The Brainerd Dispatch - Today's Entertainment Magazine
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Brainerd Dispatch • March 20 - 26, 2022 •19 By Raye Smith TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON NETFLIX "Bridgerton" - Season 2 The social season is upon us once again, which means more salacious romances and rumors when the hit Regency-era drama "Bridgerton" premieres its sec- ond season on Friday, March 25, on Netflix. While Season 1 set screens aflame with the tumultu- ous romance between Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor, "Dickensian") and Simon Bas- set, Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page, "For The People"), Season 2 switches gears to focus on the love life of another of the eight Bridgerton siblings. Based on the second book in the Bridgerton series of novels by Julie Quinn, "The Viscount Who Loved Me," this new season looks to the love life of Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey, "Broadchurch"), the eldest of the family's children. Following a heartbreaking split from his secret lover in the first season, Anthony is now out to marry for anything but love. Set - ting his sights on the diamond of the season, Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran, "Alex Rider"), the story becomes all the more complicated when Edwina's sister, Kate (Simone Ashley, "Sex Education"), steps into the equa- tion. From Shondaland Produc- tions and executive producers Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers and Chris Van Dusen of "Grey's Anat- omy," "Scandal" and "Private Practice," the series is directed by Tom Verica ("Scandal"), Tricia Brock ("Saving Grace") and Alex Pillai ("Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"). While Season 1 heart- throb Page will not be returning for the new season, fans will see the on-screen return of Dynevor, Nicola Coughlan ("Derry Girls"), Ruth Gemmell ("Fever Pitch," 1997), Florence Hunt ("Cursed"), Claudia Jessie ("Line of Duty"), Luke Newton ("The Lodge"), Luke Thompson ("Dunkirk," 2017), Will Tilston ("Goodbye Christopher Robin," 2018), Polly Walker ("Mr. Selfridge"), Adjoa Andoh ("Frac - tured," 2019), Golda Rosheuvel ("Dune," 2021), Joanna Bobin ("Gunpowder Milkshake," 2021), Kathryn Drysdale ("The Wind- sors"), Jessica Madsen ("Leath- erface," 2017), Emma Naomi ("Professor T"), Harriet Cains ("Marella") and Bessie Carter ("Beecham House"). "Tomorrow" - Season 1 Look to the future with the new Korean drama series "Tomorrow," premiering Friday, March 25, on Netflix. The 16-episode season releases new episodes weekly on Fridays and Saturdays, unfolding the story over eight weeks on the streamer. Choi Joon-woong (Kim Ro-woon, "The King's Affection") seems to have everything going for him with his wealthy family and prestigious education, but no matter what he does, he can't seem to find a job. When Choi happens upon a pair of grim reapers, Goo Ryun (Kim Hee-seon, "The Lady in Dignity") and Im Ryung Goo (Yoon Ji-on, "Monthly Magazine Home"), one night, he becomes a young contract worker in their department. On a special mission to aid in suicide prevention, Goo Ryun and Im Ryung Goo welcome Choi into their crisis management team of death angels. Based on the web comics by Ra Ma, the series is directed by Kim Tae-yoon ("Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP," 2020). Lee Soo-hyuk ("Born Again"), Kim Chae-eun ("Growing Season"), Kal So-won ("Mr. Zoo: The Miss- ing VIP," 2020), Kang Seung-yoon ("Kairos") and new talent Moon Seo-youn also star in the series. "Love Like the Falling Petals" (2022) Netflix keeps the love coming this month with the new Japanese romance film "Love Like the Fall- ing Petals" (alternately titled "My Dearest, Like a Cherry Blossom" in some regions), available on the streaming platform as of Thursday, March 24. As aspiring photog- rapher Haruto (Kento Nakajima, "Bad Boys J") falls head over heels in love with Misaki (Honoka Matsumoto, "Musicophilia," 2021), it seems like their budding relation- ship could be happily ever after. But when a strange and rare disease overtakes Misaki, everything starts changing right before their