The Brainerd Dispatch TV Week December 6th 2020

Today’s Entertainment

December 6 - 12, 2020 A matter

of ‘Honor’

Bryan Cranston stars in “Your Honor”

ACROSS

1 “Time ___ a premium”

5 Letters at sea

8 With 5 Down, a new miniseries starring Bryan

Cranston

12 Acclaimed 1982 animated film

“The Secret of ___”

13 Man-mouse link

14 ___buco (Italian

veal dish)

15 Road to Rome

16 Movie star Cage, informally

17 Salt Lake City collegians

18 Prom attire

20 Human resources employees

22 Where It. is

23 “Wheel of Fortune” buy

24 Wet land

27 Scary place in many horror movies

31 Kane of “All My Children”

32 Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Martin

33 Stable worker

34 “The Pink Panther” franchise star Sellers

35 French sea

37 “That hurts!”

38 Child actressturned-diplomat Shirley

41 Prime Video drama that stars

John Cusack

45 Creative spark

46 Tic-___-toe

48 Was a passenger

49 Pottery oven

50 Mythical bird

51 2018 film

subtitled “A Star Wars Story”

52 Teeny weeny

53 Suffix with pay

54 Ergo DOWN

1 “What’s ___ for me?”

2 In ___ (as found)

3 Visa alternative, for short

4 Old sitcom that starred Suzanne Somers, John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt

5 With 8 Across, a new miniseries starring Bryan Cranston

6 Diagnostic proc.

7 Controversial

filmmaker Baron

Cohen

8 Dramedy that starred Chris Geere and Aya

Cash

Sunday, Dec. 6

8:10 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer (Live) (2:05)

8:30 a.m. GOLF LPGA Golf Round 3 Volunteers of America Classic. (2:30)

10:25 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer (Live) (2:05)

11:05 a.m. ESPN2 F1 Auto Racing Sakhir Grand Prix. (Live) (1:55)

Noon (7) KCCO NFL Football Jax. at Min. (Live) (3:25)

(11) KARE PGA Golf Mayakoba Classic. (Live) (3:00)

(15) KVRR NFL Football Det. at Chi. (Live) (3:00)

ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round Volunteers of America Classic. (Live) (3:00)

1:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

1:30 p.m. (5) KSTP World of X Games (0:30)

2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP MLS Soccer Conference Final Playoffs. (Live) (2:30)

ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

3:00 p.m. (9) KMSP NFL Football N.Y. G at Sea. (Live) (3:00)

ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

NBCSN IBU Biathlon World Cup

Women’s 10km Pursuit (1:00)

3:25 p.m. (7) KCCO NFL Football Phi. at G.B. (Live) (3:05)

3:30 p.m. (11) KARE FIS Skiing & Snowboarding (1:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Mayakoba Classic. (3:00)

4:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

NBCSN Tractor Pulling Lucas Oil Pro League (1:00)

5:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

NBCSN Tractor Pulling Lucas Oil Pro League (1:00)

6:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Mayakoba Classic. (3:00)

7:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball

Women’s (Live) (2:00)

7:20 p.m. (11) KARE NFL Football Den. at Kan. (Live) (3:10)

7:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Preseason. (Live) (2:30)

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 World of X Games (1:00)

10:00 p.m. ESPN2 F1 Auto Racing Sakhir Grand Prix. (2:30)

GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round Volunteers of America Classic. (3:00)

Monday, Dec. 7

11:00 a.m. GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round Volunteers of America Classic. (3:00)

2:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Mayakoba Classic. (3:00)

NBCSN EPL Soccer (Live) (2:00)

7:00 p.m. (5) KSTP ESPN NFL Football Buf. at S.F. (Live) (3:15)

(8) WDSE MN Hockey: Land of 10,000 Rinks (1:30)

ESPN2 UFC UFC (3:00)

GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Mayakoba Classic. (3:00)

USA WWE Raw (Live) (3:00)

11:00 p.m. ESPN2 UFC Archival (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Mayakoba Classic. (3:00)

Tuesday, Dec. 8

11:30 a.m. GOLF EPGA Golf Final Round South African Open. (4:30)

2:00 p.m. ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (1:00)

4:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball ACC/ Big-10 Challenge. (Live) (2:00)

1:00 p.m. GOLF USGA Golf Practice Round U.S. Women’s Open. (Live) (1:30)

NBCSN Tractor Pulling Lucas Oil Pro League (1:00)

2:00 p.m. NBCSN Drone Racing League (1:00)

4:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball ACC/ Big-10 Challenge. (Live) (2:00)

6:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Notah Begay III JGNC. (2:00)

NBCSN Drone Racing League (2:00)

6:00 p.m. ESPN2 UFC Archival (1:00)

GOLF USGA Golf Round 1 U.S. Women’s Open. (5:00)

7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR NFL Football N.E. at L.A. (Live) (3:30)

ESPN2 UFC UFC (3:00)

11:00 p.m. ESPN2 UFC Archival (1:00)

Friday, Dec. 11

10:00 a.m. GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 QBE Shootout. (Live) (4:00)

2:00 p.m. GOLF USGA Golf Round 2 U.S. Women’s Open. (Live) (3:00)

ESPN NBA Basketball Pre-season. (Live) (2:30)

ESPN2 UFC Live (0:30)

10:00 p.m. GOLF USGA Golf Round 2

U.S. Women’s Open. (3:00)

10:15 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:20)

10:30 p.m. FSN Sports Stars of Tomorrow (0:30)

NBCSN Mecum Top 10 (0:30)

11:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

NBCSN Madden America (1:00) TBS ELeague (1:00)

Saturday, Dec. 12

8:00 a.m. ESPN College GameDay (Live) (3:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)

8:30 a.m. NBCSN Premier League Mornings (Live) (0:25)

8:55 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer (Live) (2:05)

9:00 a.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Gopher

Pre-game (Live) (1:00)

(15) KVRR (29) WFTC Big Noon Kickoff (1:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)

9:30 a.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors (0:30)

10:00 a.m. (9) KMSP Big Noon Kickoff (Live) (1:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

GOLF USGA Golf Round 3 U.S. Women’s Open. (Live) (2:00)

10:30 a.m. FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)

11:00 a.m. (5) KSTP ESPN ESPN2

NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)

(7) KCCO NCAA Basketball N.D. at Ken. (Live) (2:30)

(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Football Mich. at Ohio St. (Live) (3:30)

FSN Passion for the Hunt (0:30)

NBCSN Premier League Mornings (Live) (0:30)

FSN Larry Smith Outdoors (0:30)

NBCSN NCAA Basketball Temple at St. Jo. (Live) (2:00)

2:30 p.m. (5) KSTP ESPN NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)

(9) KMSP (15) KVRR BMW Ultimate Update (Live) (0:30)

3:00 p.m. (9) KAWE Easy Yoga for Arthritis With Peggy Cappy (1:00)

(9) KMSP (15) KVRR ESPN2

NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)

4:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Advisor Round Trip (0:30)

NBCSN NCAA Basketball OldD. at Vir. C. (Live) (2:00)

4:30 p.m. GOLF Golf Advisor Round Trip (0:30)

5:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Central (1:00)

5:30 p.m. (5) KSTP ESPN College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:30)

6:00 p.m. (5) KSTP ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live) (1:00)

ESPN NCAA Football (Live) (3:00) GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 QBE Shootout. (4:00)

NBCSN NCAA Hockey Ohio St. at N.D. (Live) (2:00)

6:30 p.m. (5) KSTP Nissan Pregame Rush (Live) (0:07) (9) KMSP (15) KVRR BMW Ultimate Update (Live) (0:30)

6:35 p.m. (5) KSTP NCAA Football (Live) (3:23)

7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR MLS Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

ESPN2 UFC UFC 256 Preliminaries (Live) (2:00)

7:30 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR

MLS Soccer MLS Cup. (Live) (2:00)

8:00 p.m. NBCSN ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix (2:00)

SHOW WBC Boxing Chris Colbert vs. Jaime Arboleda Showtime Boxing. (Live) (3:30)

8:30 p.m. (29) WFTC Whacked Out Sports (0:30)

9:00 p.m. ESPN Boxing Card TBA

Top Rank. (Live) (3:00)

ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:30)

GOLF PGA Tour Champions Year End Review (1:00)

6:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball ACC/ Big-10 Challenge. (Live) (2:00)

6:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

7:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Champions Year End Review (1:00)

8:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball ACC/ Big-10 Challenge. (Live) (2:00)

8:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

10:00 p.m. (29) WFTC NFL Football Jax. at Min. (2:00)

ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

Wednesday, Dec. 9

Noon NBCSN Tractor Pulling Lucas Oil Pro League (1:00)

6:15 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 NCAA Basketball ACC/ Big10 Challenge. (Live) (2:00)

