Netflix releases East of Eden on Thursday, October 1, with Florence Pugh in a new adaptation of Steinbeck's family war. That premise can invite prestige fog; the reason to try it is the book's moral machinery, in which inheritance and self-invention keep changing places. Hold it for the October 1 release rather than filling tonight with a weaker novelty. Netflix's own weekly guide also flags UNABOMBER, LEGO One Piece, The Arena and The Widower; none is a stronger first use of time. Netflix Tudum