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The tsunami of viewing possibilities continues, and while all this endless choice used to alarm and unnerve me because how could I possibility get to it all, now I see it as a TBW (To Be Watched) menu of possibility that’s exciting because who knows what I’ll watch and love next?
It’s a giddy long list of possibility and while a list as long as one I curate, and yes my phone has pages of movies and TV shows to watch to the amusement of my friends who, rather sensibly just watch the damn stuff, doesn’t need more entries, more entries it now has, including these four thrilling possibilities.
Who knows where all this storytelling will take us?
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Long before the wardrobe, there was a lion. With Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, director Greta Gerwig will sweep you away on a fantastical adventure and leave you forever changed. The epic film will travel back to the origins of Narnia, in the first-ever adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ 1955 novel, The Magician’s Nephew. As a lifelong fan, Gerwig is beyond thrilled to bring her singular vision to this beloved world. Two children discover a wood full of pools leading to other worlds. One takes them to a dead city beneath a dying sun, where they wake a queen who exterminated its population and accidentally bring her back to London. Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is directed by the Oscar-nominated American actress / filmmaker Greta Gerwig, director of the movies Nights and Weekends, Lady Bird, Little Women, Barbie previously. The screenplay is also written by Greta Gerwig. Adapted from The Magician’s Nephew book by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1955. Produced by Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Vincent Sieber-Smith, Greta Gerwig. Made by The C.S. Lewis Company, eOne Films, Pascal Pictures, and Midnight Road Ent. (courtesy First Showing)
Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew opens in Australia on 11 February 2027 and U.S. on 12 February 2027 with streaming on Netflix from 2 April the same year.
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Each episode of 12 12 12 unfolds across three timelines of a heist: the 12 months of planning, the 12 hours of the heist and the 12 days following it. The series follows a disgraced FBI agent (Anthony Mackie) and an American career criminal (Jamie Dornan) as they play a zero-sum game of cat and mouse across Europe. At the centre of it all is the daring, epic raid on a bank vault deep beneath the streets of Zurich.In addition to Mackie and Dornan, the ensemble cast includes Jack Kesy (12 Strong, Hellboy: The Crooked Man), Agathe Rousselle (Titane), Sallie Harmsen (Blade Runner 2049), José Garcia (The Ax, Now You See Me) and Emmy Award nominee Kali Reis (True Detective, Mercy), among others.
The series is created and executive produced by Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble. Emmy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Kari Skogland directs multiple episodes, including the pilot, and serves as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Dornan and Mackie, with Mackie executive producing under his Make It With Gravy production banner alongside Samantha Corbin-Miller, David Knoller and Jason Spire for Inspire Entertainment. The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content. (courtesy AppleTV)
12 12 12 is an eight-episode original series which premieres globally on Friday, 13 November, with the first two episodes, followed by one episode every Friday through 25 December.
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An overwhelmed group of teenagers struggles to run a local pizzeria while juggling school, a manic boss, and minimum wage salaries. The stakes are low, and the pressure is immense. (courtesy Netflix)
Minimum Wage premieres on Netflix on 26 October.
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The Child tells the story of Mariaje (Belén Cuesta) and Nicasio (Karra Elejalde), the mother and grandfather of one of the children who died in a gas explosion in a town in the Basque Country in October 1980. The tragedy shocked the local community and the whole of Spain, changing their lives forever. On a journey marked by unexpected emotions, Mariaje and Nicasio search for —and find— their own unique way to overcome their loss.A new film by Mariano Barroso (Ecstasy, Todas las mujeres, La línea invisible), The Child stars Goya Award winners Belén Cuesta (The Endless Trench, Money Heist) and Karra Elejalde (Spanish Affair, While at War). (courtesy Netflix)
The Child releases in select cinemas on 13 November before premiering on Netflix on 27 November.