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4 August 2021

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is a new outing for Star Trek reboot director J. J. Abrams, as producer of a docuseries exploring our fascination with unidentified flying objects and their military origins. On Showtime from 8 August.

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took a decade of research by Geoff Manaugh, writer of architecture blog BLDGBLOG, and Nicola Twilley, a contributor to The New Yorker. In their timely book, they track the history and future of quarantine globally.

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, a comedy-action movie directed by Shawn Levy, stars Deadpool’s Ryan Reynolds as Guy. He is a background character in an open-world video game who suddenly becomes sentient. Released 13 August.

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