7:00 p.m. TNT All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (Live) (2:00)

USA WWE NXT (Live) (2:08)

8:15 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 NCAA Basketball ACC/ Big10 Challenge. (Live) (2:00)

10:15 p.m. ESPN2 UFC Archival (0:45)

11:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Champions Year End Review (1:00)

Thursday, Dec. 10

8:30 a.m. GOLF EPGA Golf Round 1

DP World Tour Championship. (2:00)

11:30 a.m. GOLF USGA Golf Round 1

U.S. Women’s Open. (Live) (5:30)

Noon NBCSN Drone Racing League (2:00)

3:30 p.m. NBCSN FIS Ski Flying Individual World Championship. (1:30)

4:30 p.m. ESPN2 UFC Live (Live) (0:30)

5:00 p.m. NBCSN IBU Biathlon World Cup 10km Sprint (1:00)

6:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Omaha at Kan. (Live) (2:00)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 QBE Shootout. (4:00)

6:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Football Arz. St. at Arz. (Live) (3:00)

7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR

WWE SmackDown (Live) (2:00)

8:00 p.m. (29) WFTC Vikings Connected (0:30)

8:30 p.m. NBCSN Speed Skating U.S. Short Track Challenge. (1:30)

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 Max on Boxing (0:30)

9:30 p.m. (15) KVRR KVRR Sports Extra (0:30)

11:30 a.m. (11) KARE EPL Soccer (Live) (2:00)

FSN Boondock Nation (0:30)

NBCSN Tractor Pulling Lucas Oil Pro League (1:00) Noon FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 QBE Shootout. (Live) (4:00)

12:30 p.m. NBCSN Dirt Racing Lucas Oil Late Model Series (1:00)

1:00 p.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors (0:30)

1:30 p.m. (7) KCCO College Football Today (0:30)

(11) KARE USGA Golf Round 3 U.S.

Women’s Open. (Live) (3:30)

FSN Jason Mitchell Outdoors (0:30)

NBCSN Mecum Top 10 (0:30)

2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP ESPN ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live)

(0:30)

(7) KCCO NCAA Football Navy at Army (Live) (3:30)

9:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)

FSN Vikings Game Plan (0:30)

10:00 p.m. FSN

#VikingsConnected (0:30)

GOLF USGA Golf Round 3 U.S. Women’s Open. (2:30)

NBCSN The National Dog Show (2:00)

10:30 p.m. (9) KMSP Vikings Game Plan (0:30)

(23) WUCW Gametime With Boomer Esiason (0:30)

FSN Under Center With Kirk Cousins (0:30)

11:00 p.m. (9) KMSP Vikings

Connected (0:30)

(23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)

FSN Pro Football Weekly (0:30)

11:30 p.m. FSN The Icons: Leadership in Sports (0:30)

Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Dec 6, 2020 to Dec 12, 2020

Late Laughs

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Finally, after four years, Americans can exhale … unless you’re near other people, then please don’t, ‘cause of the pandemic.

Peaceful transitions are important. You don’t see me starting the show every

night getting in a knife fight with David Letterman. I wouldn’t dare — the guy’s got a reach! Those Hoosiers are scrappy!

The DOJ is just chasing down urban legends that get passed around the internet. Get ready for their new task force to catch the Slender Man.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Now that it appears Trump might lose, he can just hang out, play golf and tweet. He’s going to be the only guy in history whose life

Extreme Sudoku

If only we were allowed to, you know, have celebrations. We can’t even hug.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Why would the Democrats have cheated and stolen the presidency, but given up the Senate and House seats on the same ballots? Is it like when you cheat on a test but purposely get a few

wrong just to throw the teacher off the scent?

Late Night with Seth Meyers

A message that was lost by a German military carrier pigeon in 1910 was recently found by hikers in France. And this is worrisome: the message was an acceptance letter to art school.

stayed exactly the same before, during and after his presidency.

The Late Late Show with James Corden

This news is obviously a huge cause for celebration.

The anti-hero returns

Bryan Cranston is back in ‘Your Honor’

By Kyla Brewer TV Media

Few parents like to see their children in trouble, but sometimes life lessons are best learned when young people face the music. However, there may be consequences that are just too dire for even the most scrupulous parents. A new miniseries explores the fine line between protection and corruption as a man scrambles to save his son at

choices, the respected judge abuses his power and uses his influence to cover up the crime in the hopes of saving his son — and himself. The new thriller sparks a number of ethical questions, including: “How corrupted can a man become before he lets his child go?”

