It’s time to get your binge fitness up.
The last of the long sunny days are behind us. Daylight Savings has ended and there is every excuse to snuggle in and binge. Let the anticipation build.
NETFLIX
Behind Her Eyes
This is the Netflix version of a page turner. Just when you think you know exactly what’s happening there is an uncomfortable twist, you gasp and click ‘next episode’. There is always a thrill when you watch a halfway decent psychological thriller; it has your heart racing and sometimes you just have to turn away from the screen. It’s all a sign that you have been truly transported into the story world - have suspended belief and gone along fully for the ride.
Behind Her Eyes does all this to you and more with great performances by the cast who are able to portray the complex and destructive relationships that drive this story forward. Eve Hewson (Bono’s daughter) plays the beautiful, vulnerable yet unsettling Adele. Opposite her, delivering a disarming yet powerful performance is Englishman Tom Bateman who plays her Scottish husband - a part he received some pushback from as a result of his less than perfect Scottish accent. The final piece in this complicated love triangle is Lousie, the secretary without the cliche, played by the very talented Simona Brown.
This series has a deliciousness about it that comes from beautifully developed characters. The three leads are so distinct from one another that they are not just clear in your head, but are all equally lovable and dislikeable at the same time. I would challenge anyone to pick a favourite at the start of the series and then stick with them without wavering until the end.
Four stars
Lupin
In just the first five minutes of this subtitled French series your curiosity is piqued. The lead character Assane, has been so very cleverly painted that even though you don’t know his story, you somehow are already on his side: but have you just been conned?
This is again a show that asks the audience to suspend belief. The schemes and cons of Assane are sometimes a bit of a stretch for the imagination but his character is so beguiling and richly drawn that you will quickly forgive this.
Lupin starts off at a gentle pace - it’s in no hurry to solve the ‘big crime’. Instead the mystery is teased from a desire to understand what makes the characters tick, and where they are on their own avenging journey.
Four stars
AMAZON PRIME
Them
This new limited anthology series is set to be released on Amazon Prime on 3 April, just in time to watch or binge during Easter. The trailer is chilling and confronting; you can almost taste the terror and suspense. If the trailer is an indicator of what this series will be like, Easter viewing on Amazon Prime will be more than satisfying.
Them is set in the 1950s and the first season centres on a Black family who move from North Carolina to a White Los Angeles neighborhood. Soon after arriving, their picture perfect home becomes ground zero for neighbours who lack humanity as well as otherworldly forces which threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.
We will be reviewing this series properly next month, but if you can’t wait till May, check it out on Amazon Prime this Easter.
Star rating pending
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