ON DEMAND HIGHLIGHTS

NETFLIX

NEW! Virgin River (Season 2) ★★★ A new series for one of those cosy small- town US romances; this one is about a nurse who has recently moved from LA. From Friday.

NEW! Shawn Mendes: In Wonder

★★★ Slick profile that follows the boyish Canadian singer on tour. From Monday.

MOVIE Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square

(2020) PG ● ★★★ Full-throttle musical twist on A Christmas Carol, with Christine Baranski as its Scrooge and Parton as a shimmering angel who hopes for change. From tomorrow.

Hillbilly Elegy

MOVIE (2020) 15 u ★★★★ Amy Adams (above) and Glenn Close play the damaged mother and formidable grandmother of J.D. Vance in Ron Howard’s take on Vance’s own story – of his rise from hillbilly to Yale lawyer. This critique of the American Dream gathers power as it goes. From Tuesday.

MOVIE The Christmas Chronicles 2

(2020) PG ● ★★★ Goldie Hawn’s Mrs Claus joins partner Kurt Russell for a sequel directed by Chris Columbus. From Wednesday.

AMAZON PRIME

The Magicians

NEW! (Season 5) ★★★ The final season of a smarttalking US drama described as a grown-up Harry Potter. It centres on two childhood friends who learn that magic is very real. From Thursday.

DRAMA Justified (All six seasons) ★★★★ Timothy Olyphant delivers Elmore Leonard’s twangy dialogue with style for this modern western, in which his laconic lawman takes an oldschool approach to justice. Olyphant plays a similar character in the new run of The Mandalorian.

A Star Is Born

MOVIE (2018) 15 u ★★★★ Bradley Cooper’s bold choice of directorial debut is a 21st-century remake of the beloved musical drama. It pays off, with Cooper as a boozy rocker aiding the rise of a young singer (Lady Gaga). From Friday.