Writer and executive producer Peter Moffat (“Criminal Justice”) asked that very question in an official release for the 10-part miniseries, and it appears that viewers

though Cranston has appeared in episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Electric Dreams,” the actor hasn’t had a regular TV role since “Breaking Bad” wrapped up in 2013. In October, Cranston talked to EW about the role that brought him back to TV.

“Whenever there’s a character who is facing an emotional, ethical dilemma, it draws me in,” Cranston said to EW.

In “Your Honor,” Cranston

world” and Netflix’s “What/If.” Interestingly, he recently appeared in the Apple TV+ drama “Truth Be Told” as the teenage version of Aaron Paul’s character. For those not in the know, Paul co-starred with Cranston in “Breaking Bad” as his partner in crime, Jesse Pinkman.

Sofia Black-D’Elia portrays Adam’s secret girlfriend, Frannie, in the new miniseries. Since honing her skills on the set of “All My Children” as a teenager, the actress has made a name for herself with roles such as Tea Marvelli in “Skins,” Sage Spence in “Gossip Girl” and Sabrina Pemberton in

Veteran performer Isiah Whitlock Jr. plays opposite Cranston as Michael Desiato’s best friend, Charlie, who gets drawn into the judge’s coverup. Best known for his role as corrupt state senator Clay Davis in “The Wire,” Whitlock Jr. has also appeared in several Spike Lee films, including “She Hate Me” (2004) and “BlacKkKlansman” (2018).

In “Your Honor,” Michael Stuhlbarg portrays Jimmy Baxter, the crime boss who vows revenge after his son is killed in the hit-andrun. Television fans may recognize Stuhlbarg as another famous TV mob boss — Arnold Rothstein from “Boardwalk Empire.” The actor’s other credits include films “A Serious Man” (2009), “Doctor Strange” (2016) and “The Shape of Water” (2017).

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Faith Under Fire

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College student Jake (Rubinstein) is trying to make it through school and keep his mind off the reports of young male students found dead in the water, victims of apparent homicide by a group known as the “Smiley Face Killers.” When Jake notices he’s being stalked by a hooded figure (Glover), he’s unable to convince his

College student Jake (Rubinstein) is trying to make it through school and keep his mind off the reports of young male students found dead in the water, victims of apparent homicide by a group known as the “Smiley Face Killers.” When Jake notices he’s being stalked by a hooded figure (Glover), he’s unable to convince his

friends or anyone around him of the figure’s existence, leading them to think the frantic student has lost his mind. As the mind games progress and the killers prepare to make their move, Jake fears he may be the only one who can save himself.

Director:Tim Hunter. Stars: Ronen Rubinstein,Mia Serafino,Crispin Glover,Garrett Cof-

friends or anyone around him of the figure’s existence, leading them to think the frantic student has lost his mind. As the mind games progress and the killers prepare to make their move, Jake fears he may be the only one who can save himself.

Director:Tim Hunter. Stars: Ronen Rubinstein,Mia Serafino,Crispin Glover,Garrett Cof-

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fey,Amadeus Serafini,Cody Simpson,Ashley Rickards. 2020. 90 mins.Thriller.

Faith Under Fire

Fireman Tom Hatcher (Vlassopoulos) has hit rock bottom. Already having lost his wife to cancer, his daughter is facing the same fate. Now, he’s in jail for assaulting a pastor (Cain), and he truly believes that God has abandoned him. As Tom reflects on the path that led him here, he receives help from the same pastor he previously assaulted. The two begin an unlikely friendship, and Tom starts to believe that if he embraces faith, he will make it through this troublesome time.

Director:Joel Paul Reisig.Stars: Kevin Sorbo,NickVlassopoulos,Dean Cain,Joel Paul Reisig,

Fireman Tom Hatcher (Vlassopoulos) has hit rock bottom. Already having lost his wife to cancer, his daughter is facing the same fate. Now, he’s in jail for assaulting a pastor (Cain), and he truly believes that God has abandoned him. As Tom re-

Jesi Jensen,Grover McCants, Colleen Gentry,Keyna Reynolds. 2020. 89 mins. Drama.

Proxima

Sarah (Green) is the only female astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. A single mother to her 8-year-old daughter, Stella (Boulant), Sarah struggles with guilt over not being able to spend more time with Stella. When Sarah is picked as a crew member for a yearlong space Mission called Proxima, she rushes to make amends with her daughter, the love of her life, before she leaves Earth.

