The Brainerd Dispatch - Today's Entertainment Magazine
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Brainerd Dispatch • October 31 - November 6, 2021 •19 By Raye Smith TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON NETFLIX "The Harder They Fall" (2021) Revenge is the name of the game in "The Harder They Fall," the new Western premiering in select theaters and streaming on Netflix as of Wednesday, Nov. 3. When outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors, "Lovecraft Country") discovers his enemy, Rufus Buck (Idris Elba, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," 2013), has just been released from prison, he reassembles his old gang to seek his revenge and take the man down once and for all. Reunit - ing Stagecoach Mary (Zazie Beetz, "Atlanta"), Bill Pickett (Edi Gathegi, "StartUp") and Jim Beckworth (R.J. Cyler, "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," 2015), Love and his crew lay it all on the table to fulfill their mis - sion. This energetic, modern take on a classic Western comes from director and writer Jeymes Samuel ("They Die by Dawn," 2013) and writer Boaz Yakin ("Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," 2010). Regina King ("Ray," 2004), LaKeith Stan - field ("Sorry to Bother You," 2018), Delroy Lindo ("The Good Fight"), Tait Fletcher ("Breaking Bad"), Mark Rhino Smith ("Argo," 2012), Danielle Deadwyler ("Gifted," 2017) and Deon Cole ("Black-ish") also star in the film. "Big Mouth" - Season 5 Hit the nightmare of puberty all over again when "Big Mouth" makes its Season 5 debut on Netflix on Friday, Nov. 5. Created by actor and comedian Nick Kroll ("The League"), Andrew Goldberg ("Family Guy"), and Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett (both of "Nim's Island," 2008), this fun and raunchy adult animated series explores the realities of life during puberty with blunt, hilarious and sometimes cringe-worthy hon- esty. Last season tactfully tackled depression and anxiety, while this season focuses more on themes of hate and love. As hormones fly wild (with the aid of the kids' occasion- ally helpful hormone monsters), new friendships are forged, new fights are started and young love blooms. Kroll voice stars as main character Nick Burch, who explores the joys and horrors of puberty with his friends Andrew (John Mulaney, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider- Verse," 2018), Jessi (Jessi Klein, "Inside Amy Schumer") and Jay (Ja- son Mantzoukas, "Housebroken"). Fred Armisen ("Portlandia"), Maya Rudolph ("Bridesmaids," 2011), Jordan Peele ("Keanu," 2016) and Andrew Rannells ("A Simple Favor," 2018) also return to voice star. WHAT'S NEW ON HULU "Animaniacs" - Season 2 The animaniacs are back! Season 2 of this updated reboot of the popular animated series from the 1990s airs its second season on Friday, Nov. 5, on Hulu. The Warner Brothers, Wakko (Jess Harnell, "Transformers," 2007) and Yakko (Ron Paulsen, "Pinky and the Brain"), and their sister, Dot (Tress MacNeille, "The Simpsons"), wreak havoc on the Warner Broth- ers Studio lot with a wacky host of characters and friends, including the scheming mouse duo Pinky (Paulsen) and the Brain (Maurice LaMarche, "Futurama"). While the siblings continue to create chaos in the lives of everyone they meet, Pinky and the Brain are still bent on their quest for world domination. Created by Wellesley Wild ("Family Guy"), the series is written by Lucas Crandles ("Open Slather"), Jordan VanDina ("The Binge," 2020), new- comer Kathleen Chen, Jess Lacher ("The Detour"), Brian Polk ("Great News"), Andrew Barbot ("Playing House") and Wild. WHAT'S NEW ON APPLE TV+ "Finch" (2021) The new, highly anticipated Apple Original film "Finch" premieres Friday, Nov. 5, on Apple TV+. Star- ring Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks ("Cast Away," 2000) as the titular Finch, the story follows the unlikely family of a man, a dog and a robot living together on a post-apocalyptic earth. An aging and ailing inventor, Finch is one of just a few survivors of a cata- strophic event that left the world a wasteland. Finch has managed to create a whole world of his own for himself and his dog, Goodyear, in the underground bunker in which he's been living for 10 years. After he creates a robot to care for his dog when he no longer can, Finch takes Goodyear and the robot (Ca- leb Landry Jones, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," 2017), who names himself Jeff, on a jour- ney across the desolate country to show him what it means to be alive. This new sci-fi drama is directed by Miguel Sapochnik ("Game of Thrones") and written by Craig Luck ("Solo: A Star Wars Story," 2018) and Ivor Powell ("Blade Runner," 1982). Lora Martinez- Cunningham ("The Book of Eli," 2010), Marie Wagenman ("12 Strong," 2018), Christopher Farrar ("Chicago Med") and Oscar Avila ("Stuck in the Middle," 2011) also star in the film. WHAT'S NEW ON HBO MAX "Son of Monarchs" (2020) Take a transformative journey with the 2020 Mexican drama film "Son of Monarchs," available to stream on Hulu on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Mexican biologist Mendel, played by Tenoch Huerta ("Welcome to the Blumhouse: Madres," 2021), returns to his small hometown for the first time since the death of his grandmother. Headed to the town nestled in amongst the Monarch butterfly forests in the Mexican state of Michoacán, Mendel's journey home forces him to face the traumas of his past and accept his new hybrid personality until, just like the butterflies that share his hometown, Mendel undergoes his own personal metamorphosis. From director and writer Alexis Gambis ("The Fly Room," 2014), the film also stars Paulina Gaitan ("Lady of Steel"), William Mapoth- er ("Lost"), Electra Avellan ("Planet Terror," 2007), Alexia Rasmussen ("Listen To Your Heart," 2010), Noé Hernández ("We Are the Flesh," 2016), Angelina Peláez ("Man on Fire," 2004) and Juan Ugarte ("El Alien y yo," 2016). WHAT'S NEW ON PRIME "The Electrical Life of Louis Wain" (2021) Film gets surreal in "The Electrical Life of Louis Wain," the new biopic drama premiering on Prime on Fri- day, Nov. 5. Artist Louis Wain (Bene- dict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game," 2014) was an eccentric painter living and working in Lon- don at the end of the 19th century. Best known for his works of anthro- pomorphized, large-eyed cats and kittens, the film explores Wain's life and the events that led to his steep rise in popularity with his surreal- ist cat paintings. This imaginative new film is directed by Will Sharpe ("Flowers") and features a screen- play by Sharpe and Simon Ste- phenson ("Luca," 2021). The cast is rounded out by a star-studded lineup that includes Taika Waititi ("Jojo Rabbit," 2019), Aimee Lou Wood ("Sex Education"), Claire Foy ("The Crown"), Olivia Colman ("The Favourite," 2018), Sophia Di Martino ("Loki"), Jamie Demetriou ("Fleabag") and Dorothy Atkinson ("Mr. Turner," 2014). Regina King, Idris Elba and LaKeith Stanfield in "The Harder They Fall"" Dot, Yakko and Wakko from "Animaniacs" Benedict Cumberbatch stars in "The Electrical Life of Louis Wain"