Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’ is a baffling, halfway-modernized adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel that often feels like it was copy-pasted from Twitter and other times comes across like ‘Fleabag’ without the wit.
‘Starstruck,’ the BBC-HBO comedy from Rose Matafeo, is a beautiful & refreshing acknowledgement that growing pains don’t stop – even in intimate relationships.
‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ is a trip down memory lane with many familiar faces, a few welcome new ones – and a reminder that though the times change, Downton Abbey will still be standing for film #3.
The first Minx season finale tied up a few loose ends while letting plenty more unfurl and dangle, deliciously, like a sepia-toned centerfold daydream.
Can’t say I expected Joyce and Doug’s partnership to flame out so quickly – in the meantime, bring on Doug and Tina on Minx.
Minx Episodes 5 and 6 show the cracks between Doug and Joyce growing while also giving Shelly ample room for growth (plus hijinks!).
Last week was all about introducing us to Joyce and this new world we’re entering with her, but Minx Episodes 3 & 4 gave us some wonderful insight into Doug as a person, and I for one am grateful for it. (It doesn’t hurt that I don’t think I’ll ever tire of seeing Jake Johnson in 1970s costume.)
‘The Gilded Age’ has all the pomp of ‘Downton Abbey’ with very little of the circumstance. Hopefully, Season Two will be more than just a nostalgia trip.
Ellen Rapoport’s ‘Minx’ is an intriguing comedy about calling yourself a liberated woman before you know what liberation can mean.
Friendships in romances make it all the more satisfying when the characters choose each other in the end.