As we bid farewell to the gore and horrors of spooky season, turn your spine-chilling screams into warm-hearted peals of laughter with a new batch of on-screen entertainment this November. With the year-end fast approaching, our annual retrospective reflections might leave us a tad overwhelmed and despondent. Alleviate your end-of-year blues with the Sundance Film Festival crowd favourite, My Old Ass, a blooming comedy that initially seems glib but soon proves to have profound depth in a pensive yet transformative re-evaluation of life. If you’re looking to prolong your delight, turn to the witty Korean dramedy series, Mr Plankton, as you follow a man plagued by misfortune and the unluckiest bride-to-be on a journey to fulfil his final wish.
This month, we also see an exhilarating list of highly-anticipated comebacks, all with strong female characters in the lead. The beloved video game animation Arcane will spotlight the sisters’ relationship as Jinx gets ready to lead a revolution. Following her reckless stunt, tensions soar between Plitover and its neighbouring city, Zaun, and the stakes have never been higher.
Meanwhile, the second chapter of Silo brings new light to the other silos in its dystopian world. Flying closer to the truth, chaos ensues. On the other end of the timeline, another crisis arrives at Schöbrunn Palace in The Empress, as a strong adversary appears in Europe. Meanwhile, darkness looms over Sisi and Franz’s short-lived marital bliss—despite having two children, an heir to the throne is still in question.
Besides sequels, an intriguing prequel from the popular trilogy, Dune, is coming to our screens. Before the rise of Paul Atreides, Dune: Prophecy tells the story of the Harkonnen sisters as they protect humanity from forces that endanger humankind.
For historical mavens, look forward to Steve McQueen’s Blitz. Following the venture of 8-year-old George and his return to his family, this film reiterates the devastating cost of war. Below, peruse our carefully curated lineup of what to watch this November—all available on popular streaming platforms like Netflix, Prime Video and Apple TV+.
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Blitz
Saoirse Ronan is renowned for portraying defiant and bold characters like Lady Bird and Jo March. In this upcoming war film, Blitz, she plays a mother, Rita, who stands on the receiving end of the rebellious nature of her 9-year-old son, George (Elliott Heffernan). When George is forced to evacuate to the rural countryside to escape The German Blitz’s bombings, his journey is derailed as he takes a sudden detour to reunite with his mother.
Watch Blitz on Apple TV+ from 22 November 2024.
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Arcane Season 2
When Arcane first aired, this video game adaptation garnered a fan following for its arresting animation and alluring plot. Now, it’s back on a much grander scale. With enhanced visuals, the second season addresses the colossal cliffhanger that follows Jinx’s explosive foray against the Piltover Council and the complexities of the political and social issues at hand. In this season, Jinx is a symbol of revolution and the two neighbouring cities, Plitover and Zaun, see escalating tensions. More so now than ever, the characters are compelled to face the darkest side of themselves, making this season the most enthralling one yet.
Watch Arcane Season 2 on Netflix from 9 November 2024.
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My Old Ass
If you had the chance to meet your future self, would you? Take a sneak peek into what it might entail in this lighthearted coming-of-age comedy. Produced by Margot Robbie, My Old Ass drags us along on a psychedelic venture of the freshly turned 18-year-old Elliot (Maisy Stella), who encounters a quipping 39-year-old version of herself (Aubrey Plaza). When the future advises her present self with all of her ‘should have’s, Elliot begins to reconsider everything—from family to relationships.
Watch My Old Ass on Prime Video from 7 November 2024.
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Silo Season 2
In the closing of Silo, Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) discloses the truth about the world they’ve been forced to live in—apparently, they haven’t been flying solo this entire time. In Season 2 of this post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama, get ready to uncover some answers to the mind-boggling twists and turns left from the season finale. Picking up from Juliette’s life-threatening exile, we’ll witness her survival instincts as she scrambles to the next silo for oxygen.
Watch Silo Season 2 on Apple TV+ from 15 November 2024.
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Dune: Prophecy
Dune fans, prepare yourselves, for the universe just got bigger. The prequel to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has arrived on our shores, and it holds the answers to our questions. Spotlighting the sisterhood of Valya and Tula Harkonnen and their established fabled sect, Bene Gesserit, the mini-series traces back to 10,000 years ago, unravelling the origins of the feud between House Harkonnen and House Atriedes. How did it all begin?
Watch Dune: Prophecy on Max from 19 November 2024.
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The Empress Season 2
The long wait is finally over. Empress returns with a second series, but the newlyweds are still far from celebrating their marital bliss. After barely scraping through the crisis at the end of Season 1, where Elisabeth (Devrim Lingunau) and Ava (Almila Bagriacik) were both met with brutal ultimatums, darkness begins to loom over the Schönbrunn Palace once again, and the stakes are much higher. Will Franz (Philip Froissant) be able to conquer the potent adversary in Europe, and will Elisabeth be able to protect her family and her virtue?
Watch The Empress Season 2 on Netflix from 22 November 2024.
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Mr Plankton
This humorous rom-com series centres around the theme of fulfilment. A thrill-seeker plagued by misfortune, Jae Oh (Woo Do-Hwan) kidnaps his ex, Jae-mi (Lee You-mi), a soon-to-be bride who is hopelessly devoted to the idea of being a mother. Together, they embark on an arduous journey to look for his biological father to fulfil Jae Oh’s final wish.
Watch Mr. Plankton on Netflix from 8 November 2024.
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Our Little Secret
Add another Lindsay Lohan holiday rom-com to your watchlist. In Our Little Secret, two bitter exes, Avery (Lindsay Lohan) and Logan (Ian Harding), are forced to spend Christmas together under one roof upon learning that their significant others are siblings. How will this discomfiting reunion unfold? With one too many awkward misunderstandings caught between the exes, tensions begin to rise in this whirlwind yuletide mess and Christmas no longer seems so merry after all.
Watch Our Little Secret on Netflix from 27 November 2024.
