Would you leave your family for three years to go on a mission to Mars? Normally that would be an easy no, but I haven’t been alone since March 11, so the prospect sounds... slightly attractive. If nothing else, I may at least enjoy the experience vicariously with Away, a new Netflix series premiering Sept. 4.
Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank makes her prestige TV debut in the series about a woman who chooses to set off for the Red Planet, leaving her husband and teenage daughter behind on Earth. Drama, tragedy, and much tearful caressing of faces on computer screens ensues, both in space and on the ground. The show comes to us from creator Andrew Hinderaker and producers Matt Reeves (The Martian) and Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights), and the trailer promises exactly what you would expect from this scenario and these creators: Parenthood meets Gravity.
Here’s everything coming to and leaving the streaming service this week, including I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Sept. 4), a truly trippy-looking new movie from writer-director Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synecdoche, New York).
Available August 31
Casino Royale
Quantum of Solace
Available September 1
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices — Netflix Family
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! — Netflix Family
Felipe Esparza: Bad Decisions — Netflix Comedy Special
La Partita / The Match —Netflix Film
True: Friendship Day — Netflix Family
Adrift
Anaconda
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Barbershop
Barbie Princess Adventure
Borgen: Season 1-3
Children of the Sea
Coneheads
Glory
Grease
Magic Mike
The Muppets
Muppets Most Wanted
Not Another Teen Movie
Pineapple Express
Possession
The Producers (2005)
The Promised Neverland: Season 1
Puss in Boots
Red Dragon
Residue
Sex Drive
Sister, Sister: Season 1-6
The Smurfs
Wildlife
Zathura
Available September 2
Bad Boy Billionaires: India — Netflix Documentary
Chef’s Table: BBQ — Netflix Documentary
Freaks – You’re One of Us — Netflix Film
Available September 3
Afonso Padilha: Alma de Pobre — Netflix Comedy Special
Love, Guaranteed — Netflix Film
Young Wallander — Netflix Original
Available September 4
Away — Netflix Original
I’m Thinking of Ending Things — Netflix Film
The Lost Okoroshi
Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy: Part 2 — Netflix Family
Leaving September 4
Christopher Robin
Leaving September 5
Once Upon a Time: Seasons 1-7
