This week in telly land, we’re venturing into the future.
Steve Carell’s comedy Space Force tries to lighten up the world ahead, while the dystopian thriller Blackout plunges us right back into the gloom.
That perennial pessimist Charlie Brooker has meanwhile offered up a chance to make TV history by playing along with a show as you watch it. Cartoon hi-jinks are bound to ensue as you join his Cat Burglar in a new animated experience.
Read on for a full set of streaming highlights.
Netflix
Cat Burglar
Remember Bandersnatch, the innovative interactive drama from Charlie Brooker and his Black Mirror imagination that was supposed to change TV forever but somehow… didn’t?
Well, imagine Bandersnatch had a hot date with old Tom & Jerry cartoons and you’ve got Cat Burglar, an interactive cartoon experience that will have you diving down its rabbit-hole in the hope of ferreting out the seemingly endless permutations (we lost count) made possible by answering its pop up questions.
It’s addictive: don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Available now.
Space Force
The first season of this Steve Carell space comedy drama was a rocket that failed to get off the launchpad as it bumpily lurched between building tension and misfiring gags.
But any show that has Lisa Kudrow and John Malkovich in its roster is surely worth another shot. There are seven fresh episodes relying heavily on Carell’s dumb guy-next-door starpower.
Available now.
All 4
Blackout
You might need a torch to throw some light on this noir thriller from Belgium which plunges all of western Europe into darkness when a nuclear power plant is sabotaged.
The key to the mystery is a chilling message sent to the country’s PM Annemie Hillebrand (Sara de Roo): ‘When the lights turn back on, your daughter dies’ — but who sent it and why is the PM so desperate to hush the whole affair up?
It’s a murky and fascinating set-up and will have you checking you can still put the kettle on.
Available Friday.
Prime
Wolf Like Me
Falling in love with the woman who crashes into your car because she’s running a red light? Could that really happen?
Prepare to fasten your seatbelts because that’s the easy part to get your head around in this offbeat romantic drama set in Adelaide and starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad as the bumper-crossed lovers in question, Mary and Gary.
Both these two come with some heavy baggage that threatens to scupper their happy ending at every turn — and we’re not talking Louis Vuitton suitcases.
Available Friday.
Credit: Original article published here.You can read this post on My Celebrity Life.
This week in telly land, we’re venturing into the future.
Steve Carell’s comedy Space Force tries to lighten up the world ahead, while the dystopian thriller Blackout plunges us right back into the gloom.
That perennial pessimist Charlie Brooker has meanwhile offered up a chance to make TV history by playing along with a show as you watch it. Cartoon hi-jinks are bound to ensue as you join his Cat Burglar in a new animated experience.
Read on for a full set of streaming highlights.
Netflix
Cat Burglar
Remember Bandersnatch, the innovative interactive drama from Charlie Brooker and his Black Mirror imagination that was supposed to change TV forever but somehow… didn’t?
Well, imagine Bandersnatch had a hot date with old Tom & Jerry cartoons and you’ve got Cat Burglar, an interactive cartoon experience that will have you diving down its rabbit-hole in the hope of ferreting out the seemingly endless permutations (we lost count) made possible by answering its pop up questions.
It’s addictive: don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Available now.
Space Force
The first season of this Steve Carell space comedy drama was a rocket that failed to get off the launchpad as it bumpily lurched between building tension and misfiring gags.
But any show that has Lisa Kudrow and John Malkovich in its roster is surely worth another shot. There are seven fresh episodes relying heavily on Carell’s dumb guy-next-door starpower.
Available now.
All 4
Blackout
You might need a torch to throw some light on this noir thriller from Belgium which plunges all of western Europe into darkness when a nuclear power plant is sabotaged.
The key to the mystery is a chilling message sent to the country’s PM Annemie Hillebrand (Sara de Roo): ‘When the lights turn back on, your daughter dies’ — but who sent it and why is the PM so desperate to hush the whole affair up?
It’s a murky and fascinating set-up and will have you checking you can still put the kettle on.
Available Friday.
Prime
Wolf Like Me
Falling in love with the woman who crashes into your car because she’s running a red light? Could that really happen?
Prepare to fasten your seatbelts because that’s the easy part to get your head around in this offbeat romantic drama set in Adelaide and starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad as the bumper-crossed lovers in question, Mary and Gary.
Both these two come with some heavy baggage that threatens to scupper their happy ending at every turn — and we’re not talking Louis Vuitton suitcases.
Available Friday.
Credit: Original article published here.You can read this post on My Celebrity Life.