Films to watch & to look out for
- British financial thriller.聽 Three seasons available.聽 Lots of famous guest stars.聽 It's an award winning series.聽 聽There will be a fourth season.聽 Available out there, at an Internet near you.
Adolescence star Owen Cooper makes history at Emmys
Just 14 at the time of filming, Cooper had never acted before landing the role in the mini series that prompted a national conversation on misogyny and online safety.
Owen Cooper, the star of TV drama Adolescence, has made history becoming the youngest to win an outstanding supporting actor Emmy.
Cooper, who is 15, played Jamie Miller in the highly-acclaimed Netflix series set in Liverpool.
Adolescence, which dominated Netflix's most-watched list earlier this year, centres on the story of a 13-year-old boy arrested for the murder of a classmate.
It won a total of four Emmys in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Cooper was just 14 at the time of filming Adolescence and had never acted before.
In his acceptance speech he said he was "nothing three years ago".
"It's just so surreal. Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple years back, I didn't expect to be even in the United States, never mind here.
"So I think tonight proves that if you listen and you focus and you step out your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life."
The four-part mini-series provoked a strong response from viewers and prompted a conversation in the UK - and worldwide - around misogyny and online safety, with co-creator Jack Thorne joining Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a discussion on the matter at the end of March.
It was also widely praised for its filming techniques, with each episode captured in one continuous take.
Cooper's co-star Erin Doherty (who played Jamie's therapist) won best supporting actress in a limited series, director Philip Barantini took home the Emmy for outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie, while writers Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham won for outstanding writing in the same category.
Gyllenhaal's gift
Before the awards ceremony, Cooper, from Warrington, had been surprised by his acting hero Jake Gyllenhaal, who walked in unannounced during an interview he was giving to press.
The pair hugged, and Gyllenhaal gave Cooper a small gift - a "lucky duck".
"I made this movie [Brokeback Mountain], and I got nominated for an Academy Award, and a friend of mine sent me this before. Something just like this," he said.
"It's just a 'Lucky Duck' to keep in your pocket. To give you a little bit of luck."
Luckiest Girl Alive
2022
A woman in New York, who seems to have things under control, is faced with a trauma that makes her life unravel.
Out now, was a bit slow in watching this, bloody brilliant.
Adolescence star Owen Cooper makes history at Emmys
Just 14 at the time of filming, Cooper had never acted before landing the role in the mini series that prompted a national conversation on misogyny and online safety.
Owen Cooper, the star of TV drama Adolescence, has made history becoming the youngest to win an outstanding supporting actor Emmy.
Cooper, who is 15, played Jamie Miller in the highly-acclaimed Netflix series set in Liverpool.
Adolescence, which dominated Netflix's most-watched list earlier this year, centres on the story of a 13-year-old boy arrested for the murder of a classmate.
It won a total of four Emmys in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Cooper was just 14 at the time of filming Adolescence and had never acted before.
In his acceptance speech he said he was "nothing three years ago".
"It's just so surreal. Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple years back, I didn't expect to be even in the United States, never mind here.
"So I think tonight proves that if you listen and you focus and you step out your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life."
The four-part mini-series provoked a strong response from viewers and prompted a conversation in the UK - and worldwide - around misogyny and online safety, with co-creator Jack Thorne joining Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a discussion on the matter at the end of March.
It was also widely praised for its filming techniques, with each episode captured in one continuous take.
Cooper's co-star Erin Doherty (who played Jamie's therapist) won best supporting actress in a limited series, director Philip Barantini took home the Emmy for outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie, while writers Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham won for outstanding writing in the same category.
Gyllenhaal's gift
Before the awards ceremony, Cooper, from Warrington, had been surprised by his acting hero Jake Gyllenhaal, who walked in unannounced during an interview he was giving to press.
The pair hugged, and Gyllenhaal gave Cooper a small gift - a "lucky duck".
"I made this movie [Brokeback Mountain], and I got nominated for an Academy Award, and a friend of mine sent me this before. Something just like this," he said.
"It's just a 'Lucky Duck' to keep in your pocket. To give you a little bit of luck."
