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Brainerd Dispatch • January 23 - 29, 2022 •19 By Raye Smith TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON HULU "Mayday" (2021) Let go of everything you think you know about women and enter another world with "Mayday," the recent film making its way to Hulu on Thursday, Jan. 27. After drifting off to sleep in a "normal," everyday world, Ana (Grace Van Patten, "Nine Perfect Strangers"), a hotel worker, wakes up to find herself in a completely different location amid an endless war and surrounded by a group of young women she doesn't know. As she begins to get her bearings in this new world, Ana learns that the women she has joined are part of a small but dan - gerous society that interferes with and ends the lives of others. Taking up residency inside a beached sub- marine, the women use the marine craft's radio to make contact with the men in war vessels at sea and lure them to their deaths — not un - like the sirens of 19th-century lore. While at first Ana feels empowered by the forceful intensity of these women and their "mission," it isn't long before the former hotel worker realizes she might not be cut out for her new life. Written and directed by Karen Cinorre ("Last Date," 2016), this haunting fantasy thriller also stars Mia Goth ("Suspiria," 2018), Soko ("Her," 2013), Havana Rose Liu ("The Chair"), Théodore Pellerin ("On Becoming a God in Central Florida"), Juliette Lewis ("Yellowjackets") and Zlatko Buric ("2012," 2009). WHAT'S NEW ON NETFLIX "The Beast" (2022) The new Spanish horror drama "The Beast" (also titled both "The Wasteland" and "El Páramo") debuts on Netflix on Wednesday, Jan. 26. The film's story follows young Diego (Asier Flores, "Pain and Glory," 2019) and his mentally unwell mother, Lucía (Imma Cuesta, "The Bride," 2015), as they lead secluded but tranquil lives in the 19th century. Living in a house in the middle of nowhere where they remain isolated from the rest of so- ciety, the pair become tormented by a terrifying creature that feeds on fear. As the creature tests their re- lationship more with each passing day, it is up to Diego to save both himself and his mother from the evils haunting them — the crea- ture, for one, but also his mother's own damaging ways. From director David Casademunt ("Rumba Tres: De ida y Vuelta," 2016), the film is written by Casademunt, Martí Lucas ("Gran Nord") and Fran Menchón ("Trivial," 2019). Roberto Álamo ("May God Save Us," 2016), Alejandra Howard ("Fatima," 2020) and Victor Benjumea ("The Dark Village," 2019) also star. "The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window" Everything is not always at it seems, as the protagonist of this brand- new dark comedy miniseries is soon to discover. "The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window" premieres on Netflix on Friday, Jan. 28. For heartbroken Anna (Kristen Bell, "The Good Place"), every day is the same. As she mixes overindulging on wine with an abundance of pre- scription medication, Anna is per- fectly content to stay put and watch the world pass her by. But when a handsome man (Tom Reilly, "The Nevers") and his daughter move in across the street, looking in on their life from afar becomes her new favorite pastime — that is, until she witnesses a gruesome murder in the house (or so it seems). A satire on the genre of psychological thrill- ers that sees ordinary women un- wittingly stumbling into dark and dangerous situations, this new se- ries mixes comic relief into the hor- ror genre for its fans. Created and written by Hugh Davidson ("Robot Chicken"), Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras (both of "Nobodies" and "Mike Tyson Mysteries"), the series is directed by Michael Lehmann ("American Horror Story"). "The Woman in the House" also stars Michael Ealy ("Stumptown"), Appy Pratt ("Rattlesnake," 2019), Nicole Pulliam ("Fashion House"), Ramras and Christopher Chen ("Young Rock"). "In From the Cold" - Season 1 Netflix's brand-new, female-driven spy thriller series, "In From the Cold," premieres Friday, Jan. 28, on the streaming platform. In Europe on vacation with her daughter, Becca (newcomer Lydia Fleming), American single mother Jenny Franklin (Margarita Levieva, "The Lincoln Lawyer," 2011) was hop- ing for a quiet trip away, but her life quickly gets turned upside down when the CIA forces Jenny to confront her long-buried past as a Russian spy. To make matters even more complicated, Jenny is the result of a highly classified KGB experiment granting the selected participants with special abilities. When a string of mysterious mur- ders is perpetrated by someone who seems to share the exact same shapeshifting abilities as Jenny, she is forced out of hiding to confront the villain so as not to lose her family and simple new life. Written and executive produced by Adam Glass ("Supernatural"), the series is directed by Ami Canaan Mann ("Jackie & Ryan," 2014) and Birgitte Staermose ("Darling," 2017). Cillian O'Sullivan ("Taken Down"), Charles Brice ("Home- land"), Alyona Khmelnitskaya ("Three Happy Women"), Stasya Miloslavskaya ("The Bull," 2019), Lola Mae Loughran ("Skins"), Amanda Bright ("Coronation Street"), José Luis García Pérez ("Buried," 2010) and Anastasia Martin ("Heirs of the Night") also star in the series. WHAT'S NEW ON APPLE TV+ "The Afterparty" - Season 1 The party never stops with the new Apple TV+ comedy series "The Afterparty," premiering its first three episodes on Friday, Jan. 28 (new episodes air weekly on Fridays thereafter). Comedy meets murder mystery in this new series, as a group of former classmates attends the after-party for their high school reunion. When the night ends in a shocking murder, everyone is a suspect. As the detectives on scene grill each member of the party individually, the details of the night are revealed piece by piece until the shocking (and deadly) conclusion is uncovered. Each of the series' eight episodes is told from the point of view of one of the suspects, with a unique storytelling and videographic style used to suit each partygoer's identity and unique personality. From the creative mind of executive producer, director and writer Christopher Miller ("The Lego Movie," 2014), the series features a hilariously talented cast including Tiffany Haddish ("Girls Trip," 2017), Zoe Chao ("Love Life"), Dave Franco ("Neighbors," 2014), Sam Richardson ("Veep"), Ben Schwartz ("Parks and Recre- ation"), Ike Barinholtz ("Suicide Squad," 2016), Ilana Glazer ("Broad City"), Genevieve Angel- son ("The Upside," 2017), Jamie Demetriou ("Stath Lets Flats"), Everly Carganilla ("Yes Day," 2021) and Tiya Sircar ("The Good Place"). WHAT'S NEW ON DISNEY+ "The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild" (2022) The prehistoric adventures con- tinue with "The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild," premiering Friday, Jan. 28, on Disney+. Desperate to get some distance from their older sister, Ellie (voiced by "The Equalizer's" Queen Latifah in the franchise), possum brothers Crash (Vincent Tong, "Ninjago") and Eddie (newcomer Aaron Harris) set out to find a place of their own. When their search finds them trapped in a massive underground cave, they end up on a new adven- ture with the adventure-loving, dinosaur-hunting weasel named Buck Wild (Simon Pegg, "Hot Fuzz," 2007). Together the new friends must face the unruly dinosaurs that inhabit this lost, underground world. Directed by John C. Donkin ("Ice Age," 2002), the film is writ- ten by Ray DeLaurentis ("Fairly OddParents"), Jim Hecht ("Ice Age: The Meltdown," 2006) and William Schrifrin ("T.U.F.F. Puppy"). Utkarsh Ambudkar ("Ghosts") also voice stars. Grace Van Patten stars in "Mayday" Cillian O'Sullivan and Margarita Levieva star in "In From "Collision Course's" Buck Wild returns to the screen in "Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild"