetime of Cheating – Apple TV+
The new film exclusive to the Apple TV + streaming platform comes to surf the wave of films like Knives Out and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Both have in common a plot full of mysteries, where the viewer spends all the time distrusting each of the characters. The big difference is the neo-noir setting of New York from the 40s and 50s.
Sharper is the new Apple TV-exclusive mystery feature that brings a plot full of twists and turns.Source: Apple TV+
The story of the feature is told by Madeline, a billionaire heiress from Manhattan who lives with a competition for riches and power, in high-stakes games of ambition, greed, lust and envy. The film stars Hollywood stars such as Julianne Moore, Justice Smith, Sebastian Stan and John Lithgow in the cast.
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Now that you have good options for what to watch over the weekend, just prepare the popcorn and check out all the best streaming services here in Brazil. Stay tuned here at My Series and stay updated!
