# James Daily Briefing

Generated: 2026-08-12T14:00:03.162456Z

Today's sweep leans toward Democracy / press freedom, CS education / AI policy, Democracy / anti-fascism. The strongest items in this run are Europe solar eclipse live: millions flock to viewing spots in Spain, UK and Iceland, In Ohio, Haitians’ American dream shatters as ICE prepares to deport them, and Grok is now an AI ‘teammate’ you can assign work.

## Briefing

## Highlighted stories

### Introducing Ethical AI into Any Curriculum with Responsible AI Fellow Dr. Jie Long
Pinned from yesterday's briefing at James's request.

Link: https://csteachers.org/introducing-ethical-ai-into-any-curriculum-with-responsible-ai-fellow-dr-jie-long/

### 12 unexpected sourdough bread recipes that aren't crusty loaves: From sourdough flatbread to sourdough milk bread — and even sourdough babka.
Pinned from today's briefing, the kind of bread-nerd rabbit hole worth keeping.

Link: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2026/04/22/soft-sourdough-bread-recipes

### AI warfare is already here
Pinned from today's briefing at James's request.

Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/937028/military-ai-warfare-red-lines

### Embracing AI in the Computer Science Classroom
Pinned from today's briefing at James's request.

Link: https://csteachers.org/embracing-ai-in-the-computer-science-classroom/

### The Download: puncturing the AI jobs panic
Pinned from today's briefing at James's request.

Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/26/1138028/the-download-ai-jobs-data/

### 1. Europe solar eclipse live: millions flock to viewing spots in Spain, UK and Iceland [10/10]
**Source:** The Guardian US  
**Category:** Democracy / press freedom  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to state power, civil liberties, and anti-authoritarian concerns.

Eclipse to be witnessed by tens of millions across western Europe as enthusiasts gather along path of totality It’s nice of Bónus bosses to offer their employees a chance to go out and experience the eclipse.

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/12/europe-solar-eclipse-spain-uk-iceland-latest-news-updates

### 2. In Ohio, Haitians’ American dream shatters as ICE prepares to deport them [10/10]
**Source:** The Guardian US  
**Category:** Democracy / press freedom  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to state power, civil liberties, and anti-authoritarian concerns.

US immigration has ramped up operations against Haitians, whose temporary protected status was removed by Trump When Monsanto Maler walked out of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) facility in Blue Ash, Ohio , at 9.

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/ohio-haitian-immigrants-ice

### 3. Grok is now an AI ‘teammate’ you can assign work [10/10]
**Source:** The Verge  
**Category:** Democracy / press freedom  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to state power, civil liberties, and anti-authoritarian concerns.

SpaceXAI has introduced Grok Bot, an always-on AI agent service designed to behave like independent "AI teammates" that can do your work for you.

Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/978666/spacexai-grok-bot-ai-agent-beta-launch

### 4. ‘Unrig the economy for working people’: the California candidate who wrote updated labor laws [10/10]
**Source:** The Guardian US  
**Category:** Democracy / press freedom  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to state power, civil liberties, and anti-authoritarian concerns.

Marni von Wilpert helped draft Protecting the Right to Organize act, and now wants work toward implementing it Legislation that would modernize federal labor law began with a handful of lawyers meeting, of all places, in an ice-cream shop.

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/marni-von-wilpert-california-house-race

### 5. AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage? [10/10]
**Source:** The Guardian US  
**Category:** CS education / AI policy  
**Why it matters:** Directly relevant to teaching, student agency, and school policy.

The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come. The prediction was stark: artificial intelligence advancements would wipe out jobs en masse.

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/12/ai-job-destruction

### 6. If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders [10/10]
**Source:** The Guardian US  
**Category:** Democracy / anti-fascism  
**Why it matters:** Worth watching for authoritarian drift, selective enforcement, and democratic norms.

From space to telecommunications, the US has a long history of fostering technology for the public good.

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/12/openai-anthropic-ai-models

### 7. All Haul The King is a co-op comedy corpse-dragging simulator from the makers of Eclipsium, one of 2025's best horror games [10/10]
**Source:** Rock Paper Shotgun  
**Category:** Games / criticism  
**Why it matters:** Worth your time if you care about design, criticism, and not just hype.

