Couch Theater – December 29, 2022

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“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Season 3” (TV-MA) – John Krasinski reprises the role of CIA agent Jack Ryan for the third season of this action series, out now! The first season followed Jack as he ventured out from his CIA analyst job to become a field agent. In the second season, he was stationed in Venezuela in the middle of intense political warfare. Now, Jack is called to Rome by a mysterious source, who gives him information about a secret Russian plot in Eastern Europe that could lead to a third World War. Facing his most challenging time ahead, Jack must go within and learn to become his own authority. Amazon confirmed that this would be the second-to-last season of the series, with talks of an eventual spin-off starring Michael Pena. (Prime Video)

Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell star in “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” (Courtesy of Netflix)

“Lady Chatterley’s Lover” (R) – Emma Corrin (“The Crown”) and Jack O’Connell (“Skins”) star in this steamy romantic drama, which recently premiered on Netflix. Based on the novel by D.H. Lawrence, Corrin plays Constance Reid, who marries Baronet Clifford Chatterley and becomes Lady Chatterley. Clifford gets injured fighting in World War I and returns paralyzed from the waist down, which causes a big rift in their marriage. Left feeling unwanted by her husband, Constance tries her best to hide her unhappiness, until she meets gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. An attraction builds between Constance and Oliver and blossoms into a love affair that ultimately can’t thrive in secrecy. (Netflix)

“Bros” (R) – Bobby Lieber (Billy Eichner) is a podcast host and museum curator who greatly enjoys the single life. But when he’s out with a friend at a nightclub, Bobby meets Aaron Shepard (Luke Macfarlane), who Bobby’s friend deems hot but boring. Amid their stark differences, the two begin to date and get to know each other. Their connection begins to get stronger, but Aaron still finds Bobby too intense, while Bobby doesn’t appreciate having to minimize his behavior for others. The odd couple must learn to accept each other’s differences in order to make their relationship prosper. Out now on streaming, “Bros” is one of the first gay rom coms produced by a major studio. (Peacock)

“Into the Deep” (R) – In this thriller, a young woman named Jess living on an island meets a young man named Ben and invites him to a party. The two hit it off and return to Ben’s docked boat, but when Jess awakens, she realizes Ben set sail while she was asleep. And now, she is stuck on a boat with him in the middle of the ocean. Jess accepts it as yet another adventure, but things begin to escalate when Lexie, an unconscious woman on a jet ski, crashes into the boat. The two rescue Lexie, but Lexie begins to put doubts about Ben into Jess’ head. Jess is at a loss of who to trust, as time ticks by for her to find a way off the boat. Premieres Dec. 30. (Hulu)

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