My Top 5 Obsessions This Week
Greetings to all my semi constant readers. There are some great new shows and new seasons of great shows out there and I am trying to catch up on all of them for you.
1) Sharp Objects the newest offering from HBO , based on the best selling novel by Gillian Flynn is a languid gothic horror story that is slowly building to the horror it will become. A killer of young girls has appeared in the small town of Wind Gap and these violent crimes have torn a town already steeped in mystery apart. Reporter Camille Preaker ( Amy Adams ) has been assigned to come back to her home town to write the story. Only trouble is, she has to come home to face her mother Adora (Patricia Clarkson) and the scarily precocious step-sister Amma (Eliza Scanlen) and the demons from her past. From the people who brought us Little Big Lies is another compelling story about complicated female relationships and the danger of secrets. The whole cast is perfectly nuanced and i await each episode . Chris Messina is amazing as an outsider detective trying to find the truth and one of my favorite actresses Elizabeth Perkins as the wacky Jackie , a friend of Adora's who seems to have an excellent grasp of the whole town. But it is the performances of Adams and Clarkson that raise the level to a whole new playing field as they test each other to see who will flinch.
2) Claws on TNT in it's 2nd season is the hit of the summer and it looks like it will have a whole new life even after summer is gone. A nail salon, strip joint, and a medical clinic all have one thing in common- The Dixie Mafia! In the heart of Palmetto Florida where the heat seems to bake the crazy in all of the characters that inhabit the world of local crime lords Uncle Daddy, Roller and Bryce, it is just getting started. Money laundering at the nail salon owned by Desna ( the fabulous Neicy Nash) has never had such style. with her girls in tow she comes into her own self as she battles the Russian Mafia and the Dixie Mafia while keeping her wild crew together. Starring Dean Norris, Carrie Preston, Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran, Jenn Lyon, the hunky Jack Kesy, Harold Perrineau as Desna's autistic brother Dean and Kevin Rankin as Bryce ,each character is fully realized as well as any guest appearance. I highly recommend.
3) Trial and Error is on its 2nd season as well but it has a whole new defendant ! Nobody does it better that Kristin Chenoweth when it comes to southern belles on the edge. And as Lavinia Peck-Foster - she has just been arrested with a body in the trunk of her car- her husband's as a matter of fact (body that is). As the town benefactress she needs legal assistance quick. To the rescue is attorney Josh Segal (Nicholas D' Agosto) and his loony band of misfits Dwayne Reed (Steven Boyer) and Anne Flatch ( comic genius Sherri Shepherd). Slapstick and sight gags abound as well as some clever puns . And did I mention Kristin Chenoweth!!
4) A Very English Scandal an Amazon Prime Original is based on a true story about the 1970s gay political and sex scandal that rocked Britain. This 3 part mini series starring Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe (MP) Member of Parliament and his affair with a young man Norman Josiffe ( Ben Whishaw) has everything- scandal, sex, politics and a murder plot as well as some of the best acting that Hugh Grant has done in years , Directed by Stephen Frears this is a little gem of a series.
5) Life Sentence a Netflix original series has a unique premise. A young woman living with cancer for 8 years and fulfilling a bucket list suddenly finds out her cancer is gone, not in remission just gone has to face life in normal every day terms and finds out all of the secrets that her family has protected her from all these years. Starring the very lovely and luminous Lucy Hale as Stella Abbott our not so tragic anymore heroine and featuring some great actors as her family- Jayson Blair, Gillian Vigman, Dylan Walsh, Brooke Lyons and the captivating Elliott Knight as her adoring husband who married her on a whim. Although life is short it just got a little bit longer for Stella who is learning how to live in the real world.
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