Everything We Are Watching This Week (November 9-15): I Play Rocky, SOTY: After Dark & More

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power (Season 3)

Director: Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri, Stefan Schwartz

Cast: Charlie Vickers, Morfydd Clark, Robert Aramayo, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Daniel Weyman  

Platform: Prime Video

Lord of the Rings Season 3 picks up five years after the events of the previous season, with Sauron expanding his claim across Middle-earth following the forging og the One Ring, close to being done. Fractured alliances, the fall of Numenor’s sanctums, and other calamities are just the beginning of the troubles. The season will focus heavily on the feud between the Elves and Sauron in a heightened war.

What A Boss Wants

Director: Lee Eun-mi

Cast: Sung Hoon, Oh Se-young, Lee Tae-hwan, Park Eun-hye, Kim Do-wan

Platform: Viki

With one goal in mind, he sets out to search for this mysterious woman, eventually crossing paths with Lee Eun-chae (Oh Se-young), who is the lead vocalist of an indie band. With distance out of the way, the time they share around each other begins to brew an interesting chemistry, with their professional relationship changing tides.

Jailer 2

Director: Nelson Dilipkumar

Cast: Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Vidya Balan, Hrithik Roshan, Jacky Shroff, Mithun Chakraborty

Platform: Prime Video

Release Date: November 12

Jailer 2 has been a hit amongst the masses and has been ruling the box office for the past couple of weeks. Leave it to Rajinikanth, as he rewrites Tamil cinema box office history by crossing the Rs. 800 crore grossing mark worldwide within just a span of 18 days since its theatrical release.

Jailer 2 is the second in the franchise, centring around a grandfather, Tiger Muthuvel Pandian (Rajinikanth), through his years of experience as a jailer and connections built, takes on an underworld boss, all to ensure the safety of his family. And no Rajinikanth movie is complete without the absolute aura he emits through each scene.

I Play Rocky

Director: Peter Farrelly

Cast: Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, Matt Dillon, Toby Kebbell, P. J. Byrne

Platform: Theatrical Release

Release Date: November 13

I Play Rocky is the true and inspiring story of Sylvester Stallone and his never-resting ambition to make it big as an actor. The biographical drama will explore his earlier rough days as a struggling actor, his vision behind writing the historic script of Rocky, and his belief in the story, which skyrocketed him to the greatest heights. Anthony Ippolito plays the role of Sylvester Stallone and dives deep into bringing authenticity to his portrayal of the Hollywood legend.

Ghost Soldier

Director: William Eubank

Cast: Jim Caviezel, Olivia Thirlby, Garret Dillahunt, Shea Whigham, Beau Knapp  

Platform: Theatrical Release

Ghost Soldier is an action thriller centred around the adventures of Herald Fitzgerald (Jim Caviezel), who is a former soldier. With a single motive in mind to ensure the safety of his Wyoming neighbours, he will have to fight against a ruthless corporation that threatens the overall future of his rural community.

Wildwood

Director: Travis Knight

Cast:  Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina

Platform: Theatrical Release

Wildwood is a dark fantasy adventure, honouring the traditional stop-motion style of animation. The story follows a young Prue McKeel who traverses far beyond the borders of Portland into a hidden and enchanted wilderness to rescue her baby brother, who was kidnapped by a flock of crows.

Lambodhara 2.0

Director: Sunil

Cast:  Anil Shetty, Saachi Bindra, Kunal Kapoor, Macwin Ian D’Souza, Meghana Gaonkar

Platform: Theatrical Release

Lambodhara 2.0 is a Kannada tale of science fiction thriller, with a plot blending artificial intelligence with experimental technology. Making his Kannada cinema debut, Kunal Kapoor, who was recently seen playing the role of Lord Indra in the epic tale of Ramayana, plays the role of a young man from Bengaluru who is drawn into a game that promises true happiness. It will soon occur to him that the hidden secrets stowed deep within the system are programmed to quietly study and take control of human emotions.

Student Of The Year: After Dark

Director: Reema Sengupta

Cast: Shanaya Kapoor, Divik Sharma, Manya Grover, Mannat Duggal, Sheeba Chaddha

Platform: JioHotstar

Student Of The Year: After Dark is a new series following the story of Aditi (Shanaya Kapoor), who enrols in the elite St. Teresa boarding school. The same school that served as the setting for the first two films in the franchise. Her motive for enrolling surrounds the mysterious death of her twin sister (Ayesha). As she begins to uncover the truth about the incident, she quickly uncovers deeper secrets of a sinister campus competition being held, leaving her with just one way to know the absolute truth.

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