Director:AliceWinocour. Stars: Eva Green,Zélie Boulant,Matt Dillon,Lars Eidinger,Sandra Hüller,Aleksey Fateev,Nancy Tate. 2019. 117 mins. Drama.

Sarah (Green) is the only female astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. A single mother to her 8-year-old daughter, Stella (Boulant), Sarah struggles with guilt over not being able to spend more time with Stella. When Sarah is picked as a crew

CROW WING COUNTY LANDFILL

Winter Hours Begin November 1st Monday – Friday 8 am to 5 pm

The Following Items are Accepted

• Household Garbage

• Fiberglass boats

Mattresses

The landfill is open only to residents of Crow Wing County for recycling and disposal needs.

During Winter months Household Hazardous Waste will be open only for emergencies and by appointment only.

• Furniture Mobile Homes

• Free recycling of lead-acid car/marine batteriesNOT to be disposed of in the landfill

• Free compost of lawn and garden material (please separate brush and branches)

• A small fee for recycling of used oil filters and anti-freeze.

• Free oil recycling at the landfill and several drop-off locations within the County. Visit our webpage for drop-off locations: www.crowwing.us and search “oil.”

Demolition materials may be disposed in the demolition landfill for a fee Large appliances, electronics, tires with or without rims, scrap metals, glass, and plastic can be disposed at the site for a nominal fee for recycling.

To schedule an appointment or for questions please call 218-824-1290.

Ronen Rubinstein in “Smiley Face Killers”

By Dana Simpson TV Media

WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX

“The Prom” (2020)

You can now stop choosing between Hollywood and Broadway, because both are united in “The Prom,” coming to Netflix on Friday, Dec. 11. Following a stint in select theaters, Netflix welcomes a star-studded cast to the screen to regale viewers with the story of a high school girl who gets help from an unlikely source. When Mrs. Greene (Kerry Washington, “Scandal”), head of the school’s PTA committee in a small, ultraconservative, “Footloose”-type Indiana town, bans Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) from attending the prom with her girlfriend (Ariana DeBose, “Hamilton,” 2020) on her arm, a troupe of self-obsessed Broadway stars steps in to save the day. Hilariously played by Hollywood heavyweights Meryl Streep (“Mamma Mia!,” 2008), Nicole Kidman (“Moulin Rouge!,” 2001), James Corden (“Into the Woods,” 2014) and Andrew Rannells (“Girls”), it would be amiss not to mention that these Broadway thespians have an ulterior motive. Each suffering the egoist shame of a recent major limelight flop, Angie (Kidman), Dee Dee (Streep), Trent (Rannells) and Barry (Corden) initially view Emma’s struggle for equality as an image-boosting photo op. Needless to say, in true

musical fashion, things do not always play out as you expect them to. Adapted for the screen by Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin from their and Matthew Skylar’s 2018 stage production of the same name, “The Prom” is based on an original concept by Jack Viertel (“Delusion,” 1981) and was directed by “Glee’s” Ryan Murphy. Keegan-Michael Key (“Friends from College”) and Mary Kay Place (“Being John Malkovich,” 1999) also star.

“Rose Island” (2020)

It may be true that “no man is an island,” but what is there to stop a man (or woman, surely) from building one? Find out exactly what it takes to start a nation from scratch with “Rose Island,” coming to Netflix on Wednesday, Dec. 9. Harboring a lifelong infatuation for all things obscure and inventory, quirky engineer Giorgio Rosa (Elio Germano, “Nine,” 2009) feels challenged to create a world of his own after repeatedly being told that he cannot simply do as he pleases in this world without considering the consequences. Determined to always create the next best thing, Rosa builds a large platform off the coast of Italy — outside of the country’s territorial waters — and begins receiving requests for citizenship. When the Italian government gets wind of this, however, Rosa appears to be in deep water.

The Italian-language film, directed and co-written by Sydney Sibilia (director of the popular Smetto Cuando Voglia franchise in Italy),

is based on the true story of the Italian engineer of the same name who built a 4,300-square-foot micronation off his home country and declared independence from it in 1968. “Rose Island,” or “L’incredibile storia dell’isola delle rose” as it was originally titled, also stars Matilda De Angelis (“The Undoing”), Fabrizio Bentivoglio (“Human Capital,” 2013) and Tom Wlaschiha (“Game of Thrones”).

