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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…
Circuit comedians improvise a set on a spontaneously-given list of topics as if it’s their actual material – I have to say, I was massively disappointed by this. Having heard a few comedians in podcasts refer to it as pure adrenaline-fuelled craziness, when I saw it it just sort of seemed like an improv game…
Intriguing Australian comedy/drama about sisters brought together after discovering that the scientist heading up the IVF clinic was “enriching the mix”, and the nature/nurture conflicts arising from learning you have an unknown number of siblings. Neat premise, and some fairly complex characters hanging off it, making for quite a good watch! 👍
Following season 1’s captivating “reveal by numbers” tale of a murderess who has no recollection of why she did it, we were excited to latch on to Season 2… A very different pace, but still following the “seemingly open-and-shut case” format involving a son, a cult, and historical beef that unwound like pulling at an…
Really interesting scifi/thriller/comedy about a near-future world and some disparate folks undergoing psychoactive drug trials, which is really difficult to explain but definitely made for a few hours of excellent viewing. Reminded me a lot of Brazil, but with more modernly interpreted retro-future features. If THAT makes any sense. 👍
Canberra-based political intrigue based on Australia-US-China relations, featuring an actress who I kept thinking “looked a lot like Olivia Dunham from Fringe, only less boring” until I googled it and found it was the same actress. Quite well-executed, and I didn’t even find the accents too annoying! Daniel Wyllie’s character seemed all too real as…
The mockumentary precursor to W1A, I didn’t realise I’d previously sledged this as “a poor man’s The Games”, following reports that some Brits had more or less ripped off the peerless work of John Clarke & co in their near-perfect Sydney-based comedy. Nevertheless, the cast do an admirable job and the piece when viewed in…