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So… TECHNICALLY I shouldn’t put this in a roundup, because we haven’t finished watching it. However it really rates a mention, owing to the fact that in its original broadcast form I believe each episode is movie-length. What Netflix cunningly did, to make it more bitesize, was to edit it back into much more consumable…
I somehow got talked into this and immediately wondered if I’d made the wrong move, given how tedious I find Jane Austen et al. This was definitely no Downton Abbey though, and by episode 5 was bordering on Game of Thrones-style sex scenes. It frustrates the crap outta me to watch people communicating in a…
Nicole Kidman’s been tackling some really interesting & difficult stuff the last few years, and putting her opposite Hugh Grant who’s also doing similar made for a very compelling if disturbing story to unfold, stripping back layers & lies, and definitely not finishing where you thought it would. 👍
Seems that the filming of Billions got caught in the COVID trap, because only the first 7 episodes of season 5 have been published. The ongoing dance between Rhoades, Axelrod and Mason sees Rhoades back in the US Attorney’s office and Mason working with Wendy Rhoades on a renewables fund out of Axe Capital. There’s…
Drama series centred around CIA-equivalent in Australia (ASD – Australian Signals Directorate), with Anna Torv in the lead role – an actor who I keep forgetting is Australian due to having first seen her in Fringe and Mindhunter. This season centres around an explosion in Davoren Park (I know, right? Never thought that would feature…
The show chunters on closer to contemporary times, and one wonders how they avoid libel: such is the unsympathetic lens through which some members of The Firm are viewed. Nevertheless it’s required viewing, and we mainlined the whole thing in 2 sittings (albeit, whilst on holiday). Quite remarkable how the female characters are the movers…
Absolute gem of a series – great example of game-based suspense without resorting to bullshit Casino Royale-esque rules-exposition-for-dummies. Great role for Anya Taylor-Joy that has you wondering “why haven’t we seen HER in anything before?!”, and a beautifully shot/visualised setting of 50s/60s suburban America. One of the TV highlights of 2020. 👍👍
Intriguing drama about a present-day world where synthetic humans are engaged as domestic/industrial servants, until some of them develop consciousness. The characters have depth and dimension, and the synth acting is eerily good. And it explains why Richard Herring’s been banging on about sex robots that look like Gemma Chan for years. The part of…
This seemed like a really well-told story. Now, it’s going to be a story told from one person’s point of view – based as it was on Comey’s autobiography – but one has to assume none of it’s legally objectionable at this point. Otherwise, a story well-made and well-told. Biggest issue I had was Brendan…
Self-contained police questioning drama; on the whole more compelling than season 1, however some of the performances felt a little like drama school auditions.