The addition of Amy Shumer, Cara Delevingne and a riotous Shirley MacLaine to the mix adds a fair amount of extra spice, while there are plenty of twists, turns, callbacks and unexpected interconnections to keep you on your toes. The misadventures of Charles Haden-Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) continue, as they attempt to investigate another death in their New York apartment complex – The Arconia.Īs it proved through its initial run, Only Murders in the Building is a witty, engrossing, thoroughly entertaining triumph whose delights are in the details and character interactions.Īnd, as you’d hope from a Martin script, it is bursting at the seams with witty bon mots, physical comedy potential and caustic asides, as our disparate trio spark, spar and attempt to solve yet more mysteries – with hilarious results. One of the breakout shows of 2021 is back – and as addictive as ever. What follows is truly absorbing, addictive viewing.
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In his first onscreen role since 2018’s Bad Times at the El Royale and making his debut as a recurring TV character, the 72-year-old is electric and compelling as Dan Chase in this seven-part thriller.Ī former CIA operative, Chase’s longstanding off-grid life is suddenly shattered when he kills an assassin who breaks into his Upstate New York home. Enter perhaps an unlikely contender - The Dude himself - Jeff Bridges. But as his pulling power, range of movements and most notably the scripts have waned in recent times, audiences have wondered who might usurp him for the senior citizen man-of-action crown. It has seemed like the Northern Irishman has had a vice-like grip on roles for the mature gentlemen with a “very particular set of skills” for more than a decade now.
Liam Neeson finally has some competition. The Old Man is now available to stream on Disney+. Think of it as like a teen/tween version of 800 Words or Mercy Peak, a drama where a water bottling plant up to the no good shares screen time with a pig “doing something unspeakable in a gumboot”. What could have come across as overly preachy or po-faced is instead a much more relaxed delight.
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Series creators Amy Shindler and Beth Chalmers have done a great job of creating a cadre of complex, likeable characters and giving them believable dialogue to spout. New Zealand television’s dark horse (even though the eponymous equine is white) is back for a third season, providing another eight episodes of absorbing and ecologically aware viewing for young and old.Ī collaboration between TVNZ, the CBBC and Australia’s Seven Network, this Auckland-hinterland-shot adaptation of Kiwi author Stacy Gregg’s beloved noughties Pony Club Secrets book series has gained a loyal audience both here and in the UK and the US – and deservedly so. While fascinating for all ages, it is particularly essential viewing for younger film fans, allowing them to see the sometimes painstaking processes that helped create some of their favourite cinematic adventures. It takes a look at the near 50-year history of the visuals effects company Lucas set up in order to bring his space opera to life when everyone said they couldn’t do what he really wanted to do on that picture. That’s just one of the revelations about the production of George Lucas’ seminal 1977 sci-fi film Star Wars: A New Hope revealed in this new six-part docu-series. The Millennium Falcon’s design was inspired by a stack of dirty dishes and its nickname amongst its creative crew was “the pork burger”.
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