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'Project Power', 'Get Shorty': Four awesome things to stream now

Whether you've got two hours to spare or 10, these are the cool movies and shows to spend it watching

23 August 2020 - 00:00 By and tymon smith
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The cast of 'Project Power'
The cast of 'Project Power'
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IF YOU HAVE 2+ HOURS ...

Watch: Project Power

When a frightening new drug that offers its users temporary superpowers hits the streets of New Orleans, an ex-soldier, a troubled teenager and a cop find themselves thrown together in a race against time. Starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and breakout talent to watch Dominique Fishback, it's a slick enough action thriller with a suitably dystopian bent and enough edge-of-your-seat twists and turns to keep you entertained, if not particularly enlightened by the end of it all.

Where to stream it: Netflix

WATCH | 'Project Power' trailer.

IF YOU HAVE 3+ HOURS ...

Watch: What We Do in the Shadows Season 2

The further adventures of everyone's favourite blundering slacker vampires continue in a series that's more than a simple reboot of its source material and often very funny and inventive.

Where to stream it: Showmax

WATCH | 'What We Do in the Shadows Season 2' trailer.

IF YOU HAVE 7+ HOURS ...

Watch: Get Shorty Season 3

The madness of the shallow farce that is life in Hollywood continues to be exposed in the third season of this enjoyable, offbeat and somewhat messy re-imagination of Elmore Leonard's story of the affable debt collector turned film producer played endearingly here by Chris O'Dowd.

Where to stream it: Showmax

WATCH | 'Get Shorty' Season 3 trailer.

IF YOU HAVE 10+ HOURS ...

Watch: The Man in the High Castle Season 4

The pertinent and topical adaptation of Philip K Dick's nightmare imagining of a different outcome for the world after World War 2 comes to a breathless and thrilling conclusion as our mismatched collaborators from different sides of the fascist dystopia work together for the sake of humanity, freedom and democracy.

Where to stream it: Amazon Prime Video

WATCH | 'The Man in the Castle' Season 4 trailer.


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