"That game with the massive dead body was created using generative AI! " roared the masses. "Oh shucks," said I , "Don't worry, I'll soon find another massive dead body game to write about.

Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/all-haul-the-king-is-a-co-op-comedy-corpse-dragging-simulator-from-the-makers-of-eclipsium-one-of-2025s-best-horror-games

### 8. Mutants assemble: what does the future hold for the X-Men? [10/10]
**Source:** The Guardian US  
**Category:** Democracy / press freedom  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to state power, civil liberties, and anti-authoritarian concerns.

After the introduction of a key character in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Marvel is bringing back one of its most beloved franchises – but the return comes at a precarious time Later-period Marvel movies have resorted to more fantastical…

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/x-men-spider-man-marvel

### 9. AI Generated 3D Models Flood Market, But Almost No One Is Buying Them [9/10]
**Source:** 404 Media  
**Category:** Tech / media  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

The number of AI generated uploads to CGTrader would suggest AI is taking over the platform, but buyers are refusing to pay for AI generated models.

Link: https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-3d-models-flood-market-but-almost-no-one-is-buying-them/

### 10. The Download: our 35 young innovators and the “censorship-industrial complex” [9/10]
**Source:** MIT Technology Review  
**Category:** AI / computing  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to the shape of current AI systems and where the tooling is moving.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.

Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/12/1141714/the-download-innovators-under-35-censorship-industrial-complex/

### 11. Opinion: Don’t Blink: Why NYC Reads Must Stay on Course [8/10]
**Source:** The 74  
**Category:** Education / pedagogy  
**Why it matters:** Directly relevant to teaching, classroom practice, and educational judgment.

Nearly 25 years ago, I walked into the U.S. Department of Education at what felt like a remarkable moment in the history of reading instruction.

Link: https://www.the74million.org/article/dont-blink-why-nyc-reads-must-stay-on-course/

### 12. Nuclear power push ramps up uranium mill — and tribal health concerns [8/10]
**Source:** NPR Health  
**Category:** Science / health  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy.

Link: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/12/nx-s1-5927298/nuclear-power-uranium-health-concerns

### 13. Anne Hathaway Warns (Threatens?) Dakota Johnson in Verity Trailer [8/10]
**Source:** Reactor  
**Category:** Sci-fi / horror  
**Why it matters:** On-theme for your cultural interests, especially when the concept is strong.

Anne Hathaway is everywhere, including in this psychological thriller also starring Josh Hartnett The post Anne Hathaway Warns (Threatens?) Dakota Johnson in Verity Trailer appeared first on Reactor .

Link: https://reactormag.com/anne-hathaway-verity-trailer/

## YouTube

### OpenAI’s AI Agents Just Crossed A Line [9/10]
**Creator:** Two Minute Papers  
**Verdict:** Watch it  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

❤️ Check out Lambda here and sign up for their GPU Cloud: https://lambda.ai/papers 📝 More reports are available here: https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/ https://huggingface.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ97GiDwPxc

### Economist Answers: When Will Mortgage Rates Go Down? [8/10]
**Creator:** WIRED  
**Verdict:** Worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the American economy.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1a0Pw_hvGw

### Fed Bank President Answers U.S. Economy Questions [8/10]
**Creator:** WIRED  
**Verdict:** Worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the American economy.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot8lg2nC4Ao

### Many parents supporting children well into adulthood [6/10]
**Creator:** NPR  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Polling shows most Americans believe young adults in the U.S. have a harder time, financially, than their parents did at their age — and many parents are helping to support their children well into adulthood.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oB1FXtpr4

### 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes western Colombia [6/10]
**Creator:** NPR  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

At least 111 people are dead after a powerful earthquake struck Colombia early Monday morning, rattling the South American country. According to the U.S. Geological Survey the 7.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKtP9F-nd2A

### Most U.S. doctors avoid treating patients with addiction, leaving millions vulnerable [7/10]
**Creator:** NPR  
**Verdict:** Probably worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Addiction treatments are safe, effective — and rarely offered to patients. That's because many doctors and nurses still view people with alcohol or drug addiction with suspicion and hostility.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b22nUKjr20

### More than 20 million Shia pilgrims converged on the holy city of Karbala in Iraq last week [7/10]
**Creator:** NPR  
**Verdict:** Probably worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