eyes. Based on the novel "Sakura no Yona Boku no Koibito" by Keisuke Uyama ("Color Me True," 2018), the film is produced by Kei Ha- runa ("After the Rain," 2018) and Takahiro Kawada ("Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles," 2005), directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa ("Things You Can Tell by Looking at Them") and written by Uyama and Tomoko Yoshida ("My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday," 2016). WHAT'S NEW ON HULU "American Siege" (2022) Nothing is ever as simple as it seems, and that goes double for the hero of Edward Drake's ("Broil," 2020) new action thriller "Ameri- can Siege," making its streaming debut on Hulu on Friday, March 25. Leaving his hectic life as a New York City police officer behind, Sheriff Ben Watts (Bruce Willis, "Die Hard," 1988) now caters to a small, wealthy town in Georgia. But when three outlaws take a prominent local doctor hostage, Watts is called in to defuse the situation before the FBI arrives. As the town mayor (Tim- othy V. Murphy, "Snowpiercer") pushes Watts to take drastic action, the sheriff realizes he may be a pawn in a larger scheme and he sets out on a bloody path to expose the town's dark secrets. Directed and written by Drake with a story by Corey Large ("Heist," 2015), "American Siege" also stars Rob Gough ("Billionaire Boys Club," 2018), Johann Urb ("Arrow"), Anna Hindman ("Breadwinner," 2019), Trevor Gretzky ("Spiral," 2021) and Cullen G. Chambers ("Moon Manor," 2021). WHAT'S NEW ON DISNEY+ "Parallels" - Season 1 Journey across space and time with the new French Disney+ series "Parallels," coming to the streaming platform on Wednes- day, March 23. Living completely ordinary lives in a town on the French/Swiss border, a group of four friends experience the trials of young love, friendship and school together. But when the nearby LHC, the world's largest particle collider, has an experiment go wrong, the four friends find their lives flipped completely upside down. Scat- tered across parallel universes and timelines, each of them works to figure out exactly what happened as they try to make it home safe. The series stars Thomas Chomel ("Clem"), Omar Mebrouk ("H24"), Jules Houplain ("The Promise"), Jade Pedri ("Skam France"), Naidra Ayadi ("Stillwater," 2021), Guillaume Labbé ("The Hookup Plan"), Gil Alma ("César Wagner"), Élise Diamant ("Hostiles," 2015), Dimitri Storoge ("La révolution"), Agnès Miguras ("ASKIP, le collège se la raconte"), Maxime Bergeron ("Fantasies," 2021), Victoria Eber ("Beyond Appearances"), Timoté Rigault ("Sam") and Romain Francisco ("Canailles," 2021). "Parallels" is directed by Benja- min Rocher ("Goal of the Dead," 2014) and Jean Baptiste Saurel ("French Touch: Girl on Fire," 2019) and written by Quoc Dang Tran ("Marianne") and Anastasia Heinzl ("Angelo Rules"). WHAT'S NEW ON PRIME "Spencer" (2021) Get a look into the life of "the people's princess" in the Oscar- nominated biographical drama "Spencer," coming to Prime Friday, March 25. Set over the Christmas holidays of 1991, "Spencer" fol- lows Diana, Princess of Whales (portrayed by Kristen Stewart, "Happiest Season," 2020) through a time of personal turmoil. With a marriage gone cold, and rumors of affairs and a divorce flying wildly, Christmas at the queen's (Stella Gonet, "Holby City") Sandringham Estate is a tense affair. As Diana struggles with her mental health, the film imagines what may have taken place in the fateful days lead- ing up to the announcement of her divorce from Prince Charles (Jack Farthing, "Poldark"). Directed by Pablo Larraín ("Jackie," 2016) and featuring a screenplay by Steven Knight ("Locke," 2013), the cast of "Spencer" is rounded out by Timothy Spall ("Mr. Turner," 2014), Sean Harris ("Mission: Impossible - Fallout," 2018), Richard Sammel ("Inglourious Basterds," 2009), Elizabeth Berrington ("In Bruges," 2008), Lore Stefanek ("Hedda Gabler," 2006) and new talents Jack Nielen and Freddie Spry as young Princes William and Harry, respectively. Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley as seen in "Bridgerton" Bruce Willis stars in "American Siege" Kristen Stewart stars in "Spencer"