My Top Three This Week
Greetings to all my semi-constant readers. We have now entered the new normal of sheltering in place. Zoom meetings, un-highlighted hair and unmitigated bread baking. But I am catching up with some classic movies, art projects and reading. I have just finished reading If it Bleeds the new Stephen King offering and if you loved The Outsider you will want to read this book of novellas.All that aside this is what I am watching this week.
1) Love Life an HBO Max original series with 3 episodes dropped a few days ago. This has all the earmarks of a binge worthy watch. Filmed in New York like so many classics this follows the love life of Darby Carter ( Anna Kendrick) from first love to everlasting love. The premise of this is novel as Darby and her long time friends Sara and Mallory embark on love in the big apple with all the pitfalls and broken hearts. The focus is mostly on Darby as she has her first kiss as a teen ager and each episode marks a new period of her life with a new love interest as she learns the painful lessons of love and self confidence. Paul Feig and Kendrick are executive producers so you know it is going to be good. This has the heart of some of our favorites like Sex and the City and Younger. This is the perfect showcase for Kendrick's most endearing qualities . There are some fine performances from Zoë Chao, Sasha Compére , Stephan James and Hope Davis as Darby's distant mother. Watch this!
2) Homecoming the 2nd season on Prime is missing Julia Roberts but we have a highly taut thriller with a great performance from Janelle Monáe as Alex who wakes up in a rowboat with no memory of who she is or what happened. The episodes roll backwards like last season to reveal how she got there and who she is. This might even be more compelling than last season with some strong acting from Chris Cooper and Hong Chau as Audrey Temple. Those two have some of the best scenes together and Joan Cusack as wacky Bunda. This whole premise is so far out there it feels that it could be happening somewhere in the world right now.
3) How to Build a Girl now available for rental is the perfect vehicle for Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) as Johanna Morrigan a high Schooler living in a blue collar neighborhood in England who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde, a snarky music journalist who works for a music review journal to make money to help her family survive. Her vivid imagination and talent takes a long way but her lack of maturity as she tries to be a femme fatale make this a sweet coming of age movie . Special shout out to Laurie Kynaston as her brother Krissi and to Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones) her closest ally John Kite.
Bonus: Space Force now on Netflix is the newest series from Greg Daniels who brought us The Office and Parks and Rec and Upload. this premise could not be more timely . The series opens with General Mark Naird (Steve Carell) who is tasked with opening a 6th branch of the military Space Force. This has potential to be up there with all of Daniel's hits and with a cast of some high wattage stars it shines brightly. General Naird moves with his family to a military base to get "Boots on the Moon" . The humor is a little dry but I am watching anything with this cast of Lisa Kudrow, Carell, John Malkovich, Fred Willard, Don Lake, Diedrich Bader (who I love), Jane Lynch and a host of stars.
1) Love Life an HBO Max original series with 3 episodes dropped a few days ago. This has all the earmarks of a binge worthy watch. Filmed in New York like so many classics this follows the love life of Darby Carter ( Anna Kendrick) from first love to everlasting love. The premise of this is novel as Darby and her long time friends Sara and Mallory embark on love in the big apple with all the pitfalls and broken hearts. The focus is mostly on Darby as she has her first kiss as a teen ager and each episode marks a new period of her life with a new love interest as she learns the painful lessons of love and self confidence. Paul Feig and Kendrick are executive producers so you know it is going to be good. This has the heart of some of our favorites like Sex and the City and Younger. This is the perfect showcase for Kendrick's most endearing qualities . There are some fine performances from Zoë Chao, Sasha Compére , Stephan James and Hope Davis as Darby's distant mother. Watch this!
2) Homecoming the 2nd season on Prime is missing Julia Roberts but we have a highly taut thriller with a great performance from Janelle Monáe as Alex who wakes up in a rowboat with no memory of who she is or what happened. The episodes roll backwards like last season to reveal how she got there and who she is. This might even be more compelling than last season with some strong acting from Chris Cooper and Hong Chau as Audrey Temple. Those two have some of the best scenes together and Joan Cusack as wacky Bunda. This whole premise is so far out there it feels that it could be happening somewhere in the world right now.
3) How to Build a Girl now available for rental is the perfect vehicle for Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) as Johanna Morrigan a high Schooler living in a blue collar neighborhood in England who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde, a snarky music journalist who works for a music review journal to make money to help her family survive. Her vivid imagination and talent takes a long way but her lack of maturity as she tries to be a femme fatale make this a sweet coming of age movie . Special shout out to Laurie Kynaston as her brother Krissi and to Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones) her closest ally John Kite.
Bonus: Space Force now on Netflix is the newest series from Greg Daniels who brought us The Office and Parks and Rec and Upload. this premise could not be more timely . The series opens with General Mark Naird (Steve Carell) who is tasked with opening a 6th branch of the military Space Force. This has potential to be up there with all of Daniel's hits and with a cast of some high wattage stars it shines brightly. General Naird moves with his family to a military base to get "Boots on the Moon" . The humor is a little dry but I am watching anything with this cast of Lisa Kudrow, Carell, John Malkovich, Fred Willard, Don Lake, Diedrich Bader (who I love), Jane Lynch and a host of stars.
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