Rueben's Ramblings

The new thriller series The Bondsman will debut online on April 3 on Amazon Prime.

Kevin Bacon stars as Hub Halloran, a murdered bounty hunter who’s back from the dead after being resurrected by the Devil to trap and send back demons that have escaped from the prison of Hell. By chasing down those demons with the help and hindrance of his estranged family, Hub learns how his own sins got his soul condemned — which pushes him to seek a second chance at life, love, and country music.

The cast includes Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles, Jolene Purdy, Maxwell Jenkins, Damon Herriman and Beth Grant.

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On March 30, the new drama MobLand will debut online on Paramount+.

Helen Mirren stars as Maeve Harrigan and Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan, the heads of an organized crime family as they fight for power within a global crime syndicate.

The cast includes Paddy Considine, Tom Hardy, Joanne Froggatt, Janet McTeer and Lara Pulver.

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On March 20, the new Paramount+ drama Happy Face will debut online.

The series focuses on the story of Melissa Jesperson-Moore (Annaleigh Ashford), who at age 15 discovered that her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson (Dennis Quaid), was the serial murderer known as the Happy Face Killer.

The cast includes James Wolk.

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The new Netflix drama The Residence will debut online on March 20.

132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion.

The ensemble cast includes Uzo Aduba, Susan Kelechi Watson, Giancarlo Esposito, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Jason Lee, Bronson Pinchot, Ken Marino and Randall Park.

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On March 20, the new Britbox drama Ludwig will debut online.

Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace. In a quest to track James down and bring him home, Ludwig assumes his brother’s identity – but by taking over every aspect of James’s life, Ludwig is forced to confront his own issues.

The series stars Anna Maxwell Martin, David Mitchell, Dipo Ola and Dorothy Atkinson.

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On March 19, the new limited series drama Good American Family will debut online on Hulu.

Told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias and trauma, the series is inspired by the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is.

The ensemble cast includes Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, Dule Hill, Jenny O’Hara, Christina Hendricks, Sarayu Blue and Imogen Reid.

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