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DOCUMENTARY

The Tiger King and I

Netflix

It feels as if the whole world has been talking about Netflix’s documentary The Tiger King: Murder, Mystery and Mayhem, another of the streaming service’s long line of hit true-crime programmes.

So it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to find that an epilogue to it has been made in which some of the key characters featured discuss what has happened to them since filming stopped. Hosted remotely by comedian Joel McHale from his LA home, it features interviews with the likes of Erik Cowie, Jeff and Lauren Lowe, John Reinke and Rick Kirkham.

Don’t expect any incredibly dark revelations; the emphasis here is on light-hearted banter rather than in-depth analysis.

1917

Amazon Prime Video and other download services

FILM OF THE WEEK

1917 is a breathlessly choreographed and nail-bitingly tense thriller, inspired by stories of The Great War told by director Sam Mendes’ grandfather, who served as a lance corporal.

L Cpl Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and L Cpl William Schofield (George MacKay) begin April 6, 1917, in peaceful slumber against a tree as thunder rumbles in the distance. The men are roused to receive orders from

General Erinmore (Colin Firth), who must prevent Colonel Mackenzie (Benedict Cumberbatch) from leading The 2nd Devons into a trap set by the Germans.

“We would lose two battalions – 1,600 men – your brother among them,” Erinmore sombrely informs Blake.

The Germans have severed all telephone lines so the only way to warn the 2nd Devons is to dispatch Blake and Schofield on foot into enemy territory.

They must reach Mackenzie before dawn, when the fateful order will be given to attack the line.

The film is shot in real-time in several exquisitely staged single takes. It’s a tour-de-force of technical daring, which repeatedly dazzles and dumbfounds, juxtaposing heart-breaking brutality and self-sacrifice with moments of dreamy, poetic introspection.

COMEDY

A Fine Romance

BritBox

Bob Larbey is perhaps best known for co-creating, with his erstwhile writing partner John Esmonde, such classic sitcoms as The Good Life and Please Sir!

But Larbey also worked solo on several series, including As Time Goes By. It was his second project with Judi Dench, the first being

A Fine Romance, in which she starred with her now much-missed husband Michael Williams (she also performs the theme tune).

Dench plays Laura, a single, middleaged translator whose glamorous matchmaking sister and brother-in-law attempt to pair her up with shy gardener Mike (Williams).

Unsurprisingly, there’s plenty of chemistry between the two leads, and as a result, the show was hugely popular throughout its four series, all of which are being made available to stream.

SERIES

The Eddy

Netflix, from Friday, May 8

Damien Chazelle, the Oscar-winning director of La La Land, First Man and Whiplash, is the driving force behind this eight-part musical drama written by Jack Thorne, the British writer whose key works include the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and recent Channel 4 hit The Accident.

Set in Paris, The Eddy focuses on Elliot Udo, a once celebrated New York jazz pianist who now runs a struggling club. His life is about to be turned upside down by the revelation that his business partner is involved in all manner of dodgy deals that threaten the club’s already uncertain future. Matters get even worse when Elliot’s teenage daughter arrives, proving to be the catalyst for earth-shattering events.

COMEDY

The Wrong Missy

Netflix, from Friday, May 8

If you’re looking for something undemanding on the old grey matter – and let’s face it, in these trying times that probably applies to a lot of us – give this comedy movie a try.

Directed by stand-up comedian turned-film-maker Tyler Spindel from a script by Chris Pappas and Kevin Barnett, whose previous credits include episodes of Sky’s The Righteous Gemstones, The Wrong Missy focuses on Tim (David

Spade), who thinks he’s met the woman of his dreams.

He invites her via text to attend his company’s corporate retreat on an island resort. However, he accidentally sends the message to a former blind date with whom he spent the evening from hell.

You’ve probably already realised how things pan out, but it’s still a lot of fun watching matters unfold.

FILM

Seberg

Amazon Prime Video and other download services

In May 1968, actress Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart, above) leaves Paris, her screenwriter husband Romain Gary (Yvan Attal) and young son Diego to travel to Los Angeles to audition for the role of Elizabeth in Paint Your Wagon.

The flight is interrupted by outspoken black civil right activist Hakim Jamal, who argues that Malcolm X’s widow should be given a seat in first class.

His impassioned rhetoric impresses Jean, who raises a fist in solidarity with the Black Panthers on the airport runway as photographers swarm.

Soon after, Jean becomes romantically entangled with Hakim, who has a wife (Zazie Beetz), which brings her to the attention of the FBI. Seberg dramatises the FBI’s persecution of the eponymous icon of the French New Wave with

a disjointed narrative counterbalanced by eyecatching period details.

Rating: ***

SERIES

Brassic: Season 2

Six episodes, streaming from Thursday, May 7 exclusively on NOW TV

The six-part comedy drama set in the fictional Lancashire town of Hawley, created by Danny Brocklehurst and lead actor Joe Gilgun, returns with a bang to Sky One this week and streams exclusively on NOW TV.

In the cliffhanger final episode of the first series, bipolar bad boy Vinnie (Gilgun) faked his own death to dodge a grim fate at the hands of vicious gangster Terence McCann.

Meanwhile, a heartbroken Dylan learnt that Tyler, the young son of his girlfriend Erin (Michelle Keegan), had actually been fathered by Vinnie.

These next instalments are set shortly after the bombshell revelations and explore the repercussions for Vinnie, Dylan and their buddies Ash, Cardy and Tommo. Erin continues to take a central role and in the second series,

she is the victim of a harrowing assault.

FILM

All Day And A Night

Netflix

Father and son discover common ground in Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole’s powerful drama, which premieres on Netflix.

Softly spoken rapper Jahkor (Ashton Sanders) has vowed to never follow in the footsteps of his jailbird father JD (Jeffrey Wright). Instead, he vigorously pursues musical dreams against a backdrop of gang warfare in his native

Oakland.

Brotherly bonds demand harsh sacrifices and Jahkor ends up in the same prison as his old man. Separated from his newborn son, Jahkor embarks on a journey of self-discovery behind bars, confronting demons of the past and rebuilding bridges to JD so the two men can break the vicious cycle of violence.

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