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Reviews
Good Grief (2023)
Got better towards the end.
About halfway through this I started to not care at all about these three 'friends', having got to their late thirties without managing some honesty between themselves. The beautiful interiors and art did not contrast well with their tawdry emotional lives, still hanging out looking at dubious performance art, clubbing in Paris with strangers, it seemed like a stark advert for empty city lives. It was all so underplayed with a muted script, but somehow it turned a corner...it was beautiful to look at, music was great, but my gosh, give Celia Imrie and David Bradley a few moments and they act the socks off anyone else.....just saying.
The Crown (2016)
Oh dear season 5
Gloomy, slow, unconvincing and as we know some things never happened. Imelda Staunton is quite grim as the Queen, it was a difficult decade, but one light-hearted scene of her playing with the corgis was not enough! And Dominic West was too good looking and smooth to be Prince Charles.
All in all I was disappointed, but beautifully filmed as ever with fantastic locations and attention to details. The killing of the Romanov family in Russia in 1917 was especially moving and gripping alongside the visit later by the Queen to Russia, that made me want to read my history better. The relationship to the British press was well portrayed and I thought the young Prince William and his teas with the Queen were great scenes, in an otherwise gloomy tone. I will watch any new series though.
Tuzak (2022)
Great actors, promising series
I've watched a few Turkish series now, and I'm really enjoying all the tensions and suspense in this complex story. Akin is a great actor to have at the heart of this drama, and I like the way he, as a shady lawyer and his siblings have infiltrated the family, and complicated relationships are unfolding. End of episode 5 is a real cliff-hanger, can't wait for the next one. Talat Bulut is convincing as the authoritarian boss, head of family and all round bad guy, and Bensu Soral is great as the rebellious daughter who is getting involved and attracted to the main Akin character.
I like the slower pace and reveal of Turkish series, so that you get really involved in the characters and their journey through the story....let's hope it doesn't get too drawn out and go on forever! Best to end things on a great note which the series Firefly did.