What to Stream This Weekend: ‘My Oxford Year,’ ‘Twisted Metal,’ ‘Chief of War’ and two Happy Gilmore flicks

Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest star in My Oxford 12 months, a brand new romance on Netflix primarily based on the novel by Julia Whelan. Carson stars as Anna, an bold American scholar who enrolls in a year-long poetry program on the College of Oxford. Anna has created a strict plan for herself, beginning along with her research at Oxford, however all of that’s derailed when she meets a captivating man named Jamie (Mylchreest) who makes her query whether or not the trail she’s laid out for herself is the appropriate one. The movie arrives Aug. 1.

Good Match is sort of like an all-star version of all of Netflix’s courting reveals rolled into one. The present, now heading into its third season, options some fan-favorite forged members from reveals like Love is Blind, Too Sizzling To Deal with and Temptation Island — to compete for one more probability at love. This season, for the primary time ever, the present welcomes non-Netflix present expertise, too, with contestants from The Bachelor and Love Island USA becoming a member of in on the enjoyable. The primary six episodes of this season arrive Aug. 1. Three extra arrive Aug. 8 and the season finale will air Aug. 15. 

Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer collection makes use of uncommon interviews with notorious murderers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer to supply uncommon perception into the minds of those cold-blooded killers. Within the new season of the present, they’re tackling David Berkowitz, higher referred to as the Son of Sam, the person who terrorized New York Metropolis in the course of the summer season of 1977. Berkowitz killed his victims together with his .44 caliber gun and anonymously taunted the general public and media retailers with letters he signed “the Son of Sam.” This new collection options audio interviews with Berkowitz who spoke with reporter Jack Jones whereas in jail in 1980 in addition to firsthand interviews with legislation enforcement, journalists and survivors of his assaults.

Twisted Steel, the action-comedy collection primarily based on the online game of the identical title, is again for a second season this week. This season, John Doe (Anthony Mackie) and Quiet (Stephanie Beatriz) enter the lethal demolition derby referred to as Twisted Steel, hosted by Calypso, who’s performed this season by Anthony Carrigan. That is not the one drama for John, nevertheless, as his estranged sister Dollface (Tiana Okoye) additionally finds her means again to his life, too. Twisted Steel returned with three new episodes on Thursday, July 31; new episodes will arrive each week via Thursday, Aug 28. 

A humorous factor occurred simply as quickly as Completely satisfied Gilmore 2 arrived on Netflix — the streamer introduced that the unique movie, Happy Gilmore, was leaving the platform. To not fear although; you possibly can nonetheless catch a double characteristic on streaming as a result of beginning Aug. 1, the 1996 comedy is accessible on Starz. 

Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, Ultimate Vacation spot Bloodlines, which arrives on HBO Max this week, stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana as Stefani Reyes, a girl who realizes that she and her household by no means ought to have existed as a result of their grandparents cheated demise. Because of this, welp, demise is knocking on her door. Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, and Brec Bassinger co-star, and the movie marks the ultimate look from actor Tony Todd, who died shortly after filming.