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O, summertime, we hardly knew ye. Okay, in spite of fall not technically beginning for another month, Labor Day weekend just seems like completion of the sun-kissed season anyways. It is completion of a rocky August. Who understood that we ‘d be marking completion of the summer with Top Gun: Radical still thriving, and Jaws and Spider-Man: No Way House returning to Imax theaters, simply ’cause? However as summer comes to a close, fall motion picture and television season is opening as much as a really interesting start, especially with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power kicking off soon. Now, here’s the rest of our choices to unwind to this Labor Day weekend:
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Available in theaters and on Peacock.
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Offered to stream on HBO Max.
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Offered to stream on Netflix.
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Available to stream on Peacock.
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Available to stream on Netflix.
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Available to stream on Prime Video.
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Readily available to stream on Hulu.
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Readily available to stream on HBO Max.
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Readily available to stream on Netflix, then HBO Max.
Also! Read our streaming suggestions from the weekend of August 26. Vulture’s next list of weekend streaming picks goes online on Friday, September 9.
Source: https://www.vulture.com/2022/09/what-to-watch-this-weekend-best-movies-tv-september-2-5.html