More than 20 million Shia pilgrims converged on the holy city of Karbala in Iraq last week. The massive annual pilgrimage commemorates the killing of Imam Hussein 14 centuries ago.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeHBNf_XbEM

### Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham talks about navigating film and television as a tall woman [7/10]
**Creator:** NPR  
**Verdict:** Probably worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Hannah Waddingham talks about navigating film and television as a tall woman who stands 5 feet 11 inches. Her “Ted Lasso" character, Rebecca Welton, loves to wear heels — which makes Waddingham 6 feet 2 inches.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7sSvTGt_e8

### Amanda Knox's comedy show, Cartwheel, sells out at Edinburgh Fringe Festival [8/10]
**Creator:** NPR  
**Verdict:** Worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

This weekend marks the start of Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe, billed as the world’s biggest comedy and theater festival, and one show, in particular, is stirring controversy — a comedy called "Cartwheel,” by Amanda Knox, the American former…

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkHdmJzBojY

### McDonald's says overwhelming marketing, product launches led to slump in sales [6/10]
**Creator:** NPR  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

McDonald’s says its sales in the U.S. have slowed down much more than the company expected in the latest quarter.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUeRVTqR8gA

### Half-Life Alyx Running On Meta Quest 3?! [7/10]
**Creator:** Digital Foundry  
**Verdict:** Probably worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to platform economics, value, and computing hardware tradeoffs.

► Watch the Full Video Here: https://youtu.be/eMwtL2v1J-M ► Visit the Digital Foundry website: https://www.digitalfoundry.net ► Support us on Patreon! https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx ► Digital Foundry YouTube: https://youtube.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4O4QAifQR8

### GTA 6: An Extended Look Announcement Reaction: What Should We Expect? [7/10]
**Creator:** Digital Foundry  
**Verdict:** Probably worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to platform economics, value, and computing hardware tradeoffs.

► Watch the Full Video Here: https://youtu.be/eMwtL2v1J-M ► Visit the Digital Foundry website: https://www.digitalfoundry.net ► Support us on Patreon! https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx ► Digital Foundry YouTube: https://youtube.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MeSVMSkftE

### Pixel FX Morph 2K Analog Video Scaler - Tested! [6/10]
**Creator:** Digital Foundry  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to platform economics, value, and computing hardware tradeoffs.

► Watch the Full Video Here: https://youtu.be/ZLALsXHLJEE ► Visit the Digital Foundry website: https://www.digitalfoundry.net ► Support us on Patreon! https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx ► Digital Foundry YouTube: https://youtube.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPcg3Z3sqDI

### PC Settings Tweaking vs Console Curation: The One Big Advantage For PlayStation + Xbox? [6/10]
**Creator:** Digital Foundry  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to platform economics, value, and computing hardware tradeoffs.

► Watch the Full Video Here: https://youtu.be/GE4L0clL2d0 ► Visit the Digital Foundry website: https://www.digitalfoundry.net ► Support us on Patreon! https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx ► Digital Foundry YouTube: https://youtube.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToEn4Ee5F64

### Mortal Kombat 2 Ported To... 3DO! And It's Surprisingly Awesome [6/10]
**Creator:** Digital Foundry  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to platform economics, value, and computing hardware tradeoffs.

► Watch the Full Video Here: https://youtu.be/IazA7Mbyx5k ► Visit the Digital Foundry website: https://www.digitalfoundry.net ► Support us on Patreon! https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx ► Digital Foundry YouTube: https://youtube.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLSqXV-DgJo

### Helix Back-Compat: Why No Series X Pro Console Could Cause Issues - and What Xbox Can Do About It [6/10]
**Creator:** Digital Foundry  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to platform economics, value, and computing hardware tradeoffs.

► Watch the Full Video Here: https://youtu.be/GE4L0clL2d0 ► Visit the Digital Foundry website: https://www.digitalfoundry.net ► Support us on Patreon! https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx ► Digital Foundry YouTube: https://youtube.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHVp5rAru0

### Nick & Jenna Play the Sands of Time Trilogy for the First Time | Part 5 [6/10]
**Creator:** Second Wind  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Worth your time if you care about design, criticism, and not just hype.

