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By Dana Simpson
TV Media
“The Last Kingdom” Season
4
Put your allegiances to the test as
“The Last Kingdom” returns for a
fourth season on Sunday, April 26.
The ninth-century historical drama
series, which Netflix stepped in to
co-produce at the beginning of
Season 2, chronicles the life and
conquests of Uhtred Bebbanburg
(Alexander Dreymon, “American
Horror Story”) as he struggles
both with his inner demons and
his military enemies. Kidnapped
by the Danish Vikings during their
invasion of Saxony and raised as
a Dane, Uhtred later learns he is
the rightful successor to a Saxon
earldom. He grapples with his loy-
alty to the people who raised him
and his duty to uphold his birth-
right while the landscapes of the
kingdoms and surrounding areas
continue to change. Based on “The
Saxon Stories” novels by English
author Bernard Cornwell, the first
three seasons vaguely follow the
plot of the first six books. Season 4
consists of 10 episodes and picks
up where the saga left off as the
Saxons and the Danes are about
to enter into a battle for the ages,
and the fates of Uhtred, Wessex
and the seven kingdoms all hang in
the balance. Returning characters
include Brida (Emily Cox, “Jerks”),
Aelswith (Eliza Butterworth,
“DCI Banks”) and Aelfric (Joseph
Millson, “Casino Royale,” 2006),
among others.
“Never Have I Ever”
Fans of “The Mindy Project” will
delight in Mindy Kaling’s newest
project, coming to Netflix on Mon-
day, April 27. This new series marks
the theatrical debut of Canadian
actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in
the role of Devi, an awkward, first-
generation Tamil Indian teenager
with a quick temper and a zest
for life. This modern-day coming-
of-age story is loosely based on
Kaling’s own experiences as a
teenager born to Indian parents
in America, and the story is told in
a 10-episode arc. The sitcom also
stars Poorna Jagannathan (“The
Night Of”), Richa Moorjani (“NCIS:
Los Angeles”) and Benjamin Norris
(“WTF!,” 2017) in recurring roles.
“A Secret Love”
Originally fixed to premiere at
SXSW’s film festival last month,
actor-turned-director Chris Bolan’s
(“Six Women,” 2017) documentary
comes to Netflix on Wednesday,
April 29. Bolan’s directorial debut
tells the true story of two women,
Pat Henschel and Terry Donahue —
Donahue’s professional baseball
career inspired the 1992 film “A
League of Their Own.” The wom-
en’s love story spans more than 70
years and explores how the women
first met in 1947, how they stayed
together despite societal pressures
and widely held disapproval, and
how their (often hidden) love kept
them going, even as Donahue
battled Parkinson’s disease until her
death in 2019.
“Dangerous Lies”
Get ready to question everything
on Thursday, April 30, as Netflix’s
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in “Never Have I Ever”
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Alexander Dreymon stars in “The Last Kingdom”
original thriller, “Dangerous Lies”
(aka “Windfall”), comes to the
screen. Written by award-winning
screenwriter and producer David
Golden (“The Autumn Waltz,”
2016) and directed by Michael
Scott (“Cedar Cove”), the film
follows the death of a rich, elderly
man (Elliott Gould, “Friends”)
and the life of his caregiver, Katie
(Camila Mendes, “Riverdale”),
who is unexpectedly left a sizable
inheritance as she is named as
the sole beneficiary in his will.
The estate, however, comes with
its own set of troubles, and Katie
and her partner, Adam (Jessie T.
Usher, “Independence Day: Resur-
gence,” 2016), get caught up in a
vicious crime and its subsequent
investigation.
prejudices surrounding race, gen-
der and sexuality in Old Hollywood.
It explores the politics, power
dynamics and social construct of
showbiz and reimagines what the
institution would look like today if
those biases had been addressed,
rather than accepted, long ago.
“Hollywood”
On Friday, May 1, learn that
“there’s no business like show
business” with this extraordinary
original. World War II has just come
to an end in this eight-episode
limited series that follows a group
of aspiring young actors and film-
makers as they attempt to strike
it big during the Golden Age of
Tinseltown. Produced by Ryan
Murphy (“American Horror Story”)
and Ian Brennan (“The Politician”)
and starring Darren Criss (“Glee”)
as Raymond and Jake Picking (“Pa-
triots Day,” 2016) as Hollywood
legend Rock Hudson, this series
balances fact-based situations
and characters with elaborated,
fictional details to expose the
Camila Mendes and Jessie Usher as seen in “Dangerous
Lies”
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