MOVIES (premieres 11/13, in cinemas unless otherwise stated).
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Hollywood has wanted nothing to do with Johnny Depp in recent years, partly because of the controversial lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. But now he is making a big comeback as the evil Scrooge in a new interpretation of Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol".
Sisters Mathilda (Felice Jankell) and Freddie (Happy Jankell) switch places with each other in "Just for Christmas".
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Siblings Felice and Happy Jankell play the lead roles in the Christmas film about two sisters who dislike each other. So they switch places. One escapes boredom and her hopeless partner in the countryside for a dream job in Stockholm - and a charming neighbor (Christian Fandango). The other is stressed out at her trendy big-city job and moves back to the country - and reunites with her former love. But only for Christmas. Or...? Adam Pålsson makes his feature film directorial debut.
Mikis Theodorakis and Arja Saijonmaa from the film "Sing for me, Arja!".
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A documentary about Arja Saijonmaa's career, including her collaboration with Mikis Theodorakis, told through her own private films.
A magical world reveals itself in "The Magic Faraway Tree".
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Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield play parents who move their children from the big city to the countryside, where there is a... magic tree. A new, modern film adaptation of a children's book from the 1930s by Enid Blyton.
TV/STREAMING
Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy play sisters, and lawyers, in “The Good Daughter”.
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Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy play two sisters who are also lawyers, each dealing with childhood trauma. New acts of violence in the small town where one of the sisters lives bring them back together in the drama series based on Karin Slaughter's novel of the same name.
Sister Mary (Ella Bruccoleri) is at the center of "The other Bennet sister".
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Mary is the middle sister in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” and the least described of the siblings in the novel. Now she’s getting her own series. The family wants her to marry, but there are no suitors, and Mary (Ella Bruccoleri) may not be so keen on marriage after all.
Kristoffer Hivju, on the left, is new to the cast of the comedy series "Where the Sun Always Shines." Per Lasson remains in the lead role.
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The second season of the comedy series in which Per Lasson and Erik “Jerka” Johansson play two brothers in midlife crisis who are trying to start a new life with their families in Spain. Kristoffer Hivju and Johan Glans are new to the cast.
Jamie Dornan plays a bank robber in "12 12 12" on Apple TV.
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The new thriller series about a bank robbery in Zurich, starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan, unfolds across three timelines: twelve months of planning, the twelve hours the robbery takes, and the twelve days that follow.
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