A new/old crop of superheroes puts an all-new spin on the genre. Jupiter’s Legacy, now on Netflix concerns a band of crime fighters united in their mission to save and change the world. They came into being in the 1920s and they’ve not only survived to keep fighting now, with their descendants. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with Matt… View Post
The seriously charming, challenging, loved-based comedy series Trying is back for a second season. Like a warm hug with a side of sark, Trying follows Nikki and Jason in their quest to become parents, which continues undaunted by false starts and nosy friends. Eight episodes of great writing, acting and a heartfelt story are right up your alley, trust me…. View Post
By Anne Brodie Barry Jenkins’ long-anticipated 10-part series The Underground Railroad based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead is now on Amazon Prime. It’s the story of Cora (South African actor Thuso Mbedu), a young Black slave attempting to get the hell out of Dodge (Georgia) and head north where she hears there is freedom. Her life has… View Post
By Anne Brodie Most of us were raised on Sesame Street, one of the most inventive, influential and popular children’s television programmes, next to Mister Rogers Neighbourhood, in history. Marilyn Agrelo and Michael Davis’ documentary Street Gang How We Got to Sesame Street goes back to the show’s unlikely roots and traces its flowering, the characters and ideas along the… View Post
By Anne Brodie My pick this week is the Apple TV+‘ Mosquito Coast, a remake of the Harrison Ford / Helen Mirren / River Phoenix drama of 1986, both based on Paul Theroux’s novel about a family on the run. The original was shatteringly intense and it was the first time I interviewed River Phoenix. Theroux’s nephew Justin Theroux executive… View Post
You may know Irish actor Aidan Turner as the darkly handsome hero of TV’s historic hit series Poldark. Turner goes back even further in time for his latest acting challenge, as cultural, technological and scientific polymath Leonardo da Vinci, tracing this complex man’s life, loves and creativity. It also looks at the scandals that swirled around da Vinci, including the… View Post