Rueben's Ramblings

On November 13, the new drama 12 12 12 will debut online on Apple TV.

The thrilling eight-episode series follows a disgraced FBI agent (Anthony Mackie) and an American career criminal (Jamie Dornan) as they play a zero-sum game of cat and mouse across Europe. At the center of it all is the daring, epic raid on a bank vault deep beneath the streets of Zurich.

Kali Reis co-stars.

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On November 12, the new Peacock drama The Good Daughter will debut online.

A suspenseful thriller wrapped in a deeply emotional story about love, family, and resilience. Sisters Charlotte (Meghann Fahy) and Samantha (Rose Byrne) Quinn have spent the last 20 years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte – now a lawyer like her father – is the first witness on the scene.

As the case unfolds and twists through painful memories and buried secrets, what emerges is not just a story of survival, but of enduring ties between a father, his daughters and the complex bond between sisters.

The cast also includes Brendan Gleeson, Jake McDorman, Michael Dorman, Paula Malcomson and Olivia Williams.

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The new thriller series The Body will debut online on Netflix on November 11.

On Halloween night, an all-girls dance squad tumbles into Catholic guilt, unholy desires and ghostly visions when an initiation goes to hell.

The series features mostly newcomers and Nnamdi Asomugha.

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On October 23, the new AMC+ thriller series Yaga will debut online.

Follows a private investigator probing the disappearance of a young fishery heir, finding himself at odds with a local detective, a charismatic professor, and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects and ancient magic.

The cast includes Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid, Clark Backo, Hudson Williams and Patrick Gilmore.

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The new Disney+ Marvel-themed series VisionQuest will debut online on October 14.

Vision (Paul Bettany), rebooted and having escaped from those who sought to weaponize him, has been in hiding. Searching for new meaning, he consults the AI personas embedded in his programming, including F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Orla Brady), E.D.I.T.H. (Emily Hampshire), J.A.R.V.I.S. (James D’Arcy), and the infamous Ultron (James Spader).

His discreet existence ends when a bounty placed on his head thrusts him on the run with Thomas Shepard (Ruaridh Mollica), a mysterious boy who may be Vision’s son, reincarnate.  As Vision evades capture, he must confront his nature, resist Ultron’s influence, and unravel the enigma that is his young companion if he’s to survive.

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The new drama This Is Not a Murder Mystery will debut online on Acorn TV on October 12.

Set in England during the 1930s, world-renowned Surrealist artists, including young Dalí and Magritte, find themselves trapped in a lavish mansion with a mysterious serial killer on the loose and Scotland Yard on the case. But is everything what it seems?

Starring Stephen Tompkinson, Pierre Gervais, Lauren Versnick, Jonathan Delaney Tynan, Florence Hall, Iñaki Mur and Donna Banya.

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On October 11, the MGM+ period piece drama Treasure Island will debut at 10 PM.

Jim Hawkins (Tom Sweet) discovers a treasure map, but his mother Bess’s (Hayley Atwell) actions put them both in danger. Aboard The Hispaniola, they navigate threats from pirate John Silver (David Oyelowo) and Agent Aaron Graham (Jack Huston) as alliances shift and survival hangs in the balance.

Tomer Capone also stars.

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On October 8, the new CBS drama Cupertino will debut at 10 PM.

This David vs. Goliath legal drama is set in the heart of Silicon Valley, following a lawyer (Mike Colter) who is being cheated out of his stock options by his former employer, a tech startup. Refusing to back down, he joins forces with another recently fired attorney (Rachel Keller) to represent those taken advantage of by the tech elite and help them fight back in a high-stakes battle against the Goliaths controlling Silicon Valley.

The cast includes Busy Philipps, Joe Morton, Steven Pasquale and Renee Elise Goldsberry.

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The new small screen version of the classic Stephen King novel Carrie will debut online on Amazon Prime on October 7.

Based on the iconic Stephen King novel, this version is a bold, timely and surprising reinvention of the classic coming of age story that follows misfit high schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell) who has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan).

After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.

The cast includes Amber Midthunder, Matthew Lillard, Siena Agudong and Alison Thornton (among others).

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