downtime | TV Bahrainthismonth.com October 2023 59 Sitting in Bars with Cake Inspired by the true events recounted in Audrey Shulman’s cookbook of the same name, Sitting in Bars with Cake is a moving romantic comedy-drama that follows 20-something best friends, extrovert Corinne (Odessa A’zion) and shy Jane (Yara Shahidi), as they navigate young adulthood in Los Angeles. In order to help Jane break out of her shell and meet new people while also flexing her immense home baking skills, Corinne convinces Jane to commit to a year of making cakes and bringing them to bars, dubbing the practice ‘cakebarring.’ Cassandro Gael García Bernal stars as the eponymous exótico wrestler in this upcoming biopic by director Roger Ross Williams. Bad Bunny, Roberta Colindrez, and Raúl Castillo round out the cast as Cassandro chronicles Saúl Armendáriz’s (a.k.a. Cassandro, played here by Bernal) rise in the wrestling world. The Wheel of Time Season 2 Based on Robert Jordan’s novel series of the same name, The Wheel of Time revolves around Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike), a member of the Aes Sedai organisation consisting of women who can control the One Power, as she and her Warder companion al’Lan Mandragoran (Daniel Henney) lead five young villagers from Two Rivers on a search for the Dragon Reborn. Marvel’s Loki Season 2 Picking up immediately where Season 1 left off, viewers will find Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in a familiar, but strange, place. Loki is back at the TVA, he’s had a very difficult confrontation with Sylvie, and Mobius and Hunter B-15 don’t know who he is. Only time will tell what happens next. Mickey & Friends Trick Or Treats In this new Halloween stop-motion special, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Daisy are trick-or-treating when Donald spies the spookiest mansion he’s ever seen and assumes it has the best treats. After he convinces his friends to risk a visit, the owner, Witch Hazel, casts a spell that turns them into their costumes. Haunted Mansion Inspired by the classic theme park attraction, Walt Disney Pictures’ Haunted Mansion is about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
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