On this episode of Why Watch That:

FIRST LOOKS

Infinite

Website: Paramount+

Synopsis: For Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg), skills he has never learned and memories of places he has never visited haunt his daily life. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, Evan is sought by a secret group that call themselves “Infinites,” revealing to him that his memories may be real – but they are from multiple past lives.

Release Date: Exclusively on Paramount+ Thursday, June 10, 2021
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Screenplay by: Ian Shorr
Story by: Todd Stein
Based on the book “The Reincarnationist Papers” by D. Eric Maikranz
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Dylan O’Brien, Jason Mantzoukas, Rupert Friend, and Toby Jones
Distributor: Paramount+
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes
Rated PG-13

The Ice Road

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a ‘big-rig’ ice road driver (Liam Neeson) must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners. Contending with thawing waters and a massive storm, they discover the real threat is one they never saw coming.

Release Date: Available on Netflix Friday, June 25, 2021
Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh
Screenplay by: Jonathan Hensleigh
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Benjamin Walker, Amber Midthunder, and Marcus Thomas
Distributor: Netflix
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 1 hour 49 minutes 
Rated PG-13