It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently that I haven’t already reviewed and your chance to recommend things to everyone else (and me) in case I’ve missed them.
The usual “TMINE recommends” page features links to reviews of all the shows I’ve ever recommended, and there’s also the Reviews A-Z, for when you want to check more or less anything I’ve reviewed ever.
With the fourth of July weekend in the US last week, things have been a little quieter than normal, but not completely quiet. There have been a few new shows to review and I’ve already cast a glance over Dead Of Summer (US: Freeform), The Kettering Incident(Australia: Foxtel Showcase) and Roadies (US: Showcase; UK: Amazon Prime), as well as passed a third-episode verdict on American Gothic (US: CBS; UK: Amazon Prime). Last night in Australia, Barracuda (Australia: ABC) started, and I’ll be reviewing that by the end of the week, I hope. There’s also a couple of new acquistions of Netflix that should be getting my attention this week, too.
Nevertheless, the regulars have been looking a bit thin on the ground, which means that after the jump, I’ll only be looking at 19-2, The Last Ship, Preacher and the final episode of Secret City. Oh yes – I managed to watch the first three episodes of the new season of Marco Polo. I’m sure you’ll be thrilled to hear about them, too
It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently that I haven’t already reviewed and your chance to recommend things to everyone else (and me) in case I’ve missed them.
The usual “TMINE recommends” page features links to reviews of all the shows I’ve ever recommended, and there’s also the Reviews A-Z, for when you want to check more or less anything I’ve reviewed ever.
Yep,Monday again. So much for those grand “Friday or over the weekend” ambitions. Still, given I’m away on Friday, and Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley and Secret City have all now finished, the task isn’t so insurmountable, so maybe Monday ain’t so bad.
Elsewhere, I’ve reviewed the first two episodes of Queen of the South (US: USA Network) and passed a third-episode verdict on BrainDead (US: CBS; UK: Amazon). I didn’t get round to watching the megachurch-tastic Greenleaf (US: OWN), I’m afraid, because it looked dull, soapy and full of Oprah Winfrey. A preview of The Night Of… (US: HBO; UK: Sky Atlantic) will be coming at some point this week, I hope, although given it’s an adaptation of BBC One’s Criminal Justice, I’m not 100% psyched for it. I’m also halfway through “stupid teens at 80s summer camp” horror The Dead of Summer, so I’ll hopefully be reviewing that this week, too. And given that Amazon released the first two episodes of Showtime’s Roadies today, I might give them a stab, too.
That means that after the jump, I’ll only be taking a look at the latest episodes of 19-2, American Gothic, The Last Ship, Outcast, Preacher and Silicon Valley, as well as last week’s Secret City. Netflix also dumped season two of Marco Polo in our laps on Friday, but I haven’t watched any of that yet, I’m afraid. Again, not 100% psyched for it and it sounds like there may be even more historical liberties taken this season than there were last.
But also on Friday, Netflix gave us…
Spotless (France: Canal+; UK: Netflix) Frenchman Marc-André Grondin runs a crime-scene clean-up company in London, but is falling on hard times. Then his wayward brother Denis Ménochet (Inglorious Basterds) turns up with a dead drugs mule in his camper van freezer, and soon Grondin’s financial luck is changing for the better, even if does mean he’s working for criminals to clean up their dirty work.
It’s a very curious affair – a French/British co-production with two French leads playing two French brothers who never speak a word of French to each other, even when they’re alone, except in flashback to when they were kids and saving their mother from their murderous father. Seemingly a drama at first, albeit a terribly written drama with some terrible dialogue, it becomes a comedy-drama by the end of the first episode and almost enjoyable. Almost.
Nevertheless, despite being written by a Brit and clearly filmed by people who aren’t content simply to show the tourist parts of London, there’s a distinct lack of reality to any of it and Grondin’s character is irritating and stupid. Running out of cash? Maybe you shouldn’t try to send your kids to private school while living in a huge house in central London, just as all your contracts are suspended.
It’s already been renewed for a second season by Canal+ and the Esquire Network in the US, but unless episode two is significantly better, I won’t be watching the rest of it.
It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently that I haven’t already reviewed and your chance to recommend things to everyone else (and me) in case I’ve missed them.
The usual “TMINE recommends” page features links to reviews of all the shows I’ve ever recommended, and there’s also the Reviews A-Z, for when you want to check more or less anything I’ve reviewed ever.
You can tell the summer’s season now fully under way, can’t you? New shows everywhere, as well as returning shows, with more to come. But all is in hand. Elsewhere, you can find my reviews this week of the first episode or two of the following exciting new shows:
And after the jump, I’ll be updating you on the latest episodes of Animal Kingdom, Cleverman, Feed The Beast, Outcast, Secret City, Uncle Buck and Silicon Valley, as well as the returning The Last Ship and Westside. Two of those shows are for the chop and one is being promoted to the recommended list – but which are which? There’s also a whole bunch of potted third-episode verdicts, since I can’t be bothered to do them all individually.
I’ve also been doing some more laggardly box-setting, so I’ll be chatting about the final five episodes of Ófærð (Trapped) as well as the entire third series of Plebs, too. That’s all after the jump. TTFN!
