Premieres of the week: "Room 104", "Rick and Morty", "Fatal Temptation" and others

Serials

Midnight, TX

Season 1 premiere: July 24.
Horror.
USA, 2017.

Fantastic premiere by the director of "Mr. Robot" based on a series of books by contemporary American writer Charlene Harris. We find ourselves in a small Texas town where normality is quite rare.

Midnight is the southern haven of a motley public, including vampires, sorcerers, assassins and psychics. Over the years of cohabitation, the inhabitants have turned it into a real fortress, helping them to successfully fight off external threats.

Earthlings

Season 2 premiere: July 24.
Comedy, fantasy.
USA, 2016.
IMDb: 7, 7.

A comedy series about people who believe they have been abducted by aliens in the past. They unite in a club to support each other in a rather peculiar small New York town of Beacon, randomly chosen by aliens for their inconspicuous landing. It is there that FBI special agent Alex Foster (Nazim Padrad, Gigi from Scream Queens) arrives in search of the owner of the local newspaper Jonathan Walsh (Michael Cassidy), and completely unexpected adventures await her.

Somewhere Between

Season 1 premiere: July 24.
Thriller, drama.
USA, 2017.

American remake of the Korean thriller "Gift from Heaven: 14 Days", in which mother Laura Price knows exactly when, where and how her daughter will be killed, and makes every possible effort to deceive the sinister fate. But the girl is inevitably moving towards her own death.

Top of the lake

Season 2 premiere: July 27.
Thriller, drama, detective.
UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, 2013.
IMDb: 7, 6.

The second season of "Top of the Lake" will tell about the investigation of a new blood-curdling crime. The body of a murdered Asian girl is found on the shores of Australian Bondi Beach. The case is entrusted to detective Robin Griffin, whose role is played by the star of "Mad Men" and the fresh TV drama "The Handmaid's Tale" by Elizabeth Moss.

Robin, along with assistant Miranda (Gwendoline Christie, Brienne from Game of Thrones), soon leaves for an infamous local brothel. At the same time, she meets her abandoned daughter Mary, who lives with her new mother (Nicole Kidman), who spends a lot of time in the company of suspicious men. In addition, we learn something new about 12-year-old Tui Mitchum, whose disappearance became the center of the plot of the first season.

All six episodes of Top of the Lake season 2 will air on BBC2 on the day of the premiere.

The last tycoon

Season 1 premiere: July 28.
Drama.
USA, 2016.
IMDb: 8, 0.

A melodrama based on the latest unfinished novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, in which the manager of the Hollywood film studio Monroe Star starts a conflict with his boss Pat Brady, while Brady's daughter, Celia, tries to work her way into the film industry and into the heart of Monroe.

A beautiful series about Hollywood in the 1930s from Amazon with a full set of trump cards: juicy and desperate characters, unexpected deaths and colorful scenery.

Room 104

Season 1 premiere: July 28.
Drama.
USA, 2017.

Teleanthology from the Duplass brothers, whom you may have seen in the sitcom Mindy Project. This time, the guys settled down in the director's chairs and are ready to tell us twelve creepy stories that happened at different times and with different people inside the same hotel room 104.

Rick and Morty

Continuation of the 3rd season: July 30.
Cartoon, comedy, fantasy.
USA, 2013.
IMDb: 9, 3.

The long-awaited third season of the animated hit about the adventures of the insane alcoholic genius Rick and his dim-witted grandson Morty. The first episode of the third season was released on April 1, but the remaining episodes will be released only now.

As for the plot, it is expected that after the onset of the Galactic Federation, the Earth will return to normal life again. Also, the authors will pay more attention to Jerry and Beth, who in the first episode of the third season decided to divorce due to radically different views on Rick's antics. The season turned out to be a little darker and, unfortunately, shorter - only 14 episodes.

Werewolf

Premiere of the 2nd part of the 6th season: July 30.
Horror, fantasy, drama, melodrama.
USA, 2011.
IMDb: 7, 7.

The final half of the sixth season will consist of 10 episodes. In the last part of the story, before leaving college, Scott, along with the pack, will meet a new enemy that threatens the lives of everyone who is dear to them.