“Alice in Borderland” Mind your head as you go down the rabbit hole in “Alice in Borderland,” coming to Netflix on Thursday, Dec. 10. Based on Haro Aso’s suspense manga series of the same name, this new Japanese-language series follows the meddlesome

Ryohei Arisu (Kento Yamazaki, “Orange,” 2015), a gaming-obsessed teenager who finds himself and his two equally riotous friends, Karube (Keita Machida, “Prince of Legend,” 2019) and Choda (Yûki Morinaga, “Setoutsumi”), suddenly living in a barren and otherworldly version of Tokyo following a power outage. Soon realizing that they are required to participate in a series of video game-like challenges in order to return to the world they know, they set out on an epic adventure based on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale “Alice in Wonderland.” Teaming up with Yuzuha Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya, “We Are Rockets”), a young woman who entered the Borderland alone, the group must conquer hurdles they never even thought possible in the video games they love so much. Written by Yasuko Kuramitsu (“Love Song”) and the

King of the Borderland himself, Haro Aso, “Alice in Borderland” was directed by Shinsuke Sato (“I Am a Hero,” 2015). Tsuyoshi Abe (“Big Stan,” 2007) and Ayame Misaki (“Radiance,” 2017) also star.

WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME

“I’m Your Woman” (2020)

Don’t ask questions, and definitely don’t get caught — “I’m Your Woman” comes to Prime on Friday, Dec. 11. Centered around the premise that we should be able to see what happens to the women in crime films while their husbands are seeing all the action, “I’m Your Woman” follows (quite literally)

Jean (Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) as she bounces around the country trying to avoid detection after her husband betrays his business partners with deadly consequences. Set in the 1970s, Jean is now forced to protect herself and her child for, really, the first time in her life, all under the watchful eye of a mysterious man named Cal (Arinzé Kene, “Youngers”). Directed by Julia Hart (“Fast Color,” 2018) and cowritten by Hart and “La La Land” (2016) producer Jordan Horowitz, this retro crime film also stars Marsha Stephanie Blake (“Orange Is the New Black”), Frankie Faison (“Coming to America,” 1988) and Bill Heck (“Locke & Key”) as Jean’s morally corrupt husband, Eddie.

WHAT’S NEW ON APPLE TV+ “Wolfwalkers” (2020)

You’ll be itching to howl at the moon after watching “Wolfwalk-

band Kíla. Debuted to the world at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, this heartfelt and sincere exploration of one’s duty to tradition, family and nature also stars Maria Doyle Kennedy (“The Tudors”), Simon McBurney (“The Last King of Scotland,” 2006) and Tommy Tiernan (“Derry Girls”).

WHAT’S ON HULU “Skins”

ers” this Friday, Dec. 11, on Apple TV+. When young Robyn Goodfellowe (voiced by Honor Kneafsey, “The Christmas Prince,” 2017) travels to Ireland with her father (voiced by Sean Bean, “Game of Thrones”) on a quest to rid the country of its last wolf pack, she finds herself in a tough predicament. After meeting Mebh (Eva Whittaker, “The Girl at the End of the Garden,” 2019), a young and wild wolfwalker — people who are human during their waking hours and turn into wolves while sleeping — Robyn completely changes her mind about her hunting duties and, instead, resolves to protect the very thing she was sent to destroy. From the same team behind the 2014 Oscar-nominated film “Song of the Sea,” this beautifully animated family film features original music by French composer Bruno Coulais (“Coraline,” 2009) and Irish folk

They say that “beauty is only skin deep,” but this long-running television series proves that perhaps there is a little more to it than that. Switch over to Hulu to start watching all seven seasons of “Skins,” available now. Touted as one of the U.K.’s most popular and well-received teen dramas, “Skins” delighted its fans by airing a grand total of 61 episodes between 2007 and 2013. Often compared to recent adolescent rite-of-passage series such as “13 Reasons Why” and “Sex Education,” as well as the classic Canadian television drama “Degrassi,” “Skins” gave an honest — and therefore often controversial — look at the struggles and beauty of being a teenager. From topics such as sex, drugs and alcohol to depression, eating disorders and PTSD, no conversation was off the table with this series featuring teens living in Bristol, U.K. Created by father-and-son duo Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain (“Dates”), “Skins” became known for almost entirely swapping out its cast every two seasons and for catapulting the careers of several of today’s most popular celebrities, including Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”), Dev Patel (“Lion,” 2016), Hannah Murray (“Game of Thrones”), Kaya Scodelario (“The Maze Runner,” 2014) and Daniel Kaluuya (“Get Out,” 2017).

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A scene from “Wolfwalkers”