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WHAT’SITABOUT?
It startswiththehallmarks
ofa classicEuropean
drama– hard-to-follow
subtitles,mysterious
disappearances,foreboding
woodlands,a richand
seriouslysinisterfamily- butsoonbecomesa
mind-bendingtime-travel
conspiracythriller.
WHO’SINIT?
TheGermancastis largely
unknownhere,butlead
LouisHofmannappeared
inRedSparrowwith
JenniferLawrence.
IT’SABITLIKE:
TheKillingmixedwiththe
bitinInterstellarwhere
MatthewMcConaughey
time-travelledbehind
a bookcase.
WHAT’SITABOUT?
Paranormal series set in
thetown of Yoorana in
Australia. Police officer
James Hayes (Patrick
Brammall) gets called to
thetown cemetery at night
when seven people from
different times in history
have risen from the dead- inperfect health. None
have any recollection of
whathappened, but all are
somehow connected and
theytry to figure out how.
WHO’S IN IT?
Patrick Brammall, Emma
Booth, Genevieve O’Reilly.
IT’S A BIT LIKE:
An award-winning Aussie
version of The Returned,
complete with bushrangers
and diggers.
THE SCI-FI
CHEAT SHEET
WHAT’SITABOUT?
Sevensuper-powered
orphans,raisedbythe
sameadoptivefather,
reunitewhenhedies,
butmustputtheir
childhoodtraumas
asidetohelpprevent
a globalapocalypse.
WHO’SINIT?
EllenPage, Robert
Sheehanand,bizarrely,
MaryJ Blige,whoplays
a time-travellingassassin.
IT’SABITLIKE:
X-MenmeetsSkinsvia
a MyChemicalRomance
album(theshowis based
ontheUmbrellaAcademy
comic,co-createdby
singerGerardWay).WHAT’SITABOUT?
A dystopianworldwhere
a mysteriousselection
processallows3%ofthe
populationtoleave
povertyandenter
a virtualparadise.
WHO’SINIT?
BiancaComparato, who
playstheKatnissEverdeen-
styleleadtaskedwith
infiltratingtheidyllic
“Offshore”community,is
definitelyonetowatch.
IT’SABITLIKE:
ThebrutalityofThe
HungerGamesand
puzzle-solvingofThe
CrystalMaze.THEUMBRELLA DARK 3%
ACADEMY
GLITCH
The Dark Crystal:
Age Of Resistance
is on Netflix nowSuffering Stranger Things withdrawal? Not only has Netflix
revived ’80s fantasy epic The Dark Crystal (with Taron Egerton),
but these shows prove there’s plenty to geek out on this autumn