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Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba in LA's Finest
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LA’s Finest acquired; Netflix’s German funeral comedy; Dutch Councilman remake; + more

6 June 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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  • Seven green lights: post-modern modern family sitcom Fam Time, with Michala Banas, Benson Jack Anthony, Duncan Fellows et al

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  • Trailer for season 2 of Starz’s Sweetbitter

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Jordan Peele in The Twilight Zone
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What have you been watching? Including The Twilight Zone

5 June 2019 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

It’s “What have you been watching?”, your chance to recommend to fellow TMINE readers anything you’ve been watching this week

Ben Kingsley and Jacki Weaver
Ben Kingsley and Jacki Weaver in Epix’s Perpetual Grace Ltd

This week’s reviews

It’s been a busy old week for TMINE. Looks like the summer season is really kicking off, doesn’t it? Elsewhere, I’ve reviewed:

Elsewhere, I’ve reviewed:

And this week’s Orange Thursday featured John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and The Favourite (2018). Not bad, hey?

Always Be My Maybe
Randall Park and Ali Wong in Always Be My Maybe

What’s coming this week

…but also not great. Those with long enough memories will recall that I said last week that “Good Omens is available on Amazon from Friday, so we’ll definitely be catching that for Boxset Monday”. Except it wasn’t. So much for definitely, hey?

To be fair, we’ve watched five out of six episodes, so it’s just a case of finding the time to watch the sixth episode in between the latest episodes of Masterchef Australia and Love Island. It’ll happen, hopefully tonight or tomorrow, but before the weekend, anyway. Just not this Monday – my time machine’s broken.

Also coming your way – at some point, he says, avoiding any definite statements – are American Princess (US: Lifetime) and at least one episode but maybe all of NOS4A2 (US/UK: AMC). And Orange Thursday will definitely include Always Be My Maybe (2019) at the very least.

I’ve still not watched Catch-22 or What/If. Soz. But maybe this weekend, hey?

Jordan Peele in The Twilight Zone
Jordan Peele in The Twilight Zone

The regulars

The regulars list continues to dwindle. After the jump, I’ll be looking at Harrow, Mr Black, and the penultimate episode this season of Warrior, for sure. I’ll also be covering the final two episodes of The Hot Zone, as well as the season finales (Ed: What? Already?) of The Twilight Zone and What We Do In the Shadows. And I did a rapid trawl through the remainder of The Society. But that’s your lot – summer, hey?

See you in a mo.

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Ezekiel Patrol
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What have you been watching? Including Blood and Treasure and Five Bedrooms

29 May 2019 Rob Buckley 9 Comments

It’s “What have you been watching?”, your chance to recommend to fellow TMINE readers anything you’ve been watching this week

Julianna Margulies in The Hot Zone
Julianna Margulies in The Hot Zone

This week’s reviews

Only one this week, thanks to the Bank Holiday weekend cramping my style:

And last week’s Orange Thursday reviewed Glass (2019) and Snowpiercer (2014).

Otherwise, that was it. Sorry about that. To make up for it, though, I’ll be reviewing both Five Bedrooms (Australia: Ten) and Blood and Treasure (US: CBS) after the jump.

American Princess
Lifetime (US)’s American Princess

What’s coming this week

Tomorrow’s Orange Thursday will look at John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and The Favourite (2018). Good Omens is available on Amazon from Friday, so we’ll definitely be catching that for Boxset Monday. DC Universe’s Swamp Thing is also starting on Friday, so that’ll probably be Tuesday’s review (although maybe swap the order on those two). And on Sunday, American Princess starts on Lifetime (US), so I might give that a crack as well at some point.

I’ve still not watched Catch-22, but I will. At some point. What/If, though, which was cloaked in mystery before its launch but is now available for all to see on Netflix, sounds like it’s terrible, so I still might not catch so much as a frame of it. Still.

Ezekiel Patrol
Doom Patrol

The regulars

As usual, I’ll be talking about the latest episodes of Harrow, Mr Black, The Twilight Zone, Warrior and What We Do In the Shadows. Inconveniently, The Hot Zone has been airing two episodes a night this week, but I’ve managed to catch both of last night’s and I’ll be reviewing them, too. And we’ll also be having a chat about the season final of Doom Patrol.

See you in a mo.

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Jann Arden
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Nordic gangsters; Swamp Thing, Jessica Jones, Family Business trailers; + more

29 May 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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  • Screen Australia to fund development of: supernatural drama Secret Threads, crime dramedy Partners in Crime, adaptation of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, musical comedy High Rotation, and prostitution comedy drama Rough

Canadian TV

  • Jann Arden and Sean Beak to guest, Laura Vandervoot, Colin Ferguson and Lucas Bryant to return to Global’s Private Eyes

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UK TV

  • Hayley Squires replaces Sheridan Smith, Kerry Godliman, Rupert Everett, Phil Daniels et al join Channel 4’s Adult Material
  • Red developing: adaptation of Jess Phillips’ Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking The Truth

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  • Trailer for DC Universe’s Swamp Thing

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Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack
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Gentleman Jack renewed; NOS4A2 acquired; ITV2’s Zomboat!; + more

24 May 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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The Daily News will return on Tuesday

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New US TV shows

  • Teaser for CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Picard
  • FX developing: adaptation of Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater

New US TV show casting

  • Andrew Leeds to recur on NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist