Disclaimer (Apple TV+): Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline lead this seven-part psychological thriller created and directed by five-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón and based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Renée Knight. Blanchett plays acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft, who built her reputation revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others. When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she’s horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets. As Catherine races to uncover the writer’s true identity, she is forced to confront her past before it destroys both her own life and her relationships with her husband, Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen), and their son, Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, Leila George, and Hoyeon also star. Two episodes streaming at launch, followed by new episodes every Friday through November 15
Saturday Night (Sony): Based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975, the movie stars Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and J.K. Simmons. Jason Reitman directs. In theaters
We Live in Time (A24): Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh play Tobias and Almut, respectively, who are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together—falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family—a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. In theaters
The Last of the Sea Women (Apple TV+): Here’s the official description: An extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo of South Korea’s Jeju Island are renowned for centuries of diving to the ocean floor—without oxygen—to harvest seafood for their livelihood. Today, with most haenyeo now in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, their traditions and way of life are in imminent danger. But these fierce, funny, hardworking women refuse to give an inch, aided by a younger generation’s fight to revive their ancestral lifestyle through social media. Streaming
Saturday, October 12
Nobody Dumps My Daughter (Lifetime): In this new Lifetime original movie, Mary (Ana Ortiz) becomes obsessed with mending the relationship between her daughter, Theresa (Jasmine Vega), and Theresa’s ex, Jimmy, after learning Jimmy took the girl”s virginity and then broke up with her. But when Mary’s tactics (including bribery) fail, she becomes desperate and her meddling ways turn murderous when she enlists the services of a fortune teller named Anna (Sheila E.) and a hitman to murder Jimmy in attempts to reclaim her daughter’s purity. Spicy! 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT
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