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We watched the pilot episode of this aaaaaaaaaages ago, then saw nothing more of it for a long time. So when it came up on streaming somewhere we had a weird deja vu moment, then watched the first one and kept looking at each other and thinking “have we seen this?”. Seemingly decent story of…
Very conflicting show this – I quite enjoyed the concept, but the characters all really annoyed me, to the point where I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep watching or not, but somehow did. AND there was one bloke who I swore reminded me of somebody, and looked a bit like David Tennant. Hey…
Further adventures of the Manhattanites who behave like spoiled tossers. Generally amusing specific situations, but it’s almost depressing that we live in a world where it might be plausibly possible that people could conduct themselves like this and still lead rewarding professional lives. TV’s a strange thing, isn’t it?
Inward-looking BBC Documentary about what a groundbreaking show The Young Ones was, and how the performers in it impacted the UK alternative comedy scene. I loved it, because of it being a walk through my favourite paddocks – but one’s got to question what we learn from a documentary like this, other than that it’s…
Small-town tensions in a fabulously wealthy & attractive town interlinked with post-“happening” interviews. It’s a little maddening to know that *something* has happened, but not know what or to whom. Heavy-hitting cast… weird to see Alexander Skarsgard without fangs.
This sitcom about a group of Manhattan-dwelling Harvard grads doesn’t really do anything for the image of the 1% – entertaining as it is, one can’t help feeling that they don’t work particularly hard. Mainly carried by the charisma/animatedness of Keegan Michael-Key, although good to see Fred Savage back in a series too. It’s not…
Netflix’s attempt to make Project Management sexy. Fascinating and disparate selection of stories told in a much more tension-fuelled and suspenseful way than anything with Jack Bauer in. And I SWEAR the Westminster Dog Show one was more or less lifted directly from the script of Best In Show (2000). 👍
Australian drama set at the US/Australian joint surveillance & intelligence base near Alice Springs: has plenty of “NEED TO KNOW” security stuff and covert nonsense, and layers and layers of hierarchy, but on the whole presents an approachable approximation of day-to-day life in the kind of place that’s only ever glimpsed in Tom Clancy stories…
Jimmy Carr comperes Katherine Ryan and DL Hughely plus rotating guests – along with woefully underused stats expert Mona Chalabi – in a US-based panel game about solving one of the world’s problems. Mainly a platform for the standups, who consistently outshine Jimmy. Really notable as a vector for getting a regular fix of Katherine…
The hands-down must-see Netflix show of 2018 – whilst plenty fanciful/ludicrous, contained some great characters and plot, and I think portrayed an assertive & confident protagonist (who admittedly kept inexplicably wanting to go back to her husband in spite of everything else about her nature). Great production values, and a really perky/snappy delivery makes it…