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Die My Love? More like Watch, My Readers. There’s actually quite a bit to dig into this week — probably because it’s after Halloween and everyone’s social batteries are low. We’re getting Pedro Pascal summer déjà vu with two of his movies hitting streaming, a new series from Breaking Bad’s auteur, and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, which is about to see its widest audience possible. Now, here’s everything. Featured Presentations . Die My Love Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in a movie together is a beautiful sentence for those who were teenagers in the 2010s. But instead of an epic franchise, the two are a couple in Lynne Ramsay’s suffocating drama about a woman dealing with postpartum depression and isolation amid a move from New York to Montana. ➽ Jennifer Lawrence on the hardest part of filming this movie. . Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro’s take on the classic Mary Shelley tale has been having a great run in theaters. If you’ve been unlucky enough to live in an area without a showing, now’s your time — well, to watch on streaming. Jacob Elordi is staggeringly good as the creature of Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac). Del Toro is no stranger to monsters and gorgeous sets, so you know what you’re in for when you tune into Frankenstein. . Pluribus Vince Gilligan’s first big project after Better Call Saul reunites him with Rhea Seehorn in a mega-high-concept genre show that’s quite different from his recent work. But it plays with many of the same themes: satisfaction, what people mean to each other, ambition, and, of course, Albuquerque. — Kathryn VanArendonk . Predator: Badlands Dan Trachtenberg’s first Predator movie, Prey, had the hunt-loving alien battling a Comanche warrior in 1700s America. Rather than retread historic ground, he set Predator: Badlands in the future, but the real twist is that this time, the Predator is the protagonist. A young Predator must travel to a perilous world in search of the most dangerous game of all in order to prove himself, encountering a damaged android played by Elle Fanning along the way. —James Grebey ➽ The Predator series did follow through with the hunting-through-history promise, featuring fights with Vikings and samurai and ninjas in Dan Trachtenberg’s animated film, Predator: Killer of Killers. See how it and Badlands fare in our ranking of every Predator movie. . Death by Lightning James A. Garfield isn’t one of our best-known presidents. This miniseries tries to change that by focusing on his rise to power and various civil reforms before his assassination by a onetime admirer. Michael Shannon stars alongside Matthew Macfadyen — plus Betty Gilpin! — Roxana Hadadi . Nuremberg This high-stakes historical legal drama has Rami Malek’s military psychiatrist interviewing Nazi war criminals to see if they’re fit to stand trial. He finds himself facing off against Hitler’s right-hand man, Hermann Göring (played by Russell Crowe, who can add “German” to his list of accents along with Italian, Russian, and Greek). —J.G. . All’s Fair Kim Kardashian probably didn’t go to law school to be cast in a Ryan Murphy procedural about L.A. divorce attorneys, but honestly, if she did, it might have been worth it. She stars with Naomi Watts and Niecy Nash as well as Glenn Close, Teyana Taylor, and, inevitably, Sarah Paulson. — K.V.A. ➽ Is All’s Fair the most Ryan Murphy show Ryan Murphy has done yet? Some Thrillifying Television Wicked: One Wonderful Night It’s November, so brace yourself for a whole lot of Wicked. The promo has already started, with a Brazil premiere sans Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey being crowned People’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” but NBC is kicking it up a notch with a dedicated special with the stars of the musical movie singing fan-favorite numbers. We’ll probably even get a sneak peak at the brand-new songs for Grande and Cynthia Erivo. How wonderful. (Streaming on Peacock.) Reality Bites Squid Game: The Challenge I suppose this reality series was popular enough to warrant a second season. It’s definitely a demented enough premise to get people to tune in. It’s just 456 normies competing for $4 million. Truly weird stuff. Finally Streaming The Fantastic Four: First Steps The next movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t coming out until the very end of July next year, but Marvel’s First Family is taking a second step onto Disney+ this week. Maybe reliving Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing’s retro-futurist adventure will make the wait go by a little quicker. —J.G. Materialists Mason Thames saw Pedro Pascal’s crown slipping just a tad and swooped in. But it was Pascal summer in July when he had Eddington, The Fantastic Four, and The Materialists out in theaters. All three are now on streaming as Celine Song’s unconventional rom … drama hits HBO Max this week. Pascal plays the suave rich man attempting to woo matchmaker Lucy (Dakota Johnson). Chris Evans completes that love triangle as Lucy’s ex, a down-on-his-luck actor.
