Weekend Watchlist, 9/4: Go
What to watch this weekend
Happy Friday, PV Guide readers! I hope you have a great weekend ahead of you.
Earlier this week, I published my review of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. Next week, I’ll have the latest entry in the Back in Action: 1991 series, talking about the action movies from August.
Here are this week’s picks!
The Guest
Where to watch: Shudder, or for digital rental/purchase
Adam Wingard and Dan Stevens’ newest project, Onslaught, is out in theaters, which is a great reason to revisit their terrific 2014 movie The Guest. Dan Stevens plays a handsome young man with something odd lurking beneath the surface (aka the Dan Stevens special) who stays with a family, saying he’s a friend of their dead son. Then dead bodies start piling up. It’s a very fun action thriller with fantastic lead performances.
A Chen Kuan-tai movie
The great martial artist and filmmaker Chen Kuan-tai died this week. In a time where most of the Shaw Brothers’ movie stars came from operatic backgrounds, he was one of the first to instead have a background in martial arts (and firefighting, his job before acting). Chen was one of the key figures of the kung fu movie boom internationally, and I’ll be watching one of his Shaw Brothers classics this weekend – consider joining me with The Boxer from Shantung, Crippled Avengers, or Killer Constable.
La Vuelta a España
Where to watch: Peacock
We’re heading into the final week of La Vuelta a España, the last of pro cycling’s three annual grand tours. Things have gotten interesting, though not in the way anyone would hope. The indomitable Tadej Pogacar, the heavy favorite, had to withdraw from the race after a horrific crash on Stage 8 where he struck a rock and went down hard. (He is okay now).
That suddenly put Spaniard Enric Mas in the leader’s jersey of his home race. Mas has podiumed at La Vuelta twice, but has never won a stage race anywhere near this stature. He’ll look to increase his slim advantage over top challengers Primož Roglič (a four-time winner of the race who, at 36, would love one more chance at grand tour glory), Felix Gall (a perennial runner-up to the truly generational climbers he normally contends with), and others lurking a few minutes behind.