The community funded Nick playing the Sands of Time trilogy on stream for the first time. Join Nick and Jenna as they start the series today! If you dig watching us check out indies, considering supporting us over at Patreon -- https://www.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgN-6RY3gnA

### Spider-Man: Brand New Day Ushers in the Post-Marvel Studios MCU | The Backdrop [6/10]
**Creator:** Second Wind  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Worth your time if you care about design, criticism, and not just hype.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a very interesting lesson in brand management. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SecondWindGroup Second Wind Merch: https://shop.secondwindgroup.com/

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrUTIIFAhHA

### Foghorns Drown Is Horror of the Psychological Flavor | Hot Monday Energy [8/10]
**Creator:** Second Wind  
**Verdict:** Worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Worth your time if you care about design, criticism, and not just hype.

This video is brought to you by PlayTracker, the app that tracks your cross-platform game library, achievements, stats, and more! Join the Second Wind guild to earn a free game and potentially win a $250 gift card to the gaming platform of…

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGq5lH_CFhg

### The Obscure Games We Love | Windbreaker Podcast [8/10]
**Creator:** Second Wind  
**Verdict:** Worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Worth your time if you care about design, criticism, and not just hype.

This video is brought to you by PlayTracker, the app that tracks your cross-platform game library, achievements, stats, and more! Join the Second Wind guild to earn a free game and potentially win a $250 gift card to the gaming platform of…

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX7uK6NKk6E

### Agent 64: Spies Never Die and Tears of Metal | Byteszied [6/10]
**Creator:** Second Wind  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Worth your time if you care about design, criticism, and not just hype.

This week on Bytesized, Nick checked out Agent 64 and Tears of Metal. Agent 64 on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574480/?snr=1_5_9__205 Tears of Metal on Steam: https://store.steampowered.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hP_mXN-TFw

### Taking Guilty Gear Strive to Court | Super Smash Sunday [6/10]
**Creator:** Second Wind  
**Verdict:** Summary is enough  
**Why it matters:** Worth your time if you care about design, criticism, and not just hype.

KC is out this weekend, so Jesse G and El Cheshire are going to spend some time in Guilty Gear Strive. If you dig watching us check out indies, considering supporting us over at Patreon -- https://www.patreon.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKSgozM1spg

### Truck-kun, Dinoblade, Dodo Duckie, and Feed the Pit | Yahtzee Tries [7/10]
**Creator:** Second Wind  
**Verdict:** Probably worth watching  
**Why it matters:** Worth your time if you care about design, criticism, and not just hype.

This video is brought to you by GRAFT. Escape a dark, decaying space station the size of a continent in this story-driven survival horror RPG from the makers of the Shadowrun Trilogy. – https://store.steampowered.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE7Mi0n86eM

## Entertainment Recommendations

### Newer shows that look like a fit

- **Scavengers Reign** — Animated speculative sci-fi with strong worldbuilding and a weirder imagination than most prestige SF.
- **Sugar** — Noir detective structure with a genre wrinkle and a sensibility that feels adjacent to your crime/strangeness overlap.
- **The Lazarus Project** — Time-loop espionage, moral pressure, and speculative plotting — very plausible fit.
- **Bodies** — Time-spanning conspiracy/mystery structure that fits your taste for long-arc puzzle storytelling.
- **Constellation** — A little more cerebral and mood-heavy, but it scratches the identity / reality-slippage itch.
- **The Devil’s Hour** — Dark, twisty, and structurally ambitious without feeling like homework.

### Older shows you may have missed

- **Counterpart** — Probably the single cleanest “James show you may have missed”: espionage + parallel-world sci-fi + adult competence.
- **Patriot** — Dry, strange, melancholy spy storytelling with a very distinct voice.
- **Utopia** — Paranoid conspiracy energy, formal boldness, and a willingness to get strange and ugly.
- **Rubicon** — A low-key conspiracy thriller that leans heavily on intelligence work, paranoia, and institutional atmosphere.
- **Continuum** — A cleaner old-school sci-fi fit if you want procedural momentum wrapped around time-travel politics.
- **Person of Interest** — Starts procedural and then quietly becomes one of the smartest AI / surveillance shows on television.

