Week of few news, but that Netflix practically monopolizes. The platform offers a varied menu for the last days of August, as usual. A Colombian telenovela like ‘Romina poderosa’ to attract the public that likes the plot twists and capers of this type of series; a ‘thriller’ with all the doses of action and intrigue like ‘Who is Erin Carter?’ and his latest commitment to anime with ‘One Piece’, one of the most important and best-selling titles in the history of Japanese comics.
August 24 Netflix
‘Who is Erin Carter?’
The red giant returns to bet on a genre that, in general terms, has worked very well for him, the ‘thriller’. ‘Fauda’, ‘Robbers’ or more recently ‘The Night Agent’ are examples of series that have won the favor of subscribers. Now he wants to repeat the success with ‘Who is Erin Carter?’, a British series starring Evin Ahmad and shot in Catalonia.
She is Erin, a teacher at an English school, who leads a normal life with her husband and daughter. But all that tranquility will be disrupted in a supermarket robbery, when Erin, in order to protect her daughter, brings out fighting skills acquired in a past that she wants to forget. But, that past, with some of her protagonists, will return to martyr her present.
August 24 Netflix
‘Ragnarok’
Six chapters to put an end to the adventures of this Norwegian series where Magne’s life in a small town is narrated and how he is acquiring the powers of Thor. But this series is not only mythology, it is also about pollution and climate change. How could it be otherwise, Thor’s enemies are responsible for the factory that stains the surroundings of the town.
August 24 HBO Max
‘I love you and it hurts’
New Mexican series with class struggle and young people facing power, produced by Cris Morena (‘Floricienta’ or ‘Rebelde Way’, among others). As if it were a quadrilateral, on one side we have a neighborhood that defends itself tooth and nail against gentrification; in the other corner, a builder who only sees an opportunity to earn money in that place. And in the middle, Juan and Lolla. He, a young rapper who will defend his family to the last consequences; she, the daughter of the businessman who wants to transform that area of the city. The two, united by music and something else.
August 29 Filmin
‘The Manipulator’
Swedish series that recreates the sexual abuse that occurred in an equestrian center near Stockholm and that was discovered in the nineties. The manager of the center was a model teacher and an exemplary husband and father. But behind this pristine facade, and for 28 years (although only 14 are counted in the series), he abused several minors, including his daughters. One of them has collaborated in the series with her testimony.
August 30 Disney+
‘Strung in Philadelphia’
Sixteenth season of this comedy about four friends who run a bar and must maintain a balance between their friendship, running the business and their private follies, all four getting into as many puddles as possible. Of course, incorrect and controversial. A series that until last year could not be seen in its entirety anywhere and that at least has another two seasons guaranteed. The cast includes Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Danny DeVito, Glenn Howerton and Rob McElhenney. These last two are also authors of the series. As a curiosity, McElhenney is co-owner of the Welsh football team Wrexham AFC along with Ryan Reynolds. Both star in the series ‘Welcome to Wrexham’.
August 30 Netflix
‘Mighty Romina’
Colombian series, with many episodes, premiered a few months ago on Caracol Televisión and is now coming to the platform. A combination of action, love, mystery and sport. Romina is a young woman who lives in a problematic neighborhood and is dedicated to downhill mountain biking, when she appears at the door of Laura’s humble house, her twin sister. Both were separated at birth. They told her mother that one of them had died in childbirth.
When they start to get to know each other, a gang of criminals decides to end Romina’s life, fed up with her trying to end their illegal businesses. However, the one who is murdered is Laura and her sister decides to impersonate her and plot revenge.
August 31st Netflix
‘One Piece’
Netflix tries again with the anime after several negative experiences. And it does so with ‘One Piece’, the best-selling manga in Japan that has a hundred books on paper, more than a thousand chapters of the anime series issued since 1999 and 15 movies.
A project with real characters that has the approval of its creator Eiichiro Oda and that narrates the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who leaves his town with the aim of finding treasure and becoming the king of pirates. To achieve this, he will need a very particular ship and crew.
2023-08-24 22:16:20
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