Rueben's Ramblings

On September 15, the new drama Wilderness will debut online on Amazon Prime Video.

Liv’s (Jenna Coleman) “happily-ever-after” quickly turns into a living nightmare upon discovering her husband Will (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) is having an affair. She becomes the actress starring in Will’s bad dreams after she learns about his betrayal, and her heartbreak is swiftly followed by another emotion: fury.

The couple embarks on an American road trip that Liv has fantasized about since she was little, from the Grand Canyon on through Yosemite, before ending up with a hedonistic weekend in Las Vegas. For Will, it’s a chance to make amends; for Liv, it’s a very different prospect – a landscape where accidents happen all the time. The perfect place to get revenge.

The cast includes Ashley Benson, Eric Balfour, Jonathan Keltz and Talia Balsam.

Here is a trailer for Wilderness:

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The Hulu thriller series The Other Black Girl will debut online on September 13.

Nella (Sinclair Daniel), an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only Black girl at her company, so she’s excited when Hazel (Ashleigh Murray) is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.

The cast includes Bellamy Young, Eric McCormack, Hunter Parrish and Garcelle Beauvais.

Here is a trailer for The Other Black Girl:

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On September 12, the new drama The Swarm will debut on The CW at 9 PM.

Based on the best-selling novel by Frank Schatzing, the story goes around the world, focusing on strange happenings, borne out of the oceans: Whales destroy boats, deep sea crabs attack beaches, mussels block container ships. An unknown ice worm destabilizes continental slopes and triggers tsunamis. A deadly pathogen spreads into the drinking water. Across the globe, lives are increasingly imperiled, the situation worsening by the day – and yet, nobody can draw a connection between the seemingly random attacks.

Except for a group of scientists who come together through their shared sense that something bigger is at play: an intelligent life force, dwelling in the deep – capable of manipulating the ocean, and everything that resides in it. A being which has borne witness to our destruction of the seas and has decided to drive us to extinction. But hardly anyone believes their findings. And so, the group are forced to undertake a life-threatening mission, tracking the intelligent life force within the Arctic Ocean.

Here is a trailer for The Swarm:

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On August 31, the new Hulu teen fantasy series Spellbound will debut its first 13 episodes online.

When Cece Parker Jones (Hailey Melody Romain), a vivacious 15 year old relocates from a small town in the US to France to study at the Paris Opera Ballet School, she’s on top of the world, but things turn upside down when she discovers a book of family spells in the back room of her Aunt Ginger’s (Raven Dauda) apothecary. While snooping through the book, she unknowingly casts the antidote to a protection spell that has been hiding her identity since she was a little girl. Turns out, she comes from a line of powerful witches called the Wizens, and in doing so, she summons her nemesis, the Mystics, who are after her magic. This spit-fire teen must now juggle the pressures of an elite ballet school, learning new techniques she’s never studied before, keeping up with her intense academics, not to mention her new friendships and maybe a cute boy or two, as well as her incredible ability to activate magic, while keeping this a secret for only her closest friends.

Here is a trailer for Spellbound:

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The 10-episode live-action pirate adventure story One Piece, based on the best-selling manga by Eiichiro Oda, will debut online on Netflix on August 31.

The story follows Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) and his loyal crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as they embark on a journey to the most dangerous oceans in the world. Even though this crew is generally good-natured and fun-loving, they’re sort of the exception in the world of dastardly, infamous pirates hunting the One Piece and collecting sizable bounties from the World Government.

Here is a trailer for One Piece:

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On August 23, the new Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka will air online.

Set after the fall of the Empire, the series follows the former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.

The ensemble cast includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Tennant, Lars Mikkelsen and the late Ray Stevenson.

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This 10-part period piece drama The Winter King will debut on MGM+ (formerly EPIX) at 9 PM on August 20.

This bold, revisionist take on the well-loved Arthurian legend, and based on the Warlord Chronicles series from Bernard Cornwell, the series is set in the 5th Century long before Britain was united. It’s a brutal land of warring factions and tribes where lives were often fleeting and follows Arthur Pendragon (Iain De Caestecker from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader.

The series also stars Eddie Marsan, Andrew Gower and Simon Merrells (among others).

Here is a trailer for The Winter King:

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On August 18, the Amazon 8-episode limited series Harlen Coben’s Shelter will debut online.

The show follows the story of Mickey Bolitar (Jaden Michael) after the sudden death of his father leads him to start a new life in Kasselton, New Jersey. Mickey quickly finds himself tangled in the mysterious disappearance of a new student at his school, Ashley Kent, which leads to uncovering unimaginable secrets within their quiet suburban community. With the help of his friends, the inventive Spoon (Adrian Greensmith) and the secretive Ema (Abby Corrigan), Mickey pulls back the sleepy facade of Kasselton to reveal a dark underground that may hold the answers to decades of disappearances, deaths, and legends and perhaps even his own complex family history.

Constance Zimmer co-stars.

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On August 10, the 6-part Netflix limited series Painkiller will debut online.

The causes and consequences of America’s opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.

The cast includes Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick and Taylor Kitsch.

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On August 4, the new 7-part drama The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart will debut online on Amazon.

Based on the best-selling novel by Holly Ringland, the series tells the emotionally compelling story of Alice Hart (Alycia Debnam-Carey). When Alice was 9-years-old she tragically lost her parents in a mysterious fire and was taken to live with her grandmother June Hart (Sigourney Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past.

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