### Maggie + James overlap

- **Bad Sisters** — Darkly funny, well-observed, and ensemble-driven in a way that plausibly overlaps with Hacks / Derry Girls / Mare of Easttown energy.
- **Detectorists** — Gentle, funny, humane, and specific — a softer shared-watch possibility.
- **Astrid et Raphaëlle** — French procedural with a strong central duo and exactly the kind of foreign-crime appeal Maggie may share with you.
- **Somebody Somewhere** — A warmer character-driven recommendation if the shared overlap leans more Bear / Good Place than pure detective work.

## Trailers / Previews

### Violent Night 2 | Official Trailer [8/10]
**Source:** Universal Pictures  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fight. Violent Night 2 only in theaters December 4. If you’re nice, you get presents from the Big Guy. If you’re naughty, you get justice.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmM2giDwLAE

### One Night Only Is... [7/10]
**Source:** Universal Pictures  
**Verdict:** Worth a glance  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

energetic. chaotic. unconventional. one night only is this summer’s biggest rom-com! see it in theaters this friday.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7lBY4Au1mU

### go, go, go! get your tickets now for ONE NIGHT ONLY. in theaters august 7 [7/10]
**Source:** Universal Pictures  
**Verdict:** Worth a glance  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

What if one messy night turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you? This summer, Will Gluck, the filmmaker of Anyone but You and Easy A, celebrates modern romantic comedy on the big screen with a fresh, witty, swoony original…

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fywtiE6V3XU

### RAMAYANA - Official Trailer (English) [9/10]
**Source:** Sony Pictures Entertainment  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

An epic journey unlike anything seen before. Watch the official trailer for #Ramayana, coming to theatres worldwide November 6.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74nF-FWAS6M

### INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER - Final Trailer (4K) [9/10]
**Source:** Sony Pictures Entertainment  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

Evil found a way out. The final trailer has come for our world. GET TICKETS NOW. #Insidious: Out Of The Further is exclusively in theatres August 21. Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/InsidiousMovie https://twitter.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXjurDkYnEM

### RAMAYANA - Official Trailer [9/10]
**Source:** Sony Pictures Entertainment  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

The Ramayana Trailer. This is where the EPIC BEGINS. 🏹 Namit Malhotra's Ramayana Directed by Nitesh Tiwari In Cinemas Worldwide, Diwali 2026.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zip1rNaNYs

### JUMANJI: OPEN WORLD - Official Trailer (4K) [8/10]
**Source:** Sony Pictures Entertainment  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

One. Last. Game. The final countdown begins. Watch the new trailer for #Jumanji: Open World - exclusively in theatres Christmas Day. Follow Us On Social: https://www.facebook.com/JumanjiMovie https://www.twitter.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhApeaHMvfs

### RESIDENT EVIL – Official Trailer (4K) [8/10]
**Source:** Sony Pictures Entertainment  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

𝙽𝚘 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝. From the mind of Zach Cregger, director of Weapons and Barbarian. Watch the official trailer for Resident Evil. Filmed for IMAX – in theatres 9.18. #ResidentEvil https://www.instagram.com/residentevil/ https://twitter.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNd1gb19A-c

### Primetime | Official Trailer HD | A24 [8/10]
**Source:** A24  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribe From director Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine. PRIMETIME – Inspired by true events. Only in theaters September 25.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fHXyqQOKL8

### Onslaught | Official Trailer 2 HD | A24 [8/10]
**Source:** A24  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribe From director Adam Wingard and starring Adria Arjona, Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, Rebecca Hall, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Eric Wareheim and Dan Stevens. ONSLAUGHT – In Theaters September 4.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMLCbpM1fRQ

### Paper Tiger - Official Teaser Trailer - In Theaters November [7/10]
**Source:** NEON  
**Verdict:** Worth a glance  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldCb77jXIsM

### Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo - Official Teaser Trailer - Coming Soon [7/10]
**Source:** NEON  
**Verdict:** Worth a glance  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

A disgraced Tokyo detective spirals into a world of corruption, addiction, and violence as he becomes entangled in a twister investigation involving a vengeful ex-Yakuza, an enigmatic FBI agent, and a missing daughter of a powerful…

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brkTgfdmztk

### It Ends - Official Trailer - In Theaters August 21 [8/10]
**Source:** NEON  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

Four friends post-college plans are derailed when a wrong turn traps them on a never-ending backroad.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFszhQLMNXU

