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The Watchers
A young artist (Dakota Fanning) gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night. This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams. Mina finds herself in a room with a wall of glass, and an electric light that activates at nightfall, when the Watchers come above ground. These creatures emerge to observe their captive humans and terrible things happen to anyone who doesn't reach the bunker in time.
 

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Atlas (Netflix)
In a bleak sounding future, an A.I. soldier has determined that the only way to end war is to end humanity. Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

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Tires (Netflix)
Will, an unqualified heir, attempts to turn his auto repair business around while enduring torment from his now employee cousin Shane. If you like Shane Gillis, you'll absolutely love this show. I had full and deep belly laughs every episode. The first couple episodes feel like a sketch show more than anything but once the story kicks in it really pulls some stuff together. The cast of characters have great chemistry. This is a show written by comedians for people who love dumb, stupid, hilarious juvenile comedy.
 

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