My Top Three This Week
Greetings to all my semi-constant readers. Labor Day is coming up soon and quickly on its heels is October and November and Christmas. Not to rush the year away but 2020 in my rearview mirror would be a fine view to behold. There are some great things coming in the next few months but I have a few treats to hold you over until then.
1) The Sleepover on Netflix is the perfect hybrid of True Lies and Adventures in Babysitting. A true 80's throwback that is the ideal Saturday night movie for everyone. When their parents are kidnapped, Clancy, her brother Kevin, her best friend Mim and Kevin's bedwetter sleepover buddy Lewis discover their mother is not who she appears to be. They head to Boston on a quest to get their parents back from the bad guys. Malin Akerman and the hilarious Ken Marino play Mom and Dad who get tangled up with intrigue , glamour and crime and her ex fiancé played by Joe Manganiello. Sadie Stanley as Clancy and Maxwell Simpkins as the nerdy kid from every John Hughes movie are perfectly cast. But one of the real standouts is Cree Cicchino as Mim the wisecracking best friend.
2) Everything's Gonna be Okay on Hulu from creator/Australian actor Josh Thomas is another great offering featuring Josh as Nicholas, who while staying with his father and two half sisters in the states finds out his dad is terminally ill. He promises to raise his two half sisters Matilda and Genevieve , one who is on the spectrum of autism while juggling a budding relationship with Alex. Even though Nicholas is the centerpiece of the story , the show belongs to Kayla Cromer and Maeve Press as Matilda and Genevieve who shine in storylines of autism, consent, teenage angst and growing up with a guardian who is not ready to grow up himself and Ivy Wolk as Tellulah is on my actress watchlist.
3) Katy Keane on Netflix is for fans who loved Sex and the City and Riverdale. A crossover from Riverdale features a group of twenty-somethings in New York struggling to find themselves while they maneuver their way into adult relationships and jobs. Lucy Hale (Life Sentence) Ashliegh Murray, Julia Chan and Jonny Beauchamp form an unlikely support group with Katy Keane ( Lucy) a clothing designer working in retail and Jonny Beachamp as a Broadway hopeful performing as Ginger at Molly's Crisis and Julia as Pepper Smith an influencer/entrepreneur with no money. A fun watch.
Bonus: In case you missed this - Please Like Me streaming on Hulu is an award winning Australian series also featuring Josh Thomas in his brilliant series that he starred in and created about a young gay man coming to terms with his new out self and his three families-his bi-polar mother , his father and his Thai wife and his core group of friends. This incredible group of characters will annoy, make you laugh and tear your heart out at the same time. Thomas Ward, Keegan Joyce, Caitlin Stasey, Emily Barclay, David Roberts, Renee Lim are a bunch of natural actors that seem like people you already know.Debra Lawrence as Josh's bi-polar mum is a revelation. Hannah Gadsby an already well known comedian in Australia, gives a bravura performance as a depressed friend of Josh's mom.
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