### PARASOMNIA | Official Trailer | Shudder [9/10]
**Source:** Shudder  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

After her friend vanishes, Riley must confront the demon from her night terrors that may have crossed into reality, while facing her own tragic past. PARASOMNIA drops September 4 on Shudder.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tYE5KY0dk4

### HELLCAT | Official Trailer | Shudder [9/10]
**Source:** Shudder  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

A woman wakes in the back of a moving camper trailer with a badly infected wound. A voice from the truck towing it tells her they must reach a doctor within the hour or she’ll suffer a horrific fate. HELLCAT premieres August 14 on Shudder.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWZjFdaJKgw

### THE CYCLE | Deborah Ann Woll, Jeffrey Donovan | Teaser Trailer | Shudder [8/10]
**Source:** Shudder  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87ekbcLWPN4

### INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER - Final Trailer (4K) [9/10]
**Source:** Blumhouse  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Potentially worth attention if the trailer looks more interesting than generic studio sludge.

Evil found a way out. The final trailer has come for our world. GET TICKETS NOW. #Insidious: Out Of The Further is exclusively in theatres August 21.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHehvziDKBI

### Animals | Official Teaser | Netflix [10/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Power can’t protect you. Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, with Kerry Washington, Steven Yeun, Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz and Luis Gerardo Méndez, Animals is in select theaters and on Netflix October 9. Watch on Netflix: https://www.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdSRAb-GSu0

### The next installment in the Monster Anthology rages onto Netflix September 17th [10/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

You know the rhyme, but do you know the story? The next installment in the Monster Anthology rages onto Netflix September 17th. #MonsterTheLizzieBordenStory Watch on Netflix: https://www.netflix.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCINlOKdyI

### Let’s Marry Harry | Finale Sneak Peek | Netflix [9/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

It’s time for Harry to make a decision. Who will walk down the aisle and marry Harry? The Let’s Marry Harry finale premieres tomorrow, August 12, only on Netflix 💍 Watch on Netflix: https://www.netflix.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8o49qsLBdQ

### Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story | Official Teaser | Netflix [10/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Lizzie Borden took an axe... The first female monster from Ryan Murphy’s famed Anthology series - Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story coming to Netflix September 17. Watch on Netflix: https://www.netflix.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkQDfMLhRLM

### Dang! | Official Trailer | Netflix [9/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Meet the Dangs! DANG! follows siblings Andrew and Eunice, whose fun, messy lives in New York City are interrupted when their worst nightmare comes true: their high-achieving older sister Ruthie shows up and wants to hang out with them.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utE1mDVY0cA

### A Different World | Brandy Theme Song | Netflix [9/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Class is officially in session. Grammy Award winner Brandy Norwood is bringing her voice to the theme song for A Different World, releasing September 24, only on Netflix. Watch on Netflix: https://www.netflix.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1c7QmxGVZA

### Gentle Monster | Official Teaser | Netflix [10/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

When a police raid shatters her life, concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux) must protect her son and confront how little she knows her husband after he is accused of an unspeakable crime in this tense thriller about trust and survival.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsOgBqDSi9M

### Outer Banks: Season 5 | Final Trailer | Netflix [10/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Truly wouldn’t wanna do it with anyone else. The final season returns on August 20th! Watch on Netflix: https://www.netflix.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP_-xfWQ6_U

### The Secret Woman | Official Trailer | Netflix [9/10]
**Source:** Netflix  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

A woman with memory loss discovers she has a family and a shipping empire. She returns to a seemingly perfect past to uncover the truth about why she left. Watch on Netflix: https://www.netflix.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FldeGkt4e4k

### Last Seen — Official Trailer | Apple TV [10/10]
**Source:** Apple TV  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Starring Patrick Brammall, this Australian thriller follows a dispatcher who receives a call that his missing daughter may be alive, risking everything to save her. A missing daughter. An alarming distress call.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8nHySkLb64

### Silo — Daniel and Helen Finally Get Answers | Season 3 Scene | Apple TV [10/10]
**Source:** Apple TV  
**Verdict:** Looks promising  
**Why it matters:** Relevant to your current interest graph.

Starring and executive produced by Rebecca Ferguson and created by Emmy Award winner Graham Yost, season three of the sci-fi drama Silo is now streaming on Apple TV. https://apple.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o_yOCXCkW8