New to TVNZ+: November 15-21

The latest TVNZ+ acquisition recycled from Disney+ is Pam & Tommy (November 17).

It stars Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, whose impromptu marriage in 1995 led to the theft and release of their sex tape (watch the trailer here).

Critics’ were divided in their reviews, which ranged from “nostalgic fun” (Los Angeles Times) and “warm, funny, intelligent” (The Guardian) to “essentially a cartoon” (The Times) and “stupid, shallow and vulgar” (New Statesman).

The 2021 eight-part dramatisation streams in 4K on Disney+ but will be limited to 1080p on TVNZ+.

The Fatal Attraction Murder (November 16) is an Oxygen docuseries about a woman imprisoned 27 years for killing her colleague’s wife in 1989 who’s determined to prove she’s innocent.

Three new Pacific language kids series premiere on November 15 — the Samoan-language Tamaiti Satalo, the Tongan-language Tamaiki Va’inga and the Rarotongan-language Tamariki Katu Ka — while back for a new season of “honest conversations around sexual health in the lives of rangatahi” is Ai: Let’s Talk About Sex.

New movies to stream from November 15 include:

• Hunter Killer
• Hot Summer Nights
• Promising Young Woman
• Leap Year
• Swallows & Amazons.

Also new, as previewed here, are the linear debuts of Death Valley, Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure, The World’s Biggest Cruise Ship and live ODI matches between NZ and West Indies.