embarks on a perilous journey into a desolate
American West, Finch strives to show his
creation, who names himself Jeff, the joy and
wonder of what it means to be alive. Their
road trip is paved with both challenges and
humor, as it’s as difficult for Finch to goad Jeff
and Goodyear to get along as it is for him to
manage the dangers of the new world.
N TICK, TICK…BOOM!
Netflix
November 19
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-
Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial
debut with tick, tick...BOOM!, an adaptation
N GILDED
November 2
By Marissa Meyer
Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor
miller’s daughter has developed a talent
for spinning stories that are fantastical and
spellbinding and entirely untrue.
Or so everyone believes.
When one of Serilda’s outlandish tales
draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and
his undead hunters, she finds herself swept
away into a grim world where ghouls and
phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed
ravens track her every move. The king orders
Serilda to complete the impossible task of
spinning straw into gold, or be killed for
telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda
unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her
aid. He agrees to help her… for a price. Love
isn’t meant to be part of the bargain.
Soon Serilda realizes that there is more
than one secret hidden in the castle walls,
including an ancient curse that must be
broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the
king and his wild hunt forever.
N BLUE-SKINNED GODS
November 2
BY SJ Sindu
From the award-winning author of Marriage
BOOKS
of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan
Larson, who revolutionized theater as
the creator of Rent. The film follows Jon
(Academy Award nominee and Tony Award
winner Andrew Garfield), a young theater
composer who’s waiting tables at a New
York City diner in 1990 while writing what
he hopes will be the next great American
musical. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a
crossroads and faces the question everyone
must reckon with: What are we meant to do
with the time we have?
N RED NOTICE
Netflix
November 12
Red Notice is supposedly the most
expensive movie in Netflix’s history. It’s
headlined by three movie stars who typically
anchor movies all by themselves: Dwayne
Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds.
An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert
to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted.
But when a daring heist brings together the
FBI’s top profiler (Johnson) and two rival
criminals (Gadot, Reynolds), there’s no telling
what will happen.
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n NOVEMBER RELEASES n
of a Thousand Lies comes a brilliantly
written, globe-spanning novel about
identity, faith, family, and sexuality.
In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with
blue skin. His father sets up an ashram,
and the family makes a living off of the
pilgrims who seek the child’s blessings
and miracles, believing young Kalki to
be the tenth human incarnation of the
Hindu god Vishnu. In Kalki’s tenth year,
he is confronted with three trials that will
test his power and prove his divine status
and, his father tells him, spread his fame
worldwide. While he seems to pass them,
Kalki begins to question his divinity.
Over the next decade, his family
unravels, and every relationship he relied
on—father, mother, aunt, uncle, cousin—
starts falling apart. Traveling from India to
the underground rock scene of New York
City, Blue-Skinned Gods explores ethnic,
gender, and sexual identities, and spans
continents and faiths, in an expansive and
heartfelt look at the need for belief in our
globally interconnected world.
N THE COLLECTIVE
November 2
BY Alison Gaylin
The USA Today bestselling and Edgar
Award–winning author plumbs the dark
side of justice and the depths of diabolical
revenge in this propulsive novel of
psychological suspense.
Camille Gardner is a grieving—and
angry—mother who, five years after her
daughter’s death, is still obsessed with the
privileged young man she believes to be
responsible.
When her rash actions attract the
attention of a secret group of women—
the collective—Camille is drawn into a
dark web where these mothers share
their wildly different stories of loss as
well as their desire for justice in a world
where privilege denies accountability and
perpetrators emerge unscathed. Fueled
by mutual rage, these women orchestrate
their own brand of justice through precise,
anonymous, complexly plotted and
perfectly executed revenge killings, with
individual members completing a specific
and integral task in each plan.
As Camille struggles to comprehend
whether this is a role-playing exercise
or terrifying reality, she must decide if
these women are truly avenging angels
or monsters. Becoming more deeply
enmeshed in the group, Camille learns
truths about the collective—and about
herself—that she may not be able to
survive.
NOVEMBER 2021 | COBB LIFE 55