Commentary/Stream on Demand: The next chapter in ‘Enchanted’? ‘Disenchanted,’ of course
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Here’s what’s new on Video on Demand and Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and other streaming services, starting Friday.
Top Streams
“Disenchanted” (2022, PG), the sequel to the 2007 musical comedy “Enchanted,” reunites Amy Adams (shown above) and Patrick Dempsey as Giselle and Robert, now married and living in suburbia which Giselle has magically transformed into a real-life fairy tale. (Disney+)
There’s something mysterious — and dangerous — in the skies above a California horse ranch in “Nope” (2022, R), Jordan Peele’s third film as a director and to date his most ambitious. Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer star as siblings who investigate the strange phenomenon in this fascinating (if overstuffed) mix of modern Western, alien invasion thriller and ecological parable. (Peacock)
An English nurse (Florence Pugh) travels to a remote Irish village in 1862 in “The Wonder” (2022, R) to investigate a miracle: a young girl (newcomer Kíla Lord Cassidy) who has stopped eating yet remains healthy. Tom Burke co-stars as a London reporter in this adaptation of the novel by Emma Donoghue from filmmaker Sebastián Lelio. (Netflix)
“Tulsa King: Season 1” (TV-MA), the new original series from “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan, stars Sylvester Stallone (in his first TV role) as a New York mobster mafia capo who, after a 25-year prison stretch, is sent to form a new cartel in Oklahoma. New episodes air on Sundays. (Paramount+)
Jesse Eisenberg stars in “Fleishman is in Trouble: Season 1” (TV-MA) as a recently divorced father of two whose new single life is complicated when his ex (Claire Danes) suddenly disappears and he’s left to raise their two children while trying to understand how their marriage unraveled. Two episodes are available, with new episodes arriving on Thursdays. (Hulu)
Holiday highlights
Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell. and Octavia Spencer star in “Spirited” (2022, PG-13), a musical comedy twist on the Charles Dickens classic brought up to date. (Apple TV+)
Santa (Tim Allen) discovers that the holiday magic fading and searches for a successor in “The Santa Clauses: Season 1” (TV-PG). (Disney+)
Peter Billingsley reprises his role as Ralphie Parker in “A Christmas Story Christmas” (2022, TV-14), a sequel to the beloved 1983 holiday comedy. (HBO Max)
Pay-Per-View / Video on Demand
Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton star in the epic romantic fantasy “Three Thousand Years of Longing” (2022, R) from director George Miller.
Netflix
A young woman (Daisy Edgar-Jones) raised alone in the marshes of the Deep South is now suspected of murder in “Where the Crawdads Sing” (2022, PG-13).
Jason Momoa stars in “Slumberland” (2022, PG), a live-action adaptation of the legendary newspaper comic strip fantasy about a child’s adventures in dreamland.
Kid stuff: Tituss Burgess hosts the revival of “Teletubbies: Season 1” (2022, TV-Y).
Hulu
Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes are wealthy Americans in Morocco who cover up the accidental killing of a young boy in “The Forgiven” (2022, R).
Other streams
A 30-something party girl (Roisin Gallagher) moves back home with her Dublin family in the Irish dramedy “The Dry: Season 1” (not rated). (AMC+ and Sundance Now)
A gang holds hotel guests hostage in the action thriller “Crossfire” (not rated), a limited series from producer/star Keeley Hawes. (BritBox)
New on disc and at Redbox
“Three Thousand Years of Longing” and “Gigi & Nate.”
Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at streamondemandathome.com.
