Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Trying again: Styles, Corrin and Dawson star in ‘My Policeman’
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME “My Policeman” (2022)
On Friday, Nov. 4, the highly anticipated new romantic drama “My Policeman” makes its streaming premiere on Prime. Telling a story of forbidden love amongst a landscape of changing social conventions, “My Policeman” follows young policeman Tom (Harry Styles, “Dunkirk,” 2017), teacher Marion (Emma Corrin, “The Crown”) and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson, “The Last Kingdom”) as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. After meeting on a beach during the summer, Marion is immediately enchanted by Tom and the two begin a relationship. But when Patrick becomes fast friends with the couple, a burgeoning love between himself and Tom complicates matters even further. As the young trio falls into a romantic triangle that will change their lives forever, a flash forward to the 1990s finds them all reeling with longing and regret. As the pieces of their fallout are revealed, the older Tom (Linus Roache, “Homeland”), Marion (Gina McKee, “Notting Hill,” 1999) and Patrick (Rupert Everett, “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” 1997) have one more chance to repair the damage from their past and move forward together. Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts, “My Policeman” is directed by Michael Grandage (“Genius,” 2016) and features a screenplay by Ron Nyswaner (“Homeland”). Kadiff Kirwan (“The Stranger”), Emily John (“Dig Ophelia Dig,” 2020), Dora Davis (“The King’s Man,” 2021), Joseph Potter (“Casualty”), Freya Mavor (“Industry”), Richard Cant (“Mary Queen of Scots,” 2018) and Maddie Rice (“Every Blank Ever”) also star.
WHAT’S NEW ON HULU “God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty” (2022)
Delve into the details of one couple’s high-profile scandal when the documentary “God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty” premieres Tuesday, Nov. 1, on Hulu. In August 2020, Reuters brought accusations of a yearslong affair between Becki Tilley, the wife of evangelical leader and former Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., and Giancarlo Granda, a pool attendant the pair had met in Miami in 2012. However, it wasn’t until the spring of this year that Falwell Jr. and Tilley admitted to the affair, despite Granda insisting that Falwell Jr. was involved in the relationship from the beginning. Told largely from Granda’s perspective, “God Forbid” details the pool attendant’s experience “trapped in a seven-year affair with a charming older woman and her husband ... as he becomes increasingly entangled with the Falwell’s seemingly perfect lives” (per Hulu). Executive produced by Adam McKay (“Vice,” 2018) and Todd Schulman (“The Invisible Pilot,” 2022) of HyperObject, and Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben (both of “Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami”) for Rakontur, the documentary is directed by Corben.
WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX “Enola Holmes 2” (2022)
The game is afoot once more! A new mystery comes to Netflix when “Enola Holmes 2” premieres Thursday, Nov. 3. Fresh off the high of solving her firstever case, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown, “Stranger Things”), enterprising younger sister to the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes (Henry Cavill, “The Witcher”), follows in her brother’s footsteps and opens her very own detective agency. But Enola quickly finds out that starting her own business — especially as a single young woman in late 19th-century London — is anything but easy. Ready to give up entirely, Enola’s luck seems to turn around when a penniless matchstick girl comes to her with a job: find her missing sister. As the case unravels and proves to be more puzzling than anyone could have expected, Enola calls upon the help of her friends and her famous brother to solve the mystery. Based on the young adult mystery books series by Nancy Springer, which is itself inspired by the characters and stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “Enola Holmes 2” is directed by Harry Bradbeer (“Fleabag”) and features a screenplay by Jack Thorne (“His Dark Materials”). The film also stars David Thewlis (“The Sandman”), Louis Partridge (“Pistol”), Susan Wokoma (“Cheaters”), Adeel Akhtar (“The Big Sick,” 2017), Sharon Duncan-Brewster (“Dune,” 2021), Helena Bonham Carter (“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” 2007), Hannah Dodd (“Eternals,” 2021), David Westhead (“W1A”) and relative newcomer Rachel Kwok.
WHAT’S NEW ON APPLE TV+ “The Mosquito Coast” - Season 2
Season 2 of the adventure saga “The Mosquito Coast” premieres Friday, Nov. 4, on Apple TV+. Based on Paul Theroux’s bestselling 1981 novel of the same name, the series follows the Fox family and its patriarch, Allie (Justin Theroux, “The Leftovers”), an inventor who uproots his family to get away from the ever-growing capitalist state in America. However, Allie has his own dark secrets and a score to settle with a Mexican drug cartel. Season 2 begins with the family’s escape from Mexico into the Guatemalan jungle, where they look to find a safe house in a refugee camp run by one of Allie’s friends. But as this new adventure brings even more trouble their way, Allie and his wife, Margot (Melissa George, “The Good Wife”), pursue different paths to secure a future for their family, each on a journey that will either unite their family or tear it apart forever. Created by Tom Bissell (“The Disaster Artist,” 2017) and Neil Cross (“Luther”), “The Mosquito Coast” also stars Logan Polish (“Headlock,” 2019), Gabriel Bateman (“American Gothic”), Kimberly Elise (“The Manchurian Candidate,” 2004), James LeGros (“Mildred Pierce”), Ian Hart (“The Last Kingdom”), Craig Welzbacher (“American Crime Story”), Eric Satterberg (“The Orville”), Natalia Cordova-Buckley (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Matt McCoy (“We Got It Made”) and Ariyon Bakare (“His Dark Materials”).