FILM OF THE WEEK
HERSELF (Cert 15, 98 mins, streaming from January 8 only on Amazon Prime Video, Drama / Romance)
Starring: Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill, Ruby Rose O’Hara, Molly McCann, Daniel Ryan, Ian Lloyd Anderson.
In Dublin the PRESENT day, Sandra (Clare Dunne) is trapped in an abusive marriage to her husband Gary (Ian Lloyd Anderson). Secretly she raises money to escape with her two daughters, Emma (Ruby Rose O’Hara) and Molly (Molly McCann), but Gary discovers the plan and the stamps on Sandra’s hand in it. the rage.
Annoyed by her mother’s code word, Emma sounds the alarm while Molly’s youngest child sees the brutality from a hiding place in her theater.
With the police and lawyers involved, Sandra moves into a temporary residence with the girls and ends up as a cleaner in a bar in the town center and at the doctor’s home. Peggy O’Toole (Harriet Walter).
During one visit to Peggy, Sandra watches a video guide to building a home for £ 35,000. The medic responds with incredible kindness – “I want to give you the land and lend you money to build your house” – and Sandra persuades the contractor to build Aido (Conleth Hill) to oversee the project.
Inspired by Dunne’s main emotional performance, Herself is a powerful drama about one woman’s challenging battle against a flawed system. The script, co-written by Dunne and Malcolm Campbell, doesn’t drag any puns with troubling obstacles to a Gary-like grip on his family.
Director Phiannua Lloyd leaves us in a state of fear for Sandra and the girls, especially when she remembers happier times with her husband (“I miss her, I miss who he is”).
In those moments when darkness threatens to overwhelm the characters, Herself finds lanterns of joy in the gloom that Sandra can shepherd to harsh independence, and deliverance.
Rating: 9/10
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BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC (Cert PG, 91 mins, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Comedy / Fantasy / Adventure / Romance, available from January 9 on Amazon Prime Video / BT TV Store / iTunes / Sky Store / TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services, available from January 25 on DVD £ 19.99 / Blu-ray £ 26.99 / 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray £ 34.99)
Featuring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Holland Taylor, Jayma Mays, Erinn Hayes.
The ancient prophecy, acknowledged by best friends Bill S Preston (Alex Winter) and Ted Logan (Keanu Reeves) is NOT a song that unites the world, yet unfulfilled. Pushing, the dudes are locked in a couple cure to save their marriages for wives Joanna (Jayma Mays) and Elizabeth (Erinn Hayes).
Time-traveling emissary Kelly (Kristen Schaal), daughter of their travel advisor Rufus (the late George Carlin, who appears via a hologram), arrives unexpectedly from 700 years in the future with hard news: Bill and Ted have just 77 minutes and 25 seconds to write the musical masterpiece or place will fold in on itself.
They both agree on the “most inconvenient idea”: to steal the beautiful song from their own people in the future.
While Bill and Ted sell out over time, the daughters of Thea (Samara Weaving) and Billie (Brigette Lundy-Paine) think of their own rural scheme.
Coming nearly 30 years after Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, the third chapter of the time-consuming comedy welcomes screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon for the biggest goal set list (according to coltais).
Bill & Ted Face The Music feels like a farewell show to two people who have almost greeted them and reached the point where they have to hang up their guitars or ruin their legacy. .
Reeves and Winter reconnect the easy charm from earlier installments, trying out catchphrases with goofy grins that show they’re getting a ball, even if that doesn’t translate to an old man ‘s belly smile.
If This Is Spinal Tap raises the gauge to 11 on rip-snorting musical comedy, the third comic album from Bill and Ted ‘s missing dudes turns the knot back into a weak man.
Rating: 6/10
SELF / BOX SAILS
Season 2 of Witches: Teresa Palmer as Diana Bishop and Matthew Goode as Matthew Clairmont
INCLUDING WITCHES – SEASON 2 (8 episodes, starting streaming from January 8 only on NOW TV, Fantasy / Drama / Romance)
It’s been two years since A Discovery Of Witches exploded another mystery based on the first novel of Deborah Harkness’s acclaimed trilogy All Souls.
Teresa Palmer retells her role as professor of history and witchcraft Diana Bishop opposite Matthew Goode as geneticist and vampire Matthew de Clairmont when the eight-part fantasy drama Sky One returns this week and its streaming only on NOW TV.
In the second series, the forbidden lovers of Diana and Matthew travel back in time to the end of the 16th century when the latter was at the height of her bloody escape in London Elizabeth.
Diana pays homage to her magical powers while Matthew tries to recall details from the past that may help the couple avoid the shaving of the Congregation. , which prohibits a relationship between a witch and a vampire.
Importantly, Diana and Matthew seek ideas for unraveling the great mystery revealed in the first series, which threatens the safety of all other creatures.
Season of the Gods of America 3: Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday and Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon
AMERICAN GODS – SEASON 3 (10 episodes, starting streaming from January 11 only on Amazon Prime Video, Fantasy / Drama)
No one can ever pass the past forever in a world where mortals and gods live side by side in the third series of a Starst dystopian fantasy drama based on the acclaimed novel by Neil Gaiman, which is only streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
In these 10 events, ex-con Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) tries to forget the horrific fact that his employer – the artist Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) – is not just a god Viking Odin but also father.
Shadows head for Lakeside, Wisconsin, and settle in the snowy neighborhood. He hopes to create his own path, led by the gods of his black ancestors known as the Orishas. But, even in this quiet close-knit city, dark mysteries squeeze beneath the surface and Shadow must earnestly embrace his divine destiny.
Speak up: Ant Middleton and Rebel Wilson
ANT MIDDLETON & REBEL WILSON: STRAIGHT TALKING (1 program, streaming from January 14 only on A-NIS TV, documentary)
In the last year, true campaigner Ant Middleton has held a one-off special interview called Straight Talking in which he took singer Liam Payne on his own boys ’adventure across Namibia while try the One Direction member about his public and private life.
Inspired by the show’s success, Middleton returns with a second take on celebrities appearing on Sky One and streaming exclusively on NOW TV.
In this edition, he embarks on a self-discovery journey with actress and comedian Pitch Perfect to Rebel Wilson to Mexico with just a backpack, a 4 × 4 vehicle and each other to be trusted.
As they take part in daredevil activities, including bike racing and deep sea diving, the traveling companions share personal stories and reflect on life under constant scrutiny from the media. .
Night Stalker: The hunt for serial killer
STALKER NIGHT: THE HUNT FOR A SERIAL KILLER (4 episodes, streaming from January 13 only on Netflix, Documentary)
ARRIVED Using archive footage, photos and groundbreaking interviews, this four-part Netflix documentary series directed by Tiller Russell recreates the fastest 1985 summer windmill in Los Angeles when one of America’s most famous serial killers ran into the city.
The Night Stalker targeted random victims ages six to 82 from different neighborhoods, racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Some of the main perpetrators of the crime, including Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detective Gil Carrillo and murder investigator Frank Salerno, will share their memories of his crime. and the frightening cloak that was choking California at the time.