We are invited to the ‘Dragon House’ this week and no one will want to miss an appointment, but this is not the only event we need to mark in red on the calendar. Below are five other offers.
1. ‘Dinosaurs’: prepare for trauma
We have good news and bad news. Let’s start with the good: The legendary family comedy ‘Dinosaurs’, conceived by Jim Henson shortly before his death, is coming fully to Disney+ next week. The bad news: “in its entirety” means that its final episode could also be seen as one of the most traumatic consequences in television history, (hopelessly) remembered. Don’t cheat: start over and suffer in the end. Disney+Wednesday, day 24.
2. ‘Dollhouse’: sci-fi espionage
This creation by Joss Whedon (‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’) only lasted two seasons and you can tell: It had a tendency to awkward dialogue or unnecessary subplots. But in its most fortunate lines, ‘Dollhouse’ may well be a no-nonsense sci-fi pastime, a mild re-reading of Philip K. Dick’s conjectures. Eliza Dushku was Echo, an unwitting (briefly) employee of a company that erases memories to create bendable agents. Disney+, Wednesday, 24.
3. ‘Ollie disappeared’: the toy story
In this fusion of animation and live action, Ollie (voice of a rag rabbit) Jonathan Groff!), embarks on an adventure to return to his beloved owner Billy (Kesler Talbot). Among the voice actors we also see Mary J. Blige as a defiant teddy bear and Tim Blake Nelson as a former clown doll: bravo. Peter Ramsey (‘Spider-Man: A new universe’) drives this creation. Shannon Tindle (‘Kubo and two magic strings’). NetflixWednesday, day 24.
4. ‘Lethal injections’: passion and mystery in three groups
This Danish ‘thriller’ follows a nurse (Amalie Dollerup), the doctor she’s engaged to (Jonathan Harboe) and her new girl in the hospital (Josefine Frida Pettersen from Norwegian ‘Skam’) in a complicated relationship of friendship and friendship. His passion for the three groups is further tainted by suspicions of murder. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in a political key that SundanceTV premieres in 2021 is the work of the ‘Rival Passion’ team. AMC+, Thursday, the 25th.
5. ‘See (season 3)’: the adventure is over
Based on the talent involved, this epic and apocalyptic drama about a world without sight definitely deserves more views. Steven Knight (‘Peaky Blinders’) was the creator and Jonathan Tropper (co-creator of ‘Banshee’) has taken the reins as ‘showrunner’ since its second season. In the third and final chapter, Baba Voss (large, in more than one way, Jason Momoa) must return from his jungle retreat to protect his tribe from a new threat. AppleTV+Friday, from day 26.