It is symbolic that the series will end on the hundredth episode. On July 20, the series held its final presentation at Comic-Con, at which the actors emotionally said goodbye to the grateful viewers.

Films

Time Matrix

Premiere in Russia: July 27.
Thriller, drama, detective.
USA, 2017.
IMDb: 6, 4.

Imagine that you are given one day to change your whole life. Samantha Kingston has it all: perfect friends, the perfect boyfriend, and probably the perfect future. But one day it comes to an end. After the fateful night, she wakes up with no hope for the future. She fell into her own version of Groundhog Day and relives the same day over and over again. A vicious circle leads her to the main question: was her life so ideal before?

The riddle begins to unwind like a ball of thread, touching on the secrets of people close to her. Soon, Samantha discovers that this one day can fix everything not only for her, but also for those who are dear to her. The main thing is to be in time before the allotted time runs out.

Explosive blonde

Premiere in Russia: July 27.
Action, detective, thriller.
USA, 2017.
IMDb: 7, 5.

The best employee of Her Majesty's Secret Service Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is adept at both the art of espionage and the art of seduction, and is ready to apply any of these skills to stay alive, completing the next mission. This time she is instructed to go to Berlin and take out a package of valuable documents. Together with undercover agent David Percival Lorraine will participate in the most dangerous spy game without the right to make mistakes.

2pac: Legend

Premiere in Russia: July 27.
Biographical, drama, music.
USA, 2017.
IMDb: 7, 5.

Chronicle of the personal life and career rise of the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur, from humble beginnings to world fame and subsequent violent death. A gift for both fans of the musician and all music lovers.

Fatal temptation

Premiere in Russia: July 27.
Western drama.
USA, 2017.
IMDb: 7, 1.

The plot of this historical drama is set during the American Civil War in a closed girls' boarding house in the south of the country. It is there that a wounded enemy soldier secretly gets. The inhabitants of the boarding house provide him with shelter and the necessary care, at the same time burning with carnal desires. Sexual tension leads to dangerous clashes and disruption of order, and soon events take a dangerous turn.

The film was directed by Sofia Coppola, and the starring cast includes Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst. The result is a melodrama in the spirit of Lost in Translation, which will reward an attentive and patient viewer.

Become a legend! Bigfoot Jr

Premiere in Russia: July 27.
Animation, comedy.
Belgium, 2017.

The brave little boy Adam sets out on an adventure in search of his long-lost father and soon discovers that his father is none other than the legendary Bigfoot. For many years, he hid in the woods, protecting himself and his family from the huge corporation HairCo., Which wants to conduct scientific experiments on his unique DNA.

After meeting with his father, Adam learns that he himself is endowed with unimaginable superpowers. But the heroes do not even suspect that, because of Adam, agents of HairCo., Who have been looking for Bigfoot for a long time, have left on their trail.

Gracefield

Premiere in Russia: July 27.
Action, detective, thriller, horror, fantasy.
USA, 2017.
IMDb: 5, 0.

Video game plot editor Matthew Donovan builds a tiny camera into his pop-up eye to covertly document a weekend at an alpine resort with friends. But the jubilation ends when a meteorite hits the mountain in the middle of a party, turning a fun holiday into a shocking nightmare.

My angel

Premiere in Russia: July 27.
Melodrama.
Belgium, 2017.
IMDb: 6, 8.

Due to the deepest sadness after the mysterious disappearance of her beloved, Louise finds herself in the walls of a house for the mentally ill. Nine months later, her son Angel is born, endowed with an incredible quality: he is invisible. To protect the child from a hostile outside world, the mother successfully hides the fact of his existence.

Angel grows up and meets the blind girl, Madeline, who lives next door. They quickly fall in love with each other, and the young lady has no idea that Angel is invisible. But only until one beautiful day, when she announces that she will forever change their lives: Madeline is going to restore her eyesight.

Output

Premiere in Russia: July 27.
Documentary.
Russia, 2017.

A documentary film by Anton Kalyuzhny about one of the most risky sports - base jumping. Using a small parachute, athletes jump from high objects down, and according to statistics, every 60th person dies. Nevertheless, base jumping does not lose its popularity and every year it attracts more and more extreme sportsmen.