This Wednesday (November 9) returns The crown on the Netflix grill. The wait is high and the first reviews come from home, Great Britain, with controversy.
Former UK Prime Minister John Major has criticized the way his management is portrayed in the series. He said he finds it a “malicious and malignant” fiction and considers it a “load of nonsense”.
And in relation to a secret meeting he allegedly had with Prince Charles, it was even tougher: it is “total and utter rubbish”.
The Major, who was Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997, responded on Saturday to rumors in the British media that one of the new season’s storylines featured King Charles III, later Prince of Wales, suggesting he wanted the Major’s support for the abdication. of his mother.
The series is supposed to represent a 1991 meeting between Charles and John Major, Blair’s predecessor, in Highgrove, in which the two talk about plotting against Queen Elizabeth II.
Also on the new plot, Carlos tries to win Blair’s support after the 1997 general election, while Carlos secures his plan to marry Camilla.
“It will be deeply painful for a family that is still grieving for the same person on whose life the whole drama was founded,” Major wrote in a letter to the newspaper. Daily telegraph. “Fiction shouldn’t be shown as reality”. And it is that, you know, the new season will be the first appearance of the series after the queen’s death.
For its part, Netflix has come out in defense ofThe crown emphasizing it it is a “dramatized fiction”.
The best series and movies to watch this week
Series
The crown
From Wednesday 9, on Netflix.
The long awaited fifth season of the series that deals with the reign of Elizabeth II, the first post mortem. With Imelda Staunton in the role of the monarch, the new installment It takes place in the early 90s.40 years after its rise, television is already massive and the British Empire is experiencing its decline.
The queen has to deal with the collapse of the Soviet Union and other changes in the international order, and with closer conflicts, such as the divorce of her son, Prince Charles (Dominic West) with Diana Spencer (Elizabeth Debicki).
world robbery
From Wednesday, on Star +.
New Argentine comedy in six episodes. Lucho Buenaventura (Joaquín Furriel) spent all of his savings to go to the World Cup with his son. But, when the Argentine national team is disqualified, summons his colleagues to steal the World Cup and thus save the honor of a country. Created and directed by Gabriel Nicoli, with Furriel, Benjamín Amadeo, Carla Quevedo and Javier Gómez.
mammals
Friday, on Amazon Prime Video.
Giacomo Corden back to acting in this new comedy from six episodes which follows the story of a Michelin-starred chef whose world collapses when he uncovers shocking secrets about his pregnant wife (Melia Kreilling).
the phases of the moon
From Sunday 13, on HBO Max.
Brazilian romantic comedy inspired by Carina Rissi’s bestseller of the same name. Marina Moschen she plays Luna, a gypsy-born journalist who agrees to write horoscopes for a news portal using cards from her family’s gypsy deck. What he does not know is that the inherited letters – with centuries of history – speak to him.
The Montanari
Wednesday the first five episodes on Disney +.
In a docu-reality code, the series follows the family of artists led by Ricardo Montaner and which has become a real phenomenon of social networks. An intimate look at the challenges, personal conflicts and emotions generated by the enlargement of the family group upon the arrival of new marriages.
save our team
Starting Wednesday 9, on Star + and Disney +.
docuseries that shows David Beckham’s return to his roots to East London to coach the Westward Boys, a men’s football team that finished last in their league table and is on the verge of relegation. The soccer star will try to change the fortunes of the team by working together with the current coaches.
Movie
The fall
Premiere Friday 11, on Amazon Prime Video.
Lucía Puenzo directs this drama centered on Mariel (Karla Souza), a veteran elite diver who has one last chance At the olympic games. However, when a terrible truth comes to light, Mariel confronts her biggest question: Is winning really her real dream?
Don’t worry honey
From this Monday, on HBO Max.
In the 1950s, Alice and Jack live in the idealized community of Victoria, an experimental town that houses the men working on a secret project. Drama directed by Olivia Wilde, with Harry StylesFlorence Pugh, Chris Pine and Olivia Wilde.
christmas all at once
Preview Thursday on Netflix.
Christmas romantic comedy with Lindsay Lohan and Chord Overstreet, actor of joy. A few days before Christmas, a spoiled, newly engaged hotel heiress has a skiing accident, completely loses her memory, and ends up in the care of a handsome innkeeper and her precocious daughter.
Matriarch
Friday 11, available on Star +.
After a near-fatal overdose, Laura Birch (Jemima Rooper) agrees to move with her mother (Kate Dickie) to her childhood home to deal with her personal demons. But she soon finds out the villagers are hiding a dark secret which involves not only her mother, but also her own terrifying fate.
Source: Clarin
