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A continuation of the flummoxing first season; maintaining engagement better throughout but ultimately had us exasperated and shouting “Goddamn spies!” when the protagonists invariably did something with more layers of intrigue behind it. Lots of focus on Reuel Abbott, which was weird for me because I still see him as a Christopher Guest actor. Good…
Sublime 6-part filmed-in-lockdown piece starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen. Watching these two at play is just a pleasure, and the storyline doesn’t even really matter – except that it’s really well-constructed little story about rehearsing a play. Wonderful (if, totally unexpected) cameos, and I think Sheen & Tennant did a great job of avoiding…
Looking back at old media roundups it seems that the last time we watched a Borgen series was before I started writing these! Season 3 (released in 2013, but only added to Netflix in 2020) is a magnificent return to form and provides a complex consensus-based political landscape which breathes hope into the idea of…
Hmm, seems I forgot to write anything about the first 2 seasons of this, also. Conflicted on this one – season 3 felt like it had some really confused/stationary moments… but at the same time there’s something incredibly compelling about the characters and their relationships, and particularly Jodie Comer’s Villanelle. Unless this show REALLY jumps…
Fairly harrowing dramatisation of true events at an Illegal Immigrant Detention Centre in South Australia. I’ve long been critical of Australia’s policies and practices regarding refugees and this 6 part series saw many of those stories, manifest. Most gruelling of all to deal with was the way in which holding sway over another person’s life…
Not content with watching every Dwayne Johnson FILM we could get our hands on, it seems we’ve also turned our attention to his TV work as well. This is a feats-of-strength-and-endurance challenge show with various games with ridiculous names (“Atlas Smash” / “Lunar Impact” / “Hammering Ram”) which either seem to be over in less…
Earnest drama set in borderline caricature town, starring Reese Witherspoon as a genuinely unpleasant mother figure. Great performances – esp. from the 2nd half of the series with the 20-somethings playing younger versions of the parent characters. Lots going on, and as you get closer to the end it’s more & more of a guess…
I really admire a series crafted to be self-contained like this – Birgitte Hjort Sorensen (Borgen, Pitch Perfect 2, very briefly Game Of Thrones) – leads this FBI-equivalent terrorist drama set in Stockholm/Copenhagen, which while seemingly straightforward contains enough plot twists and moral ambiguity to keep it compelling. A fantasy plot, told in a way…
More compelling CIA action (who knew we liked spy stuff so much!) which was all the more baffling for being totally un-putdownable for around 7 of the 10 episodes, but finishing in a way so ambivalent that neither of us could recall mere days afterwards what had actually happened. 👍