- @SimCityAT
It was all good in Adolescence.聽 But was it worth an Emmy?聽 聽Possibly.聽 I thought Cooper was obviously acting in most scenes.聽 He only really got going in later episodes where he showed what he was made of.聽 聽Can he pull off another winner?聽 I dunno, child stars don't really get careers into adulthood.聽 Some do, but not that many.
Stephen Graham is a very good actor.聽 I can see him become a national treasure.聽 The supporting cast in and director of Adolescence was good too so praise for them for their work was well deserved.
It's the kind of story you can only see once.聽 No surprises 2nd time.聽
Relay
2025
Action / Drama / Thriller
Tom, a world-class "fixer", specialises in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. But when a message arrives one day from potential client Sarah, needing Tom's protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change.
Black Rabbit, Netflix review 鈥� Jude Law and Jason Bateman鈥檚 edgy restaurant drama follows in The Bear鈥檚 footsteps
Two brothers who founded a trendy eatery are drawn into a murky underworld in this splashy New York noir
The high-stress restaurant drama market may appear to be saturated, but Black Rabbit takes the earnest striving of The Bear and darkens its palette by adding more New York grit, a pinch of Safdie brothers-esque criminality and a smattering of music industry swagger. It is stylish, violent and perfectly serviceable, but somehow, when it swings big, it ends up feeling a little less than the sum of its parts.
Jude Law plays Jake Friedkin, a big name on the Manhattan restaurant scene, famous for running the Black Rabbit, a 鈥渉ip downtown hang鈥� frequented by celebrities and much loved by food critics. He is ready to capitalise on its recent success and expand by moving it to a more prestigious location. However, as the explosive series opener makes clear, his business is a house of cards, only questionably legal, with plenty of enemies waiting to blow it all down.
One problem comes in the form of Friedkin鈥檚 deadbeat brother, Vince (a bearded Jason Bateman, in full wisecracking irritant mode). After a two-year absence, lost in his addictions, Vince is forced to flee his life on the margins in Reno, returning to New York and to the Black Rabbit, which he and Jake built together. Vince may love his hometown, but New York still has it in for him. There are unpaid debts, an estranged daughter and other grim events from a murky past.
It is fun to see Bateman playing against the nice-guy type that has often defined his career. Though it explores an urban underworld, rather than a rural one, Black Rabbit shares a misanthropic spirit with Ozark (and directors, in the form of Bateman himself and his former Ozark co-star, Laura Linney). In that series, Bateman鈥檚 character at least pretended to be decent before an inevitable descent into villainy. Here he is, needy, petulant and self-involved, pulling everyone around him into his spiral of destruction. Law鈥檚 Jake, meanwhile, is growing tired of the demands of being a celebrity restaurateur and professional party boy. With the expansion, he aims to go legit and spend more time with his son, enjoying the spoils of what he has worked so hard to build. But he is soon drawn back into Vince鈥檚 chaos.
Black Rabbit has a flair for noir and sleaze. Its nightlife scenes have a timeless quality; at first, it is hard to tell whether they're set in the present day at all. But elsewhere, it is more of its era. The brothers were once in a successful indie band, which means viewers get to see Bateman on drums and Law in a blond wig, pretending to be rock stars. For all of the splashy drug-centred capers, gambling upsets and gunfights, there is an underlying melancholy, a sense of maudlin reflection from the vantage point of middle age on squandered potential.
It is impossible to deny its ability to ratchet up the stress, but in order for those screw-turns to be truly effective, the viewer has to have some desire to root for the rogues. Black Rabbit doesn鈥檛 quite make enough of a case for the Friedkin
Starting to watch this TV show - .聽 聽On Netflix and has the now, very famous, Stephen Graham in it.聽
It's a time travel story across centuries.
Freakier Friday
2025
Two decades after an identity crisis, Anna's blended family faces new challenges. Tess and Anna discover their past may be repeating with the next generation.
American Sweatshop
2025
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
A content moderator is tasked with purging offensive media from the internet. When she witnesses a crime in a video, she is lured away from the safety of her keyboard as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.
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