Gonna be honest.
I did not expect to enjoy this show as much as I did, but from the opening sequence, it just grabbed me and held my attention.
Neither the Victorian era nor period pieces particularly excite me, but this one is well-written, well-costumed, well-filmed, and exceedingly well-acted.
Plus, it has a certain style that was irresistible to me. I'd describe the vibe of the series as Steven Soderbergh Ocean's 11, but set in the late 1800's and not involving a heist.
Give it a watch. It's fun!…
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So two best friends scribble down a contract on a napkin that states that should they both be single in ten years, they are to marry each other. One of the pair, “Myles” (Jack Turner) is a successful lawyer, but also more of a loving and romantic sort of lad who always ends up coming on way too strongly and getting dumped. When that happens, he habitually meets up with his pal “Brody” (Michael Adam Hamilton) for death by chocolate. He is a much more confident guy, a cop, who picks up men effortlessly but who isn’t remotely into anything longer-term than fifteen minutes then some pay-per-view. …
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While a group of youngsters are exploring the forest, they encounter a great well amidst the foliage. Intrigued, they ask one of their guides to regale them all with a story of elemental proportions that takes them back centuries to the very emergence of local deities in the ancient Bangra kingdom. There were two tribes who coexisted, peaceably enough, sharing the fruits of their idyllic wilderness until one strayed onto the territory of the other with tragic results. This led to a reciprocal action that soon had all the hallmarks of a conflict that will involve trading in not just the spices …
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Potter “Ángela” (Miriam Garlo) lives with “Hector” (Álvaro Cervantes) and is expecting their baby. She is deaf, something she acquired in childhood, and he a hearing man - and so with the arrival of their baby looming they are concerned about whether it will hear or not. Luckily, it is born able to hear ok - or at least that’s everyone’s initial reaction, but as the child grows up and associates with her own hearing family and her dad, “Ángela” begins to feel alone, ostracised, and occasionally vulnerable as she tries to lead a normal life of parenting in a world that rarely appreciates that s…
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Richard Barthelemess is the cocky airman “Dick” in this pioneering aviation drama set during the Great War. Using mono and biplanes that were made of little more than balso wood and glue, he is part of the Royal Flying Corps that is trying to combat the nasty Bosch for control of the skies. He’s always being critical of his boss “Brand” (Neil Hamilton) without really understanding that with that command goes the responsibility, all too often, of sending men barely out of their teens to their deaths. He does come to realise that, though, when he is promoted and asked by his best friend “Douglas…
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Mickey O’Rourke had a go in 2008 and Orlando Bloom earlier this year in “The Cut”, so now it’s the turn of Dwayne Johnson to bulk up and out to deliver a biopic of UFC pioneer Mark Kerr. This is all set at a time when he can make a living for himself and girlfriend Dawn (Emily Blunt) but there are no Ferraris and swimming pools for them. For that he has to win the Grand Prix in Japan and that involves his embarking on the ultimate in fitness and endurance regimes, aided by his own chemical romances that frequently seem to render him little better than catatonic. Domestic dysfunction ensues as …
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Usually the number of the beast is just “666” but for this loved-up lad, it’s the telephone number of his new girlfriend “Ramona” (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). “Scott” (Michael Cera) thinks they are kisses when she writes it out for him, but nope - it’s the number of her exes he is going to have to vanquish if he is to win and keep her heart. Meantime, this part-time rocker is having to gently let down her predecessor, the seventeen year old “Knives” (Ellen Wong) who has fallen for her older man - he’s 22 - big style as well as juggling his platonic bed-sharing arrangements with his gay best mate…
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French director Claude Chabrol's thriller film, freely adapted from a mystery novel by Ellery Queen, features French actors Michel Piccoli and Marlene Jobert alongside Americans Orson Welles and Anthony Perkins.…
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Few will likely take issue with the notion that “Crime doesn’t pay.” And that idea rings even more true if restated as “Crime doesn’t pay if you’re a nice guy.” That’s one of the truths that emerges loud and clear in this fact-based comedy-drama about soldier-turned-thief Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum), who had trouble finding his way (and making ends meet) after leaving the military. Set in North Carolina in 2004, this young husband and father is greatly troubled by his inability to adequately provide for his family. His solution is to turn to a life of crime, specifically drawing on his…
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# «The Kingdom» (2024): A World Where the Philippines Never Existed
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«The Kingdom» (2024) is set in a world where the Republic of the Philippines was never conquered by Western imperialists. Instead, the archipelago stood united under a central monarchy—the "Kingdom of Kalayaan". ("Kalayaan" means freedom in Filipino.)
It reimagines a version of history many Filipinos have long dreamed of—a world where our islands successfully repelled foreign invaders, preserving the values that once defined us: equality, equity, compassion, and respect for diversity and neurodiversity…
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