Sterling K. Brown, Sarah Shahi and James Marsden are back for season 2 of Paradise, Hulu’s action/drama/thriller about the security service team tasked with protecting a past president.
I still haven’t got round to watching season 1 yet, but the high ratings for each episode on IMDb certainly have my attention.
Have you seen Paradise season 1?
Nicole Brydon Bloom, Julianne Nicholson, Aliyah Mastin, Krys Marshall, Percy Daggs IV, James Marsden, Charlie Evans, Jon Beavers, Eddie Diaz and Rafael Cabrera also star.
The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021), Callum Turner, Studio Canal
When you’re a journalist, and you come across a secret trove of love letters with no home address, there’s surely only one thing you can do. You decide to solve the mystery of the forbidden love and track down the lovers.
Such is the premise of director Augustine Frizzell’s drama/romance The Last Letter from Your Lover. A film that focuses on a pair of interwoven stories set in the past (1965) and present. Starring Callum Turner, Felicity Jones, Shailene Woodley and Joe Alwyn, The Last Letter from Your Lover is based on the novel of the same name by Jojo Moyes.
The love story based in the past is the primary reason I’m interested. Then there’s Woodley’s character – Jennifer Stirling’s elegant style, plus my commitment to seeing her free of Alwyn’s seemingly hateful Laurence. Of course I’ll be there on Platform 2, Friday, at 7:15pm. Mind you, only to bear witness and nothing more.
Emma Appleton, Ben Cross, Ncuti Gatwa, Christian Brassington, Nabhaan Rizwan, Vilhelm Blomgren, Diana Kent, Ann Ogbomo, Alfredo Tavares, Louis James and Matt Mella also star.
The Mauritanian (2021), Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, STXfilms
In director Kevin Macdonald’s latest thriller, The Mauritanian, Tahar Rahim (A Prophet (2009) is Mohamedou Ould Slahia, a detainee at the U.S military’s Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
With additional key cast including Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jodie Foster; Slahia is detained without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
So excited for this! Talk about a powerhouse cast. That, combined with the very promising dialogue and my love of great courtroom dramas; I can’t wait to see Cumberbatch (that voice!), Foster, Woodley and Rahim on screen together.
I’m also looking forward to watching Cumberbatch’s character navigate this particular moral conundrum.
Lastly, on a side note, had it not been for the voiceover at the end of this trailer, I’d have mistakenly titled this movie ‘The Mauritian.’ So, thank you, movie trailer voiceover man.
Zachery Levi, Langley Kirkwood, Corey Johnson, Matthew Marsh, Saamer Usmani, David Fynn, Andre Jacobs, Meena Rayann, Stevel Marc, Robert Hobbs and Arthur Falko also star.
I actually wasn’t sure how engaging Adriftwould be, considering that a good amount of it takes place at sea. I’m therefore very glad to report that a key highlight of the film, for me, at least, is the smart way the story is told and edited.
The structure of director Baltasar Kormákur’s movie ensured I remained interested throughout. The performances by Sam Claflin and Shailene Woodley certainly helped with that. As did the film’s general premise – the true survival story of a young couple stranded at sea.
Being the sucker for a touching love story that I am, I also appreciated the romance.
I’d love to say that I’ve retained a few nuggets of knowledge about surviving at sea after watching Adrift – but really, all I’ve learned is that it wouldn’t be a bad idea for me to know how to sail. Watch it if the story and actors appeal.
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Adrift isan action/adventure/ drama based on the true survival story of a young couple who find themselves facing one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin and Jeffrey Thomas star.
I’ll definitely be watching for very important reasons, including Claflin’s wonderful beard.
Of course, the story, particularly anything useful I could pick up about survival at sea are also motivating factors.
